Commercial Manager

Overview

This role is a 6-month fixed-term maternity leave cover for a Commercial Manager position. The organization is building a payments-as-a-service platform that enables merchants to accept payments in-store, in-app, and online, while consolidating business data on a real-time management dashboard.

This opportunity moves beyond a traditional legal role, partnering closely with the Chief Operating Officer (COO) to develop deep commercial expertise.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic deals: Work with senior leadership to structure, draft, and negotiate key customer, channel, and strategic partnership agreements.
• Lead high-impact negotiations: Negotiate complex, high-value contracts to ensure alignment with strategic objectives and mitigation of risk.
• Shape commercial strategy: Provide commercial and legal insights for new business initiatives, product launches, and market entry strategies.
• Manage strategic partnerships: Oversee a portfolio of POS partner agreements, including negotiations for amendments and ensuring relationships deliver maximum value.
• Own the commercial framework: Develop and manage the contract management system, acting as a single source of truth for commercial agreements and ensuring compliance with customer obligations.
• Collaborate across the business: Advise internal stakeholders (including Product, Sales, and Finance) on contract interpretation and commercial best practices.
• Optimize supplier relationships: Oversee strategic procurement and vendor management with a focus on value, performance, and alignment with commercial goals.

Requirements

• Legal qualification with 3–5 years of experience in a reputable private practice or in-house legal team.
• Demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to balance legal risk with commercial opportunity.

Preferred Qualifications

• An ambitious, proactive individual seeking to transition from a purely legal role into a strategic commercial position.
• Strategic thinker capable of contributing to commercial decision-making.

Compensation & Benefits

Benefits offered include:

• Work from overseas up to 4 weeks per year
• Annual team offsite
• Social events run by a social committee
• Option to swap a public holiday and take an alternative day off
• Paid leave for volunteering
• Employee Share Option Plan (subject to invitation)
• Paid parental leave for primary and secondary carers
• Novated lease and salary sacrifice options

Location

Not specified.

Equal Opportunity

The organization is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without bias based on race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, or age.

Note

The organization does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from recruitment agencies.