Senior Commercial Consultancy Manager

About the Role

• Manage safety‑first delivery, ensuring excellence in quality, cost, programme, sustainability and compliance. • Provide strategic leadership for key commissions, aligning delivery with client objectives. • Govern commercial, contractual and ethical operations, maintaining fiscal discipline and legislative compliance. • Inspire inclusive teams, drive continuous improvement and net‑zero outcomes through collaboration and innovation. • Oversee contract administration, documentation, certifications and final‑account agreements. • Control post‑contract costs, valuations, variations, reporting and contractor claims. • Provide commercial leadership, stakeholder management and develop high‑performing cost‑management teams. • Drive system improvements and support net‑zero carbon outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸contract administration
• ▸cost control
• ▸system improvement
• ▸reporting
• ▸stakeholder management
• ▸safety management

What You Bring

Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Their values shape how they consult and define the people they want to join them on their journey. As they look to 2026, Mace seeks Associate Director and Senior Manager level Commercial Managers to join over 400 colleagues in the Defence Business Unit. The role supports Defence and National Security across infrastructure, commercial services and project delivery, requiring SC clearance (or the ability to obtain it) and offering flexibility across London and the South West, with exposure to Defence and NEC contracts seen as highly beneficial. • Degree in quantity surveying or cost management (or equivalent). • Professional membership or working towards MRICS/RICS (or equivalent). • Experience in business development with strong commercial and financial acumen. • Knowledge of value engineering, life‑cycle costing, contract law and construction contractual frameworks. • Experience leading parts of projects within large, diverse teams. • Proven ability to manage relationships with senior stakeholders. • Understanding of carbon and sustainability considerations shaping project outlooks.

Requirements

• ▸quantity surveying
• ▸mrics
• ▸business development
• ▸value engineering
• ▸leadership
• ▸stakeholder management

Benefits

Mace is an inclusive employer that welcomes diverse candidates and offers part‑time, flexible and hybrid working where suitable. The company emphasizes safety, client focus, integrity and creating opportunities for people to excel, fostering a safe, diverse and collaborative environment.

Work Environment

Hybrid