Commercial Director

About the Role

KBR, Inc. is seeking a Commercial Director to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This is a full-time position focused on a major infrastructure program for a mixed-use development. The project aims to establish a global landmark in Riyadh, recognized for its unique vision and position as an authentic destination. KBR provides PMO services, enterprise-level governance, assurance, integration, and performance oversight across all projects and programs within this development.

Role Overview

Reporting to the Programme Director, the Commercial Director is responsible for coordinating with Project Management Consultants (PMCs) on executive commercial reporting and control. This includes recommending commercial strategies, managing pre and post-contract activities, providing accurate status reports to prevent schedule slippage and cost overruns, and producing close-out reports for each project.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and govern standard cost and commercial reporting formats for PMCs.
• Develop and maintain a database of all insurances, guarantees, and warranties.
• Coordinate with PMCs to compile and validate analytical commercial data.
• Manage executive risk reporting.
• Develop Project Cost Reports (PCR), Commercial Executive Reports, and Cashflows within Unifier, integrating with other platforms for data consistency.
• Review existing procurement guidelines for Bill of Quantities (BoQ) and tender documents to develop standards for PMCs.
• Prepare programme-wide consolidated cost reports consistent with agreed reporting requirements for various stakeholders.
• Collate annual programme-wide budgets and prepare monthly cashflow reports for client submission.
• Prepare and develop cost benchmark reports for Tender Price Index, Professional Fees Benchmark, Construction Cost Benchmark, and efficiency benchmarks.
• Prepare and issue cost benchmarking templates, elemental cost plan formats, and required information to PMCs.
• Participate in the development and implementation of programme change control procedures.
• Prepare and issue programme-wide project cash flow reports and cost reports, including trend analysis and change reporting.
• Review cost risks and opportunities.
• Report seamlessly between Cost Break Down Structure and Work Breakdown Structure, linking Cost and Schedule, including Earned Value.
• Prepare updates for changes on the Programme baseline budget.
• Support the Business Plan exercise.
• Provide portfolio-wide risk management services to support effective governance, decision-making, and assurance.
• Consolidate PMC risk registers into programme-level and departmental risk registers.
• Assist the Client with the development of commercial strategy.
• Lead and direct contracts, risk, and other support service departments, ensuring timely production of all required commercial deliverables by KBR.
• Produce Commercial Reports throughout the project’s life cycle.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience is required for this role.

Work Environment

This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and involves working within a team dedicated to a significant infrastructure program for a mixed-use development.