Divisional Commercial Director

General information

City/town: London
Job field: Business Development
External closing date: Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Type of contract: Permanent
ID: 6308

Description and requirements

At Skanska, we’re shaping the way we live, work and connect. As one of the world’s largest construction and development companies, we work together with customers, communities and partners to shape a better society.

You will be working in the Infrastructure Operating Unit based in Leavesden (Watford) in where we are responsible for bringing design, build and refurbishment excellence to complex civil engineering projects nationwide – combining technical expertise with a passion for creating lasting value for people and places.

We are currently looking for three Divisional Commercial Directors who will successfully deliver on the financial, commercial, safety, environmental, quality and ethical targets for each project in partnership with the Divisional Director.

As the Divisional Commercial Director, you will:

• Be accountable for the organisational design of the commercial, risk, controls \& procurement functions across projects


• Lead the delivery of profit expectation in a culture of outperform, with profit and loss accountability for each project.


• Accountable for compliance with the claims management process, ensuring all claims are reported in a timely manor with a focus on mitigating risk or maximising opportunity from these claims.


• Fully contribute to the leadership of each project, as a business leader, providing knowledge, expertise and support to drive consistent performance and culture.


• Drive and support project controls and governance in all aspects, in line with Skanska UK policies and procedures.


• Actively promote the Skanska UK Health, Safety and Environmental policies.

• Professionally qualified to an appropriate related body


• Excellent working knowledge of contract conditions and contract law and their administration


• Excellent communicator and people leader and self\-motivated and confident leader. Demonstrated leadership in the Skanska values


• Excellent customer relationship skills and stakeholder management


• Experience of winning projects in a tier 1 corporate governance structure


• Demonstrable skills and experience in all aspects of financial, commercial and project management, and financial/business acumen.


• Experience of Commercial Lead roles on large scale projects or within business environments

• 24/7 digital GP service for you and your family


• Financial wellbeing and employee assistance


• Professional development


• Enhanced family benefits (including maternity, paternity,dependants and parental bereavement leave)

We thrive through embracing differences as we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high\-performing teams. We call it The Skanska Way.

Flexible working

Where possible, we offer a range of flexible working options, and we would be happy to discuss this at the application stage if this is something you’d like to explore.

Reasonable adjustments

We want you to feel confident and supported throughout every stage of our recruitment process. If you need any adjustments to help you during your application, please contact us at recruitment@skanska.co.uk or call 0330 105 2000 – Option 5 \& 1\.

Closing date

We encourage you to apply as early as possible, as the closing date may be subject to change.

If this role would be of interest, please click apply and join our team of 27,000 problem solvers and creative thinkers, where knowledge is our greatest creation. We share, listen and support your success – every step of the way.

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