Commercial Manager

About Jacobs

Jacobs is focused on solving critical global problems to support thriving cities, resilient environments, and operational advancement. The company aims to transform abstract ideas into realities that benefit the world. Jacobs is seeking to expand its capabilities by pushing the limits of what is possible to create a smarter and more connected world.

Role Overview

Jacobs is seeking an experienced Commercial Manager to join its team in Neom, Al Jawf, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves providing contractual leadership across a major program. The Commercial Manager will be responsible for managing high-volume or multi-order closeout programs under various contracting arrangements.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain a prioritized closeout plan and tracker for Work Orders, Service Orders, and assigned standalone contracts, including status, dependencies, actions, owners, and target completion dates.
• Review each order or contract against its scope, commercial terms, deliverables, amendments, and approval history to establish specific closeout requirements and identify evidence gaps.
• Verify completion and acceptance of contracted services or works with project and technical teams, obtaining relevant completion, handover, or acceptance records.
• Reconcile awarded values, approved changes, commitments, invoices, payments, accruals, and remaining balances across contract records, Unifier, and SAP, escalating discrepancies for resolution.
• Lead the agreement and documentation of final accounts, including assessment and closure of outstanding variations, claims, contra-charges, disputed amounts, and other commercial matters.
• Develop, substantiate, and agree on estimated costs for rectifying outstanding NCRs, defects, and incomplete works, ensuring appropriate deductions or financial offsets are incorporated into the final account.
• Confirm completion of required contractor deliverables, including final reports, records, warranties, manuals, and as-built information.
• Coordinate the closure or release of applicable securities, guarantees, retentions, and insurances, subject to contract conditions and approvals.
• Confirm the position on defects, outstanding obligations, and post-completion responsibilities, ensuring residual actions are recorded, assigned, and monitored.
• Prepare closeout recommendations, approval submissions, final account documentation, settlement records, and closure certificates.
• Ensure purchase orders, Work Orders, Service Orders, and associated commitments are administratively and financially closed in applicable systems.
• Maintain a complete, accurate, and auditable closeout file with clear linkage between contractual correspondence, approvals, financial records, deliverables, and system transactions.
• Provide concise periodic reporting on closeout progress, ageing, forecast completion, blockers, risk exposure, and required management decisions.

Qualifications and Experience

• Over 10 years of demonstrable experience managing high-volume or multi-order closeout programs under framework, call-off, task order, or similar enterprise contracting arrangements.
• Strong capability in final account agreement, financial and commitment reconciliation, change control, claims assessment, records management, and resolution of outstanding contractual matters.
• Sound knowledge of contract law, procurement, and contract administration principles; familiarity with FIDIC or comparable standard forms is advantageous.
• Proficiency in Unifier and SAP, or comparable contract and enterprise resource planning systems, along with strong Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills.
• Ability to interpret contractual requirements, identify evidence gaps, analyze commercial data, and convert complex issues into clear actions and recommendations.
• Strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to manage a large closeout portfolio, competing priorities, and time-sensitive dependencies.
• Effective stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, and influencing skills, including the confidence to challenge incomplete or inconsistent records.
• High standards of accuracy, governance, document control, and audit readiness.
• Experience in large-scale infrastructure, construction, engineering, or professional services environments is preferred.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multicultural, matrixed, and fast-paced organization.
• Proactive self-starter with the ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and deliver results with minimal supervision.
• Knowledge of the organization’s policies, procedures, and approval requirements is advantageous.

Work Environment

This is a full-time onsite position in Neom, Al Jawf, Saudi Arabia. Employees are expected to attend a Jacobs Workplace on a full-time basis, as required by the nature of the role. Jacobs fosters an inclusive culture and supports flexible working arrangements where possible.

Application Process

Jacobs is committed to ensuring a positive application experience. For further support or reasonable adjustments regarding the recruitment process, please contact the team via Careers Support.