Commercial Manager

HS2 Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 46,000 - GBP 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure company in Birmingham seeks a skilled commercial manager to oversee high-value contracts and ensure effective project delivery. You will provide governance input, manage commercial relationships, and lead contract performance reviews. Ideal candidates have experience in infrastructure projects and proven negotiation skills. This role offers a competitive salary and a flexible benefits package.

Benefits

Flexible benefits fund

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Ability to manage high-value contracts for major infrastructure projects.
• Experience with publicly funded projects.
• Familiarity with commercial management and reporting systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide commercial input for governance and approvals.
• Administer obligations of the IPA and manage project awards.
• Deliver commercial assurance and manage contract performance.

Skills

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Commercial strategy development

Dispute resolution

Negotiation skills

Education

Experience in commercial management for infrastructure projects

Job description

Salary

Base salary: £46,406 pa to c.£54,595pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer a flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top of base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits – check them out in the Benefits section on our website.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

About the role

Pre-Contract / Procurement

• To be responsible for commercial input to the governance process, ensuring timely stakeholder management of endorsement / approvals. The role is integrated and will support the challenge of project strategy and delivery methods.

Support the team in drafting remits and awards of works under the IPA ensuring alignment of governance and assurance of commercial positions.

Post Contract

• To be responsible for providing commercial assurance to the ONW Senior Commercial Manager.
• To be responsible for delivering commercial and contract management of the remit and project awards to maintain effective commercial control.

To be responsible for the administration of the obligations of the IPA and the remit / awards necessary to deliver the project, including assessment of:

• variations and compensation events
• contract payments
• performance incentive

• To be responsible for maintaining effective cost verification.
• To be responsible for reviewing and analysing monthly reports to drive performance.
• To be responsible for inputting contract level performance information into monthly MBR reports.
• To be responsible for participating and contributing in and contribute to monthly contract and programme performance reviews and other ad hoc reviews and supporting final cost estimate updates.
• To be responsible for supporting the settlement of disputes.
• To be responsible for providing day to day ad hoc contract and commercial advice to the delivery team.
• To be responsible for providing commercial assessment of opportunities for project savings supporting the development of associated proposals / business case for approval.
• To be responsible for supporting the development of a collaborative culture within the IPT (Integrated Project Team) that encourages innovation, enhances functional capability, creates consistency of performance, maximises the benefits of knowledge sharing and embeds industry best practice across the organisation.
• To be responsible for supporting the commercial relationship and engagement with key stakeholders.

To be responsible for review estimates (at all stages).

Leadership

• To be responsible for leading and reviewing estimates.
• To be responsible for providing second key corporate governance approval of change and risk draw down in accordance with corporate governance requirements.
• To be responsible for leading commercial resources, agreeing objectives, managing performance and development to ensure staff have the necessary skills and support to deliver in their roles.
• To be responsible for providing domain knowledge in the development and maintenance of efficient and effective contract and commercial management policies, processes and procedures.

Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

About You

Skills

• Ability to manage and administer high value and delivery critical contracts to deliver major complex infrastructure or similar projects and programmes.
• Ability to develop commercial strategies and plans on capital projects.
• Ability to support the development and management of effective, value driven management of commercial relationships with supply chain.
• Ability to support negotiations with both internal and external parties, and to settle disputes.
• Ability to support the management of stakeholder parties to achieve successful project outcomes.
• Ability to develop commercial policies, processes and procedures.
• Ability to support the development of commercial teams.
• Ability to demonstrate contract, commercial and risk management skills.

Type of experience

• Experience of managing commercial management teams’ members in infrastructure projects and programmes.
• Experience of working with or for publicly funded bodies and/or a publicly funded project.
• Experience of planning, developing, and implementing infrastructure contracts and of working with procurement teams in tender preparation, administration and evaluation.
• Experience of using commercial management and reporting systems.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect. It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Watch this video on how we remove bias in the recruitment process: Removing bias in the recruitment process – YouTube

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

About Us

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK’s new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.

Job Info

• Job Identification 260014
• Job Category Commercial Management
• Posting Date 02/02/2026, 11:10 AM
• Apply Before 02/16/2026, 11:59 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations 2 Snowhill, Birmingham, B4 6GA, GB
• Permanent or Fixed Term Contract Permanent