Project Commercial Director

Description

• Champion strong governance, ensuring accurate reporting, transparent decision-making and the consistent application of best practice across all commercial workstreams.
• Empower and guide a diverse commercial team through a matrix structure, fostering a culture of trust, curiosity and shared accountability where people thrive and deliver their best.
• Develop and implement the project’s commercial strategy, ensuring it supports the business case, investment criteria and long-term shareholder value.
• Collaborate closely with shareholders, government, regulators and the supply chain to build consensus and secure the right conditions for project success.
• Shape and manage key contract negotiations, including construction and offtake agreements, ensuring risk is balanced and commercial outcomes are optimised.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in the commercial management of large-scale, debt-financed infrastructure projects, ideally within energy, utilities or renewables, with international exposure and a proven ability to deliver complex, high-value outcomes.
• Proven expertise in contract negotiation and administration, demonstrating a calm, solutions-focused approach to managing risk, resolving challenges, and optimising commercial outcomes.
• Demonstrable experience of engaging and collaborating effectively with shareholders, government, regulators and supply chain partners, building trusted relationships that enable consensus and project success.
• Exceptional commercial and financial insight, with deep understanding of CAPEX/OPEX modelling, project financing, and revenue mechanisms such as CfDs, CPPAs and cap & floor arrangements.
• Strong leadership capability, inspiring and developing multidisciplinary teams within complex or matrix environments, and fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance