Senior Commercial Manager

Job description

Senior Commercial Manager – Healthcare PFI & Handback

This is a senior, business-critical commercial leadership role with accountability for protecting value, managing risk and shaping outcomes across a complex Healthcare PFI portfolio at a pivotal point in its lifecycle.

Reporting directly to the Strategy & Transformation Director, you will play a central role in defining and delivering the Healthcare Handback Strategy, acting as the commercial authority on CoBP, contractual compliance and financial exposure. This role operates at the heart of strategic decision-making, influencing how the organisation manages risk, engages with lenders and ProjectCos, and positions itself for long-term outcomes.

You will be responsible for:

• Leading the design and execution of the Healthcare Handback Strategy, ensuring alignment with PFI contractual obligations and CoBP requirements
• Acting as the senior commercial adviser across Healthcare PFI contracts, translating complex contractual, survey and lifecycle positions into clear, defensible strategies
• Leading and supporting high-value negotiations with ProjectCos, lenders, advisors and clients on HoTs, Survey Deeds, disputes and major Deeds of Variation
• Identifying, mitigating and controlling commercial and financial risk, particularly around Known Issues, survey findings, lifecycle and performance exposure
• Establishing and embedding robust commercial governance, processes and reporting to ensure contractual compliance and protect value
• Raising commercial capability and awareness across operational teams, driving improved understanding of contractual risk and entitlement

This role requires someone comfortable operating with significant autonomy and influence, able to challenge senior operational, finance and legal stakeholders, and confident making judgement calls in complex, high-risk environments.

About you

You are an experienced Senior Commercial Manager with deep, hands-on expertise in Healthcare PFI contracts, including CoBP and Handback. You bring strong analytical and negotiation skills, credibility with senior stakeholders (including lenders and ProjectCos), and experience operating within FM, outsourcing, consulting or similarly complex regulated environments.

Why this role matters

The decisions taken in this role will have a material impact on risk transfer, financial exposure and long-term performance of the Healthcare portfolio. This is not a support role — it is a strategic commercial position with visibility, influence and consequence.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

England

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

19-03-2026

Profession type

Sales

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English