Head of CommercialBedfordshire, Permanent, Full Time We''re looking for an experienced and commercially astute Head of Commercial to lead procurement, commercial and risk management activity across our Development directorate.This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for ensuring our new homes are compliant, delivered efficiently, and to the highest standards. You''ll play a pivotal role in shaping specifications, managing risk at precontract stage and providing expert commercial and contractual advice throughout the development lifecycle. What you''ll be doing Leading on procurement, commercial strategy and risk management for new development projectsOwning and maintaining Employer''s Requirements, Design Briefs and specifications across all tenure typesChairing and leading the Specification Review Group, ensuring continuous improvement driven by lessons learnt and customer feedbackProviding build cost budgets, procurement advice and value engineering input to support new business opportunitiesEnsuring all contractual documentation, due diligence and risk mitigation is in place before contracts are entered intoLeading and managing the Employer''s Agent Framework, including performance management and allocation of workLeading on compliance with HandS and CDM, providing expert advice and guidance to the development teamSupporting our delivery teams with commercial advice and dispute avoidanceMonitoring construction cost trends, benchmarking and value for moneyCont