Commercial Lead- Lucknow
TurnerTownsend
Posted: April 6, 2026
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We are seeking a Commercial Lead to join our team in Lucknow, India to work with our clients in real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources, delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives.
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Job Description
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include program, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com
1. Contractual Governance & Advisory
• Risk Appraisal: Review complex prime contracts to identify "killer clauses" (liquidated damages, indemnities, onerous payment terms) and draft mitigation strategies.
• Interpretation: Act as the internal authority on contract terms (FIDIC, JCT, NEC, or bespoke) to guide the PJM team in day-to-day decision-making.
• Claims Management: Lead the strategy for identifying, notifying, and substantiating requests for Extensions of Time (EoT) and Additional Cost claims.
2. Financial Engineering & Cost Control
• Margin Optimization: Monitor project profitability, performing deep-dive analysis on cost-to-complete forecasts and "Value Add" opportunities.
• Change Management: Overhaul the Change Order process to ensure all variations are captured, priced at market rates, and negotiated for maximum recovery.
• Cash Flow Management: Oversee the billing cycle to ensure aggressive invoicing and timely collections, optimizing the project's working capital.
3. Procurement & Supply Chain Strategy
• Subcontractor Lifecycle: Lead the commercial evaluation of bids, ensuring "back-to-back" contract terms that shift appropriate risk to the supply chain.
• Negotiation: Act as the lead negotiator for high-value vendor packages and sensitive client disputes.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Law, Finance, or Civil Engineering.
• Experience: 8–10 years in commercial management, with a proven track record of managing projects. 
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