Commercial Director

We are looking to appoint a Commercial Director to lead our commercial and Bid teams nationally from pre award through post award project execution phases. The role will be part of our Senior Leadership Team and report into the Vice President for KBR in Australia. We have flexibility for the role to be based from any of our capital offices.

• Providing strategic advice to clients and partners.
• Review client tender documentation, working with legal to evaluate departures, commercial modelling, risk assessment, and assistance with the completion of internal approval processes.
• Head contract compliance, management, and administration.
• Arrives at the optimal commercial outcome for the business by facilitating the relationships and perspectives of the key stakeholders (Market Sector, Legal, Risk, Finance).
• Partnering commercial management e.g., joint ventures, alliances, consortia.
• Project procurement and subcontract management
• Providing subject matter expertise in proposals and bids
• Sharing lessons and insights to ensure the entire life cycle of contractual and commercial risks and opportunities are managed appropriately.
• Managing contractual relationships with clients, partners, and subcontractors by minimizing contractual risks and optimizing commercial opportunities to maximize KBR’s profit.

• Experience of the entire project lifecycle in an EPC, PMC or D&C contract management role.
• Tertiary qualifications in Bachelor of Law, Business or equivalent.
• Strong background within a business management or contracting organisation.
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in management, including experience with contract and subcontract management required.
• Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to develop and communicate the importance of governance and process adherence whilst driving innovation, quality, and commercially focused delivery.
• Proven experience of managing teams.
• A distinctive blend of business, IT, commercial and communication skills.
• Significant experience with contract and subcontract formulation and administration.
• Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, strategic planning, and execution skills.
• Experience with the proposals process, including working with internal business stakeholders to deliver winning proposals.

In Australia, KBR employ nearly 1200 people with offices in each state. Our project delivery track record, industry profile and strong relationships have enabled us to grow significantly, and we continue to expand. This continued growth allows us to offer unrivalled opportunities to our staff in terms of career paths, career development and project exposure.

• Industry leading salaries, reviewed annually
• The opportunity to accrue an additional 8 hours of time off every 4 weeks
• Salary continuance (Income protection)
• Personal Career development plans
• Paid parental leave
• Salary packaging and Novated leases
• Paid Professional Membership Fees
• Growth and promotion opportunities
• End of trip facilities
• Employee Stock Purchase Plans
• Flexible work arrangements (start/finish times, WFH, Flex time)
• Life/Health insurance discounts