General Description :

Responsible for managing all Project Affairs and PPP Committee commercial activities (procurement, cost, budgets, contracts, claims, managing agreements with key partners); and

 Ensure achievement of and compliance of commercial targets.

Skills and Competencies :

- Minimum of 20 years post graduate experience with experience in major infrastructure projects or programmes and minimum 10 years’ experience in a similar role; preference will be given to highways, roads, aviation, structures or rail related experience

- Management of key customer and stakeholder relationship;

-  Leadership of complex contract negotiations (strategy and execution) including

   Procurement, Administration or Liquidation and Public Private Partnerships;

  - In-depth knowledge of  project commercial processes and  procedures from        procurement to project close out;

   - Ability to make impartial priority calls and determine appropriate course of         action, dealing with many different stakeholder views;

   -  The ability to think creatively and exercise sound judgement based on           analysis of risk;

 - Ability to work in multicultural environment and promote collaboration

- Ability to apply sound judgement, to think laterally and innovatively, and identify new solutions or ways of working to achieve same end goal;

Demonstrable track record in the delivery of large multidisciplinary projects;

-  A “rounded profile”, comfortable with planning, analysis and managing process and commercial considerations; the successful candidate will also be able to motivate people and teams and by their leadership skills lead teams and secure successful deliverables; and

 -  Effective in building good working relationships within complex structures,           both internally and with various project stakeholders.

Main Responsibilities :

- Ensure and review contract management and administration compliance              related  to Projects;

- Ensure and review Programme and Project related financial management            related issues;

- Initiate and conduct meetings as required with Supply Chain in relation to

Project(s) related commercial and contract management matters;

-  Manage the delivery, when required, of variations, addendums, extensions of time, claims etc. ensuring that they are being proceeding accordance with the Authority’s relevant policies and procedures;

- Familiar  with  financial  information  and  is  aware  of  financial  impacts  on     bids/contracts/projects;

- Provide  support  to  the  Project  Affairs  Departments  where  required,  on commercial matters; and

-  Escalate issues within the Authority as and when required.

Qualifications & Criteria :

Mandatory requirements : 

- University degree from a recognized university in an appropriate field such as Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Construction Management or equivalent;

- Excellent communication skills in English, written and spoken

- Driver’s License.

Desirable requirements :

·     Professionally qualified in MRICS or equivalent is preferable;

·     Master’s degree in a relevant field;

·     Arabic language skills; and

·     Experience of working in Qatar or the Gulf region