Major Accounts Commercial Manager

About the Opportunity

A career in infrastructure is more than roads, bridges, and highways.As Stantec plans, designs, and delivers infrastructure that moves people and goods, we create connections that strengthen communities and economies. Within California, investment in roadway, highway, transit, and rail infrastructure continues to be a critical priority. Stantec is well positioned with established roadway, bridge, transit, and rail teams to support this growth.

Stantec’s Infrastructure US West team is seeking a Major Accounts Commercial Manager to provide senior commercial leadership for major accounts containing mega-projects in design, project management, and construction management, primarily focused in California. This role is intended to support non-alternative project delivery (non-APD) work, with emphasis on commercially complex infrastructure programs delivered outside alternative project delivery models. This role will also provide commercial management leadership across the broader US West Infrastructure portfolio, including Transit & Rail, Highway/Roadway, Airports, and Ports, with a core emphasis on Transit & Rail infrastructure in California.

Role Purpose

The Major Accounts Commercial Manager is a senior, client-facing seller-doer leadership role responsible for supporting major account growth, client success, and delivery excellence. The role will lead strategic commercial management for California Infrastructure major accounts, help position US West major accounts for sustained growth, and strengthen Stantec’s market position while maintaining alignment across Stantec business lines and services.

Key Responsibilities Client and Account Leadership

• Support the growth of key client relationships within California major accounts.
• Lead and oversee commercial matters for major client accounts to support delivery excellence, client satisfaction, and repeat business.
• Support client relationship strategies in collaboration with Account Managers, regional leaders, discipline leaders, and business line leadership.
• Participate in major account strategy development for strategic growth accounts in California.
• Support client satisfaction initiatives and client feedback processes, ensuring issues are elevated, addressed, and resolved.

Commercial Management

• Serve as the commercial lead for the California High-Speed Rail account and program.
• Provide executive commercial oversight for programs and projects with construction values exceeding $500 million.
• Lead contract strategy, commercial risk management, forecasting, profitability, and cash flow performance.
• Oversee change management, claims avoidance, dispute resolution, and commercial compliance.
• Partner with delivery teams to support successful project execution, client satisfaction, and financial performance.
• Maintain executive-level relationships with clients, contractors, joint-venture partners, and stakeholders.
• Drive account growth, strategic pursuits, and business development opportunities within the rail and transportation sectors.
• Ensure compliance with Stantec project management and commercial management frameworks.
• Engage hands-on when needed to address project, client, commercial, or delivery challenges.

Practice and Business Operations

• Partner with Business Center leadership across Stantec business lines to enable effective cross-discipline design processes and best practices.
• Champion commercial management excellence, innovation, claims avoidance, and consistent commercial delivery across assigned major accounts.
• Collaborate with BCOLs across business lines on staffing projections, multi-year resource planning, and work-sharing for mega-projects.
• Support Account Managers in annual budgeting, financial planning, and performance priority setting.
• Apply strong financial and commercial judgment, including contract and risk negotiation support.

Leadership and Culture

• Serve as a trusted leader, thought partner, and source of counsel for major accounts and project teams.
• Remain personally involved in key client relationships, strategic project issues, and major project leadership within the business center.
• Reinforce Stantec’s high-performance culture with a focus on innovation, speed, accountability, and productivity.
• Foster a success-oriented, accountable environment across project teams and partner groups.
• Uphold a culture that promotes ethical practices, individual integrity, client focus, and service delivery excellence.

Qualifications

Capabilities and Credentials

The ideal candidate is a highly respected infrastructure leader with proven experience leading large regional organizations and managing major transportation or rail programs exceeding $500 million in construction value. The successful candidate will bring strong operational leadership, commercial expertise, business acumen, and the ability to balance regional leadership responsibilities with executive oversight of nationally significant major accounts.

• Experience managing design and project/construction management mega-projects exceeding $500 million in construction value.
• Proven experience delivering multiple multi-year major projects under a single major account.
• Track record of establishing and maintaining client relationships in California and the broader US West market.
• Experience with project controls, cost estimating methodologies, tender preparation, and contract administration on mega transportation projects is preferred.
• Strong ability to develop business opportunities and promote trusted business relationships.
• Ability to motivate teams and promote collaboration within and across offices and business lines.
• Excellent organization, coordination, management, leadership, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Results-oriented approach and ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and relevant design/project delivery software.
• Valid driver’s license and good driving record.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related field associated with commercial management.
• Minimum of 20 years of relevant experience.

Work Environment

Typical office environment working with computers at a desk for extended periods. Field work may include exposure to outdoor elements, including inclement weather.

About Stantec

Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what has previously been done on critical issues such as climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what is possible.

Strong communities don’t just happen. They’re thoughtfully planned and future-ready. We bring life to urban downtowns, suburban hubs, small towns, and rural areas through master-planned communities, mixed-use developments, parks, and recreation facilities. The result: vibrant economic centers, resilient neighborhoods, and welcoming places that feel like home.

If you’re passionate about empowering communities, join us to discover a career with endless opportunities to make communities more equitable, resilient, and livable.

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) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, 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 family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

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