Senior Commercial Manager
Transmission Investment Services Limited
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead the legal and commercial workstream on a structured procurement process or revenue contract tender process from bid preparation through to financial close.
- Develop and manage commercial strategies and risk positions in alignment with internal governance requirements and bid objectives.
- Lead negotiations of key project and transaction agreements (e.g., transmission licence, revenue contracts, equity documents, project finance documents, subcontracts, transaction documents).
- Manage coordination with external legal advisors and ensure alignment of legal documentation with commercial objectives.
- Oversee the development of heads of terms, contract mark-ups, commercial risk registers, and term sheets.
- Lead commercial structuring of the project and/or transaction in collaboration with origination, investment, technical, delivery and operations teams.
- Coordinate with sponsors, equity investors, lenders, and other key stakeholders to align on legal and commercial positions.
- Ensure all commercial and legal risks are identified, assessed, and mitigated throughout the project origination and bid phases of a project.
- Provide senior-level briefings and presentations to internal leadership, investment committees, and external partners.
- Comply with formal internal governance and stage gate processes, including supporting origination management with the preparation of papers and presentation materials.
- Support broader origination function, and development, delivery and operations teams as required.
- Attend internal, partner and client meetings as required.
- Collaborate with internal and partner cross-functional teams of highly experienced individuals to gather the necessary information required to produce high-quality legal and commercial deliverables for all projects and other work as required.
- Lead legal and commercial workstream bid consultant engagement and management processes.
- We are EXCELLENT at what we do
- We are COMMITTED and ensure we deliver
- We are CHALLENGING of the status quo
- We are SUPPORTIVE of each other
- Qualified to Masters Degree level or equivalent preferred
- Minimum 10 years of professional experience in commercial roles in large scale infrastructure projects origination or bidding, ideally in privately financed structured procurement processes
- Strong understanding of procurement frameworks, project finance structures, and infrastructure delivery models.
- Demonstrable experience in leading negotiations and managing complex contracts and commercial interfaces.
- Familiarity with financial close processes and lender due diligence.
- Background in law, commercial management, project finance, or related discipline.
- Although not essential, the following would be beneficial:
- Experience working for a project sponsor, infrastructure developer, or advisory firm in the context of infrastructure procurement.
- Knowledge of the electricity transmission or offshore wind sector
- Well organised with excellent planning and organisational skills
- Self-starter
- Ability to work effectively within diverse cross-discipline teams to a successful outcome
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely orally and in writing
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Strong Microsoft office skills
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