Commercial Manager

About Jacobs

Jacobs is a global company focused on solving critical challenges across various sectors, including urban development, environmental resilience, and scientific discovery. The company aims to transform abstract ideas into tangible realities that benefit the world. Jacobs is committed to pushing the boundaries of what is possible to create a smarter and more connected global environment.

Commercial Manager Role in Neom

Jacobs is seeking an experienced Commercial Manager to join its team in Neom, Al Jawf. This full-time position involves providing contractual leadership for a major program. The role requires a minimum of 10 years of experience, with a specific focus on contract and commercial management, particularly in closeout processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and 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 provisions are incorporated into the final account.
• Confirm completion of required contractor deliverables, such as 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 in accordance with contract and governance requirements.
• Ensure purchase orders, Work Orders, Service Orders, and associated commitments are administratively and financially closed in applicable systems following final approval.
• 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 Requirements

• Experience: Minimum of 15 years of relevant post-qualification experience in contract or commercial management, with substantial responsibility for contract, Work Order, or Service Order closeout. Demonstrable experience managing high-volume or multi-order closeout programs under framework, call-off, task order, or similar enterprise contracting arrangements.
• Skills: Strong capability in final account agreement, financial and commitment reconciliation, change control, claims assessment, records management, and resolution of outstanding contractual matters.
• Knowledge: Sound knowledge of contract law, procurement, and contract administration principles. Familiarity with FIDIC or comparable standard forms is advantageous.
• Systems Proficiency: Proficiency in Unifier and SAP, or comparable contract and enterprise resource planning systems, along with strong Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills.
• Analytical Ability: Ability to interpret contractual requirements, identify evidence gaps, analyze commercial data, and convert complex issues into clear actions and recommendations.
• Organizational Skills: Strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to manage a large closeout portfolio, competing priorities, and time-sensitive dependencies.
• Interpersonal Skills: Effective stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, and influencing skills, including the confidence to challenge incomplete or inconsistent records.
• Standards: High standards of accuracy, governance, document control, and audit readiness.
• Sector Experience: Experience in large-scale infrastructure, construction, engineering, or professional services environments is preferred.
• Work Style: 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.
• Additional Knowledge: Knowledge of the organization’s policies, procedures, and approval requirements is advantageous.

Work Environment

This is a full-time onsite position, requiring attendance at a Jacobs workplace as dictated by the nature of the role. Jacobs fosters an inclusive culture that values diverse perspectives and backgrounds, promoting collaboration and mutual support.

Application Process

Jacobs is committed to an accessible application experience. For further support or reasonable adjustments regarding the recruitment process, please contact the Careers Support team.