BT is seeking a Property PMO Commercial Manager to provide commercial leadership and governance across a significant portfolio of capital investment projects. You will ensure robust financial control, effective procurement, and strong supplier management from inception to close out.
What You'll Do
- Lead end-to-end commercial management across a large portfolio of capital projects, covering budget setting, cost planning, forecasting, cashflow management, and final account close out.
- Own and maintain robust cost governance frameworks, ensuring financial control, auditability, and compliance.
- Produce clear commercial and financial reporting for senior stakeholders, including forecasts, RAG status, risks and opportunities.
- Manage client and contractor cashflow dynamics, prioritising timely supply chain payments while protecting business objectives.
- Lead procurement strategies, selecting appropriate routes to market and contract forms aligned to programme goals.
- Manage end-to-end tendering processes, from pre-qualification to contract award.
- Ensure compliance with internal procurement policies and governance while maintaining pace and commercial pragmatism.
- Support contract formation, novation, and supplier onboarding, including changes from acquisitions or restructuring.
- Provide commercial leadership under UK construction contracts including JCT forms.
- Actively manage contractual risk, change control, variations, and dispute avoidance.
- Develop and maintain risk and opportunity registers for proactive mitigation and value optimisation.
- Oversee performance bonds, warranties, and contractual security arrangements.
- Act as the primary commercial interface with key supply chain partners, maintaining strong professional relationships.
- Lead supplier performance reviews, KPI monitoring, and continuous improvement discussions.
- Build trusted relationships with internal stakeholders across delivery, finance, legal, and leadership teams.
- Design, implement, and refine commercial governance procedures, templates, and reporting cycles to improve consistency and efficiency.
- Drive process improvements across procurement, cost control, and reporting.
- Support and mentor colleagues, promoting a culture of accountability and commercial excellence.
What We're Looking For
- Extensive experience in commercial management and procurement within the UK construction and capital projects environment.
- Strong working knowledge of contracts, with practical experience managing live projects.
- Proven ability to manage large, complex project portfolios with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
- Highly skilled in financial forecasting, cashflow management, and commercial reporting.
- Confident communicator with the ability to influence, challenge, and build trust at senior levels.
- Strong systems capability across Excel, Power BI, SharePoint, Teams, and Outlook.
- Detail oriented, process driven, and improvement focused, with a pragmatic, delivery-led mindset.
Technical Stack
- Excel
- Power BI
- SharePoint
- Teams
- Outlook
Benefits & Compensation
- Annual on-target bonus of 10% (subject to personal and company multipliers).
- BT Pension scheme; minimum 5% employee contribution, BT contributes 10%.
- Life Assurance.
- Direct share scheme.
- Exclusive colleague discounts on BT broadband packages.
- 50% off EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans and 50% discount for friends and family on EE SIM only plans.
- My Discounts: access to savings at hundreds of retailers.
- Discounted EE TV including TNT Sport and NOW Entertainment membership.
- Great support for working parents including pay whilst on maternity, adoptive, and paternity leave.
- Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits (dental insurance, gym memberships, etc.).
- 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service.
- Volunteering days.
- Brand new electric vehicle salary sacrifice arrangement (‘My EV’).
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position, with locations in Manchester and London.
BT is an equal opportunities employer.
