Divisional Commercial Manager

Location/s: Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Altrincham, Liverpool, Cardiff, Birmingham, Cambridge, Norwich, London, Croydon, Bristol, Southampton; UK

Recruiter contact: Pamela Wray-Slack

Final date to receive applications: 9th February 2026 at 5.00pm

Mott Mac Donald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued.

Whatever your ambition, Mott Mac Donald is where people come to be brilliant.

We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe. From preparing the business case and advising on related issues – such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation – to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it. Our planning, engineering, environmental and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy.

Transport and Mobility Solutions (TMS) is Mott Mac Donald’s centre of excellence for shaping the future of transportation. We deliver everything from active travel schemes and highway renewals to major infrastructure like light rail and public transport systems. Our teams combine transport planning, traffic modelling, urban mobility expertise and cutting-edge digital tools to solve complex challenges for major public sector clients such as National Highways, Transport Scotland, the Department for Transport and private sector clients including Tier 1 Contractors and developers.

Our division is part of the Transport Unit of over 2,000 staff that includes Rail, Aviation and Heavy Civil Engineering. In TMS we have 700 staff and a footprint across the UK, Ireland, Europe and wider with over 400 projects ranging from £10k to £35m. TMS thrives upon collaboration, innovation and technical excellence. We have clear goals to achieve a Thriving Culture, Deliver with Excellence and Partner with our Clients.

We are pushing boundaries to create smarter and sustainable business, always staying one step ahead in a fast-moving commercial landscape.

We are seeking a dynamic, relationship driven, Divisional Commercial Manager for TMS. You will play a strategic leadership role within the Divisional Executive Team for our growing £85m business. You will be accountable for delivering our commercial relationships, assurance, compliance, ethical business conduct and effective delivery performance.

• Report to the Divisional General Manager accountable for:
  • Delivering commercial relationships with our clients, partners and supply chain
  • Providing effective governance, compliance and assurance for the work we want to win
  • Optimise profit whilst managing opportunities and risk to achieve commercial success
• Own enterprise risk management for the division and develop an understanding of market risks and Mott Mac Donald’s risk appetite for winning work and associated approvals for contracts with deemed higher risk clauses
• Lead on the full commercial lifecycle for our projects - understanding market risks, partnering, through to close out
• Support the Divisional Operations Manager in achieving financial targets from projects through operational commercial efficiency in the division including use of…