Commercial Lead

Commercial Lead – Cheshire – Remote – 12 month Contract Inside IR35 – up to £468 per day

Company cultures & job summary

Our client is looking for an experienced Commercial Lead to drive the development of an incentivised collaboration mechanism for a major SMR nuclear programme. This is a senior role requiring deep expertise in alliancing, NEC contracts, and complex infrastructure procurement. It's a genuinely unique opportunity to shape something high-impact from the ground up.

Working Patterns and location – Remote – occasional days on site per month (Cheshire)

The Key Responsibilities of a Commercial Lead:

• Lead development of the Incentivised Collaboration Agreement, including incentive and performance mechanisms.
• Act as deputy to the Head of Commercial, managing multiple sub-workstreams and stakeholder inputs.
• Design and deliver market testing activity, evaluating findings to inform commercial strategy.
• Ensure all commercial assurance and governance processes are followed across the full lifecycle.
• Lead development of negotiation strategies aligned to programme critical success factors.
• Manage external contractors and consultants, ensuring budgets are controlled appropriately.
• Support commercial reporting and business case development for senior leadership review.
• Collaborate across Finance, Legal, PMO and Technical functions to deliver joined-up commercial solutions.

Below is a list of Key Skills required for a Commercial Lead, however you will not be expected to have everything:

• Experience designing or working within an alliance mechanism on a major infrastructure programme.
• Extensive experience with the NEC suite of contracts, including drafting and negotiation.
• Proven track record delivering procurement activity in excess of £50 million at a senior level.
• Experience in nuclear, construction, engineering or critical national infrastructure programmes.
• Strong ability to design collaborative delivery and incentive mechanisms for complex programmes.
• Experience overseeing cost estimation and development of pricing and incentive strategies.
• Ability to lead and influence multi-disciplinary teams and senior stakeholders under pressure.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines.

The client would also like to see some of the below, but this is not essential:

• Experience working to Government governance processes including CAB, Cabinet Office and HMT.
• Experience delivering procurements under Public Contract Regulations or the Procurement Act.
• Experience leading business case development in line with HMT Green Book methodology.

Our client is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.

Part-time opportunities/flexible working is available to suit individual needs.

Please note that the client has determined that the off-payroll working rules will apply to this assignment and therefore this contract will be run through an Umbrella Company. Income tax and primary national insurance contributions will be deducted at source from any payments made to the intermediary.

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