{"id":4115308,"url":"https://alion.io/job/hs2-senior-commercial-manager-2","title":"Senior Commercial Manager","company":{"id":1805837,"name":"HS2","domain":"hs2.org.uk","url":"https://alion.io/company/hs2","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Oracle","truth_index":null},"role":"Sales","role_family":"Sales","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Birmingham, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":true,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"YouTube","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-11T14:54:30Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-11","last_verified_at":"2026-11-12T00:06:19Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Location: Birmingham BBV ICT\nHS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.\nThe Senior Commercial Manager is responsible for delivering commercial activities within the Delivery teams. The role provides leadership to HS2 commercial staff engaged in the management of the major infrastructure contracts required to deliver the HS2 vision. The role works alongside the supply chain and contractors within the development and delivery teams, assuring and supporting their commercial activities to provide an independent view to Head of Commercial.\nAbout the Role\nPre-Contract:\nTo be responsible for developing commercial works information, reviewing works information from other functions and drafting contract documents to ensure consistency and alignment with procurement plans.\nTo be responsible for supporting the Procurement team in the development and delivery of tender evaluation models and contract documentation including terms and conditions and associated commercial mechanisms, works and site information to be consistent with strategies and procurement plans.\nProcurement:\nTo be responsible for evaluating tenders and supporting moderation to achieve Contract Award.\nTo be responsible for developing a contract management plan.\nTo be responsible for supporting contract readiness.\nPost Contract:\nTo be accountable for providing commercial assurance to Head of Commercial of all Delivery commercial activities (HS2 & Supply Chain), including:\nTo be accountable for delivering commercial and contract management of the contracts to maintain effective commercial control;\nTo be accountable for the administration of the obligations of the Project Manager under the NEC3 Contract, including assessment of:-variations and compensation events\ncontract payments\nperformance incentives\n\nTo be accountable for managing effective cost verification;\nTo be accountable for reviewing and analysing supply chain monthly reports to drive supply chain performance;\nTo be accountable for delivering on input into contract level performance information into monthly MBR reports;\nTo be accountable for providing final cost estimate updates;\nTo be responsible for supporting monthly contract and programme performance reviews and other ad hoc reviews;\nTo be accountable for supporting the settlement of supply chain disputes; \nTo be accountable for providing day to day ad hoc contract and commercial advice to client team;\nTo be responsible for supporting monthly the identification of opportunities for project savings supporting the development of associated proposals / business case for approval;\nTo be responsible for supporting the development of a collaborative culture within the IPT that encourages innovation, enhances functional capability, creates consistency of performance, maximises the benefits of knowledge sharing and embeds industry best practice across the organisation;\nTo be responsible for supporting the relationship and engagement with key contractors. \nTo be responsible for reviewing estimates (at all stages)\nLeadership:\nTo be responsible for leading and reviewing estimates.\nTo be responsible for providing second key corporate governance approval of change and risk draw down in accordance with corporate governance requirements.\nTo be responsible for leading commercial resources, agreeing objectives, managing performance and development to ensure staff have the necessary skills and support to deliver in their roles.\nTo be responsible for providing domain knowledge in the development and maintenance of efficient and effective contract and commercial management policies, processes and procedures. \nActively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.\nAbout You\nSkills:\nAbility to manage and administer high value and delivery critical contracts to deliver major complex infrastructure or similar projects and programmes. \nAbility to develop commercial strategies and plans on infrastructure projects.\nAbility to deliver value driven management of commercial relationships with supply chain. \nAbility to support negotiations with both internal and external parties, and the ability to settle disputes whilst maintaining business critical commercial relationships. \nAbility to manage internal and external stakeholder parties to achieve successful project outcomes. \nAbility to develop and improve commercial policies, processes and procedures.\nAbility to support the development of commercial teams in complex organisation. \nAbility to demonstrate contract, commercial and risk management skills.\nType of experience:\nExperience of managing commercial management teams in major complex infrastructure projects and programmes to deliver value for money for the Client/Employer.\nExperience of working with or for publicly funded bodies and/or a major publicly funded programme.\nExperience of planning, developing and implementing high value and complex contracts and of working closely with procurement teams in tender preparation, administration and evaluation. \nExperience of using commercial management and reporting systems.\nThe post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect. It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.\nAs HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept. Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.\nWe ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. 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