Senior Manager Commercial (Temporary Opportunity - up to 10 months)
Transport for NSW · AU
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About the Role
Lead commercial and risk performance on major projects, ensuring organizational interests are protected through effective risk allocation and robust contract management. Support procurement finalization, sourcing decisions, risk reduction, and value-for-money outcomes. Develop and embed a Commercial Management Framework for contract administration, commercial outcomes, and proactive risk management.
Responsibilities
- Lead commercial and risk management across the project, providing expert advice on contract strategy, negotiations, probity, tenders, variations, claims, and commercial decision-making.
- Drive a proactive risk management culture by implementing dispute prevention and resolution strategies.
- Oversee legal and commercial advisors and contract administration frameworks.
- Provide commercial leadership on complex, sensitive, and high-risk issues, delivering pragmatic solutions.
- Build strong collaborative relationships across the organisation and with external stakeholders.
Requirements
- Ability to work collaboratively across the organisation to build strong relationships.
- Foster a high-performing and inclusive team culture.
- Contribute to the successful delivery of strategic objectives and project outcomes.
- Act as a key point of contact for stakeholders, providing strategic advice.
- Respond to requests for information.
- Ensure complex or sensitive matters are appropriately resolved or escalated.
- Create an environment that promotes trust, innovation, learning, and collaboration.
- Provide leadership, mentoring, and professional development support to team members.
- Represent the team's perspective in interactions with senior leaders and key stakeholders.
- Facilitate informed decision-making and provide escalation support for complex issues and risks.
- Maintain open communication channels through proactive stakeholder engagement.
- Provide expert advice and resolve issues efficiently.
- Leverage industry knowledge and best practice insights to support organizational strategies and continuous improvement initiatives.
Skills
- Contract strategy
- Negotiations
- Probity
- Tenders
- Variations
- Claims
- Commercial decision-making
- Risk management
- Dispute prevention
- Dispute resolution
- Contract administration
- Stakeholder engagement
- Leadership
- Mentoring
- Professional development
- Industry knowledge
- Best practice insights
Location
- Parramatta
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior Manager
Benefits
- Work-life balance
- Wellbeing support
About the Company
- Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system.
- We connect people, communities and industry every day.
Equal Opportunity
- Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply.