Senior Commercial Manager

About the Role

KBR, Inc. is seeking a Senior Commercial Manager to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position involves providing PMO services, enterprise-level governance, assurance, integration, and performance oversight for a major infrastructure program. The project focuses on a mixed-use development designed to be a global landmark and a distinct, self-sustaining hub in Riyadh.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Senior Commercial Manager – Lead, the Senior Commercial Manager will coordinate with Project Management Consultants (PMCs) on various commercial aspects. This includes managing executive commercial reporting, developing commercial strategies, overseeing pre and post-contract management, and ensuring timely reporting to prevent schedule and cost overruns.

Main Duties

• Develop, implement, and govern standard cost and commercial reporting formats for PMCs.
• 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 Bills of Quantities (BoQ) and tender documents to develop standards for PMCs.
• Prepare program-wide consolidated cost reports consistent with agreed reporting requirements for various stakeholders.
• Collate annual program-wide budgets and prepare monthly cashflow reports for client submission.
• Prepare and develop cost benchmark reports for Tender Price Index, Professional Fees, Construction Costs, and efficiency benchmarks.
• Issue cost benchmarking templates, elemental cost plan formats, and required information to PMCs.
• Participate in the development and implementation of program change control procedures.
• Prepare and issue program-wide project cash flow reports and project cost reports, including trend analysis and change reporting.
• Review cost risks and opportunities.
• Report seamlessly between Cost Breakdown Structure and Work Breakdown Structure, linking cost and schedule, including Earned Value.
• Prepare updates for changes on the program 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 program-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

Candidates for this role should possess over 10 years of relevant experience in commercial management, particularly within large-scale infrastructure or mixed-use development projects. A strong understanding of commercial strategy, contract management, and financial reporting is essential.

Work Environment

This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and involves working on a significant infrastructure program that aims to establish a global landmark. The role requires collaboration with various stakeholders, including PMCs, DevCo, BOD, Excom, Treasury, PIF, and HRH.

Application Process

The salary for this position will be disclosed during the application process. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply.