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About the Role

The Programme Commercial Director will implement HS2 commercial strategy and capability, ensuring robust commercial governance and value delivery. This role will mitigate commercial delivery risks, foster collaborative partnerships, and develop commercial management plans to deliver HS2's committed outcomes and benefits for Phase 1.

Responsibilities

• Implement the HS2 commercial strategy, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.
• Lead the negotiation, administration, and management of complex contracts (e.g., NEC3 forms of contract) with clients, subcontractors, and suppliers, ensuring compliance, risk mitigation, and optimal commercial outcomes.
• Identify, assess, and manage commercial risks and opportunities across the delivery programme lifecycle, developing robust mitigation strategies in line with HS2 programme safety requirements.
• Cultivate and maintain strong commercial relationships with key delivery stakeholders, fostering collaboration and effective dispute resolution.
• Drive commercial excellence in supply chain contract management, ensuring robust contract terms and performance monitoring to support HS2 programme delivery.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing commercial team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, professional development, and adherence to best commercial practices.
• Establish and maintain a consistent approach to contract management and commercial assurance, reporting and governance across the HS2 programme.
• Provide accurate and timely commercial reporting, analysis, and insights to the Executive Team, enabling informed decision-making and strategic adjustments for railway programmes.
• Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all work, and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

Requirements

• Ability to lead a large, multi-located commercial team in a project-based environment.
• Expert capability in identifying, assessing, quantifying, mitigating, and managing delivery commercial and contractual risks inherent in major construction projects, particularly within a regulated railway environment.
• Ability to maximise commercial value and cost in complex contracts covering multiple assets and/or geographies.
• Ability to evaluate commercial opportunities and risks.
• Ability to innovate and adopt new approaches, tools and technology to deliver required benefits and intended outcomes.
• Knowledge of commercial management practices and approaches.
• Knowledge of commercial lifecycle and whole-life cost management.
• Knowledge of supply chain engagement and management.
• Comprehensive knowledge of commercial best practices, governance frameworks, and assurance processes applicable to multi-billion-pound infrastructure programmes, including value engineering and whole-life costing.
• Experience of leading and developing a large Commercial team for complex, major operations in the UK, Europe or globally – including capability development.
• Experience of leading high value Commercial negotiations in a major infrastructure project or programme.
• Demonstrable experience in proactively managing commercial risks and identifying opportunities within highly regulated and safety-critical environments, such as the UK railway.

Skills

• Commercial strategy implementation
• Contract negotiation and management (NEC3)
• Risk and opportunity management
• Stakeholder relationship management
• Supply chain contract management
• Team leadership and development
• Commercial reporting and analysis
• Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) promotion
• Commercial value maximization
• Commercial risk evaluation
• Innovation and adoption of new technologies

Location

• Birmingham
• London

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior

Benefits

• Positive and inclusive adjustments
• Flexible working
• Encouragement of staff networks
• Personal and professional development opportunities

About the Company

• HS2 Ltd will be the UK’s new high speed rail network, improving capacity, shortening journey times, boosting the economy, and creating thousands of jobs.
• HS2 Ltd aims to create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent.
• HS2 Ltd aims to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all staff, living values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.
• HS2 Ltd is a safety-critical organisation requiring employees to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to 'Safe at Heart' programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

Equal Opportunity

• HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.
• HS2 Ltd is positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
• CV anonymisation and removal of personal information during the first stage of application review to remove bias.
• Emphasis on attaching an updated Word version of the CV for each new application, including evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.