Project Commercial Manager

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.