About the role

The Project Commercial Manager serves as the internal project manager, overseeing financial administration, contract compliance, and budget management throughout the project lifecycle. They also provide guidance to project support staff and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure commercial outcomes and process improvements.

What they look for

Project management Financial management Contract compliance Change management Budgeting Forecasting Cost control Risk management Stakeholder management Microsoft Excel Invoicing Project governance Strategic planning Data analysis Mentoring

Requirements

Candidates must possess a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 8 to 10 years of experience in project financial management or commercial administration. Strong analytical skills, proficiency in Microsoft Office, and a deep understanding of project controls and contract compliance are required.

Benefits

Health insurance Dental insurance Vision insurance Wellness program Health care spending account Wellness spending account Group registered retirement savings plan Employee stock purchase program Group tax-free savings account Life insurance Accidental death & dismemberment insurance Short-term disability Long-term disability Emergency travel benefits Tuition reimbursement Professional membership fee coverage Paid time off

Full description

When you care deeply about the work you do, it’s rewarding to see it through from concept to completion. We partner with clients to provide both program management and construction management to strategize, plan, and implement projects that drive organizations forward. From hospitals and airports to university campuses, mass transit systems, water treatment facilities, mines, and wind farms, we've successfully managed thousands of projects. 

Joining our team, turning visionary ideas into reality, will shape your future—and the future of your community.

We are strategizing, planning, and implementing projects that help clients achieve their organization’s objectives. Join our award-winning program management team and bring transformational project solutions to life.

Your Opportunity

Stantec is seeking a Project Commercial Manager to support complex programs and projects through financial management, contract compliance, change management, and commercial process governance. This role will serve as the internal project manager for assigned jobs, helping ensure projects are properly set up in Stantec’s ERP, financially maintained, contractually aligned, and the budget is managed in accordance with the Stantec Project Management Framework.

The successful candidate will be a proactive, detail-oriented, and highly organized professional with project financial and cost management experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities. This position will be primarily internally facing, working closely with Program Managers, Project Accountants, Project Controls staff, subcontract management teams, finance, and leadership. The role may also include limited external coordination with clients, subcontractors, and other stakeholders to better understand program requirements, support issue resolution, and improve commercial outcomes. The position may also provide oversight and guidance to a small team of project support staff.

Your Key Responsibilities

Project and Commercial Management

Serve as the internal project manager for assigned projects, task orders, or program workstreams, ensuring alignment with the Stantec Project Management Framework and internal policies.

Coordinate project setup, budget structures, financial administration, forecasting, invoicing support, and closeout activities throughout the project lifecycle.

Partner with Program Managers, Task Leads, and client-based Project Managers to support successful project budget initiation, cost management execution, financial monitoring, controlling, and closeout.

Maintain awareness of project scope, schedule, budget, funding, contractual obligations, and commercial risks.

Ensure project documentation and financial records are current and meet audit and compliance expectations.

Contract, Compliance, and Change Management

Review contracts, task orders, amendments, and change orders to identify key commercial requirements, invoicing terms, authorization limits, obligations, and risks and support project teams in understanding applicable contract terms and obligations

Monitor compliance with contractual requirements, approved scope, funding limits, and authorization thresholds, escalating concerns before work proceeds beyond authorized limits.

Participate in the preparation, coordination, negotiation support, and administration of contracts, task orders, amendments, and change orders.

Monitor project and task order funding, contract value, authorization status, burn rate, budget alignment, and change management needs.

Track commercial issue status, responsible parties, due dates, and resolution plans to support accountability and transparency.

Financial Management and Forecasting

Develop, maintain, and review project and task order forecasts, estimates at completion, estimates to complete, budget updates, and other required financial reporting.

Project Commercial Manager | Consolidated Candidate Posting

Monitor expenditures, revenue, margin, work in progress, accounts receivable, cash flow, contract value, funding, and financial trends against approved baselines.

Support multi-year program budgeting and initiate timely corrective action when financial or commercial performance varies from plan.

Leadership and Continuous Improvement

Assign, prioritize, guide, and review the work of project support staff, as applicable.

Build effective relationships across project, finance, contracts, controls, and operational teams, and communicate priorities, risks, and issues clearly.

Identify opportunities to improve, standardize, and automate commercial, financial, invoicing, reporting, and documentation processes.

Promote accountability, collaboration, data quality, and proactive issue resolution while following company health and safety policies.

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.