Commercial Management Director

  Position Purpose:  The Commercial Management Director plays a lead role on commercial and financial matters across IO’s delivery and commercial teams in the execution of major infrastructure projects, and other commercial and real estate development projects. The role oversees and shapes commercial strategy for complex transactions, including risk allocation, delivery model selection, commercial claims analysis, and project financing. This position consolidates commercial thinking across IO, advancing best practices, consistency, and innovation across multiple sectors.    What You Will Do:  Provide senior project-level leadership on commercial issues across multiple sectors, ensuring consistent commercial management approaches.  Structure transactions by integrating innovation, market intelligence, and lessons learned to optimize project outcomes.  Lead project transaction execution from a commercial and financial perspective, including design and execution of financial and commercial evaluations and other due diligence.  Lead program-wide strategic issues from a commercial perspective, including reviews of approaches to contract security (e.g., bonding), delivery model analysis, and commercial design to integrate policy directives.  Develop and disseminate best practices through participation in industry associations, panels, and creation of educational materials.  Collaborate with technical, legal, financial, and costing experts to implement commercial concepts aligned with IO’s delivery strategies.    What We Are Looking For:  Extensive experience leading transaction structuring in infrastructure, project finance or related fields.  Advanced knowledge of infrastructure delivery models, project finance, business case development, and financial analysis methodologies.  Strong commercial judgment with experience assessing the interplay between commercial structures and risk profiles, negotiating complex commercial and financial terms, and resolving major project claims.  Ability to develop commercially sound recommendations requiring multi-dimensional consideration.  Demonstrated ability to work across government, senior executives, and private-sector proponent teams.  Leadership capability to coach and mentor team members in a collaborative environment.  Finance-related education expected; CFA, MBA, Economics, or accounting experience considered an asset.    What We Offer:  Commitment to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging and represents and reflects the needs of the communities we serve.  A Defined Contribution Pension Plan, with Infrastructure Ontario contributing the equivalent of 5% of a full-time employee’s annual salary and will also match any employee contribution up to an additional 5% of their annual salary. To provide further options for planning and saving for the future, IO offers a Group Retirement Savings Plan and Group Tax Free Savings Account to eligible employees.  A comprehensive package that covers health, dental, vision, out-of-country care, paramedical services, and more.  A pregnancy and parental leave program that offers expecting, eligible employees a top-up to 95% of their annual base salary for 31 weeks, and our parental leave program offers eligible employees a top-up to 95% of their annual base salary for 15 weeks.  Access to our $1000 Healthcare Spending Account to top up expenses not covered in the benefits program and a Lifestyle Account that expands the eligibility of health and wellness options and can include coverage for gym memberships and fitness equipment, nutrition counselling or financial planning.  Support for professional development opportunities for all colleagues through a broad range of learning programs that include in-person and online training, leadership development, and support for colleagues’ well-being. IO will also cover the costs associated with up to two membership and licence fees per year for eligible colleagues if directly related to the employee’s role.  Access to a suite of virtual healthcare options to support non-urgent medical needs  A convenient, central location at 1 Dundas St West, easily accessible by public transit.    We offer a competitive hiring range of $128,000 to $163,000 (P6 level), pay will align with skills, knowledge and experience of the candidate.     This posting will close on June 17, 2026 at 11:59 pm.    Interviews will occur on a rolling basis until the role is filled.    This posting is for a current active vacancy. We are actively recruiting to fill this position.