Commercial Director - Global

Overview

The Opportunity Are you a commercial leader with the vision to drive significant business growth on a global scale? Then join us at Stantec!

We are seeking an experienced Commercial Director to play a pivotal role in our ambitious expansion across global regions. In this senior leadership role, you will influence growth, profitability, and governance, acting as a key partner to our leadership team and forging a clear path for your own advancement. Our "Global" region represents a diverse, multi-continental portfolio with major operations in the UK, Europe, Asia-Pacific (notably Australia/New Zealand), Latin America, and the Middle East.

You will balance aggressive growth with sound commercial and risk management practices, supporting regional teams and building relationships that drive success. Your focus will be on strengthening governance, improving commercial performance, and fostering a culture of transparency and proactive risk management. You will champion both growth and risk mitigation, drive commercial excellence across all global projects to boost profitability and success, act as a gatekeeper for commercial risk ensuring alignment with policies, and implement best practices to improve project margins with a focus on claims management.

You will represent our global commercial interests in corporate discussions, provide high-level input on major strategic bids, and mentor regional teams to develop the next generation of leaders.

You are a seasoned commercial and risk management professional with a proven track record of driving business growth, with experience in the engineering consultancy sector. You will have significant experience in commercial, contracts and claims management and a genuine passion for global work.

Ideally you will:

• Demonstrate extensive experience in commercial management, with a strong background in major projects, claims, and variations.
• Be a strategic thinker who is also comfortable diving into the details of project financials and legal terms.
• Possess a strong leadership presence with exceptional communication skills, capable of influencing senior professionals across diverse cultures.
• Be confident, self-motivated, and adaptable, with a flair for innovative thinking and a willingness to challenge the status quo.
• Show a high level of cultural competence and flexibility to work across different time zones.
• Have experience working internationally or on a global scale.

Overseas travel is an important part of this role, so you must be happy to travel to undertake global travel when required.

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment.

Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.