Director, Commercial

Director Commercial, Ongoing, Sydney

This role is a salary Senior Executive Band 1, with the base salary for this role starting at $217,997-$242,099 base plus superannuation, commensurate with experience.

Join INSW and play your part in creating a sustainable infrastructure legacy for NSW!

About the Role

Are you an innovative strategist with a passion for achieving commercial outcomes? Do you possess a wealth of experience in directing contract activities? If so, we invite you to apply for the pivotal role of Director, Commercial at Infrastructure NSW.

In this role, you will offer expert guidance in crafting, executing, and consistently overseeing Projects NSW commercial management. Your goal is to attain agreed-upon objectives and uphold top-notch project and contract standards, ensuring a commercially robust foundation that satisfies key stakeholders. You'll also offer strategic advice to the Executive Director Portfolio Projects and other Projects NSW team members, particularly in managing contractors and service providers. Your insights will prove invaluable during the development, procurement, and delivery phases, providing essential advice on procurement, commercial matters, and financial considerations.

Some of the key accountabilities for the role include:

• Providing strategic advice to the Executive Director Portfolio Projects and other Infrastructure NSW staff on all commercial matters, and in relation to contract negotiations.
• Maintaining the commercial integrity of the Projects NSW projects by ensuring all contracts accurately capture client requirements, are acceptable to market, result in commercially sound outcomes for the government and are awarded on time to meet overall program objectives.
• Leading the delivery of projects and post implementation reviews to help ensure benefits realisation and understand lessons to be learned.
• Managing dispute avoidance and commercial resolution, ensuring alignment with organisational resolution strategies and best practice.

About You

The ideal candidate should have demonstrated experience in achieving commercial success in complex, multi-contract infrastructure projects. Alongside this, possessing a tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline or relevant experience is essential.

Highly valued in this role is the proficiency in developing and implementing commercial management strategies. Moreover, a robust capability to maintain a well-balanced focus on strategic outcomes amidst evolving project dynamics is a key attribute we seek in our ideal candidate.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. For more information, please refer to the role description.

For any questions regarding the recruitment please contact Lucinda Pham via Lucinda.pham@infrastructure.nsw.gov.au.

Why work for INSW?

Infrastructure NSW is a NSW Government agency providing independent, evidence based advice to Government in relation to infrastructure priorities and projects. Its functions and structure are set out in the Infrastructure NSW Act.

Our core functions include providing independent and strategic advice to ensure infrastructure investment decisions are underpinned by robust assessment and long-term planning; monitoring NSW’s infrastructure program through independent reviews and expert analysis; recommending infrastructure projects to the NSW Treasurer for funding from the Restart NSW fund; and managing the procurement and delivery of nominated priority projects.

We offer flexible working including hybrid options, and are committed to fostering a culture of inclusion, providing employees challenging and rewarding work, opportunities for career progression, and learning and development. We offer our employees discounted gym membership, study assistance, salary packaging, and are conveniently located near Wynyard station in Sydney's newest waterfront precinct at Barangaroo.

Our commitment to diversity

We welcome and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQI+, people with disability, people with caring responsibilities, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans and women.

We endeavour to make all our roles flexible. While this role is advertised as full-time, we will consider requests to undertake the work flexibly.

How to Apply!

To apply for this position, please submit your resume and no more than a two-page cover letter which addresses;

• How do your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the Director, Commercial?

• What unique value will you bring to INSW if you are successfully appointed in this position?

Closing Date: Friday, 02 February 2024 [9.59am]

Please note that applications received via email will not be considered. Please apply using the ‘Apply now’ link below.

A recruitment pool may be created through this recruitment process. A recruitment pool is a group of applicants who have been assessed and identified as suitable for this role or similar roles, and who may be considered for a range of similar roles, including temporary, term or ongoing roles, over the next 18 months.

For general enquiries about the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture at peopleandculture@infrastructure.nsw.gov.au

For technical support, please contact support@iworkfor.nsw.gov.au or 1800 562 679