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Your Opportunity

The PMCM Commercial Management Lead is responsible for optimizing the financial performance, contractual position, and commercial success of PMCM portfolios and programs. This role provides strategic leadership for contract administration, change management, claims prevention and recovery, risk management, dispute resolution, and financial governance across the full program lifecycle.

The Commercial Management Lead partners closely with Growth, Operations, Delivery, Controls, Legal, and Program Leadership teams to ensure that commercial risks are proactively managed, contractual entitlements are preserved, and commercial opportunities are maximized. The role serves as the organization’s subject matter expert on claims strategy, contract interpretation, commercial negotiations, and dispute avoidance while supporting profitable growth and sustainable business performance.

Key Responsibilities Contract Administration & Commercial Governance

Provide executive oversight of client contracts, subconsultant agreements, and commercial terms
Support contract negotiations, amendments, and risk allocation strategies
Ensure contractual compliance throughout program execution
Interpret contract provisions and advise leadership on contractual rights, obligations, and potential exposure
Establish commercial governance processes to monitor contractual performance and risk

Change Management

Develop standardized approaches for managing scope growth, contract modifications, and additional services
Ensure commercial impacts are identified, quantified, and communicated early
Monitor change order pipelines and recovery performance
Support project teams in negotiating equitable compensation and schedule adjustments
Drive consistency in documentation and change management processes across programs

Claims Management & Commercial Recovery

Establish and lead portfolio-wide claims management practices across PMCM programs
Develop strategies to identify, document, negotiate, and recover costs associated with scope changes, delays, disruptions, differing site conditions, acceleration, and other compensable events
Ensure timely preparation and submission of notices, claims, requests for equitable adjustment, and supporting documentation
Lead commercial negotiations with clients, contractors, and stakeholders regarding disputed issues and commercial settlements
Direct forensic analysis related to schedule impacts, productivity losses, delay claims, and cost recovery efforts
Partner with project controls teams to develop defensible claims supported by schedule, cost, risk, and performance data
Maintain oversight of claim exposure, recovery forecasts, and dispute resolution activities across the portfolio
Develop lessons learned and claims avoidance strategies to improve future project performance

Commercial Risk Management

Responsible to lead and coordinate all BOURC/ELRC reviews for PMCM projects with the appropriate BOU Representatives when a new opportunity triggers a risk review
Integrate commercial risk management into program governance and decision-making
Establish frameworks to identify, evaluate, mitigate, and monitor commercial and contractual risks
Maintain visibility into risk exposure, claims trends, and emerging commercial issues
Collaborate with project teams, legal counsel, and executive leadership to develop risk response strategies
Ensure commercial implications of key project decisions are fully evaluated

Financial Performance & Forecasting

Assess the financial impact of claims, disputes, and unresolved commercial issues
Support corrective action plans for underperforming projects
Provide executive-level reporting and recommendations regarding commercial performance

Dispute Resolution & Executive Support

Lead dispute avoidance and resolution strategies
Coordinate with legal counsel on mediation, arbitration, litigation support, and expert witness engagements as required
Provide executive leadership with commercial assessments and recommended courses of action
Participate in governance reviews and portfolio performance discussions
Support strategic decisions involving significant commercial risk or opportunity

Business Improvement & Capability Development

Develop standardized commercial management procedures, templates, and tools
Build organizational capability in contract administration, claims management, and negotiation
Mentor program managers, commercial managers, and program leaders on commercial best practices
Leverage PMIS, analytics, and controls systems to improve commercial visibility and decision-making
Promote a proactive commercial culture focused on risk mitigation and recovery optimization

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements

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PMCM Commercial Management Lead, US