Head of Commercial Governance & Bid Assurance

Job Title: Head of Commercial Governance & Bid Assurance – Senior Leadership, Tier 1 Construction

Location: Hertfordshire (Hybrid Working)
Salary: £120K + Package
Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Head of Commercial Governance & Bid Assurance | Senior Leadership Role | Reporting to Commercial Director

Intersect Global is recruiting on behalf of a leading Tier 1 UK contractor for a Head of Commercial Governance & Bid Assurance. This is a senior leadership appointment reporting directly to the Commercial Director, offering excellent opportunity for career progression within a growing, high-performing commercial function.

If you have a strong background in commercial management, tender governance and construction contracts, and you're ready to influence major business decisions at group level, this could be your next move.

About the Role

You'll take ownership of commercial governance and assurance across strategic bids and tenders group-wide, ensuring every opportunity pursued aligns with business goals, risk appetite and profitability targets.

Working closely with divisional teams, you'll act as the trusted expert on pricing strategy, commercial risk and tender governance — supporting high-value opportunities from initial identification through to contract award. You'll review commercial proposals, bring market and pricing insight to the table, and help protect and grow margin across the group's work-winning activity.

You'll also help shape the group's commercial approach more broadly — developing best practice, delivering training, and strengthening commercial controls across the business. Working alongside legal, procurement, project and operational teams, you'll help secure favourable contract outcomes, manage commercial risk, and identify opportunities for innovation and growth.

Career Progression

This is a fantastic opportunity to influence major business decisions and drive commercial excellence across a diverse, growing organisation — with a clear path to further leadership responsibility as the commercial function continues to scale.

What You'll Bring

Commercial & Contract Expertise:

• Strong command of construction contracts, delivery models and commercial management frameworks
• Experience across a range of contracting arrangements — capital delivery, alliancing, term maintenance and framework agreements
• Familiarity with standard and bespoke contract forms, including identifying and mitigating onerous terms
• Ability to track pricing performance from tender through delivery, feeding learnings back into estimating and bid teams

Risk & Governance:

• Experience embedding tender governance frameworks and work-winning processes within a Tier 1 UK contracting environment
• Confident identifying, assessing and mitigating commercial risk across complex projects
• Track record spotting opportunities to protect and grow margin across a bid pipeline

Leadership & Relationships:

• Strong stakeholder management across legal, procurement, delivery and operational functions
• Skilled negotiator with strong relationship-building capability
• Experience developing best practice and delivering training across a commercial function

Background & Credentials:

• 10+ years' commercial management experience within a relevant industry
• Degree in quantity surveying, commercial management or related discipline (desirable)
• Professional accreditation such as RICS or CICES (desirable)
• Comfortable working across commercial management software, contract tools and financial systems

Why Apply?

• Senior leadership role reporting directly into the Commercial Director
• Excellent opportunity for career progression as the commercial function grows
• Influence major bids and business decisions at group level
• Join a well-established, high-performing Tier 1 contractor

How to Apply

To apply for this Head of Commercial Governance & Bid Assurance role, submit your CV via TotalJobs or contact Intersect Global directly for a confidential conversation.

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