Senior Contracts Lead, Procurement & Governance

Atlantis The Palm; Dubai; On-site; AED 335,000 - 614,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flight allowance

Staff discounts

Job summary

Atlantis Dubai, part of Kerzner International, seeks a Contracts Manager to own end-to-end governance of the organization’s contracts, including drafting, redlining, negotiation support, and lifecycle management for medium to high-risk agreements.

You will collaborate with Legal, Finance and operations to drive standardization, digitization and data-driven decision-making, while ensuring compliance with policy frameworks and local regulations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience in contract management, commercial management, procurement, or related roles.
• Ability to design and implement contract governance frameworks and standardization initiatives.
• Experience with contract lifecycle management systems (Coupa CLM preferred).
• Strong commercial acumen balancing risk, value, and operational pragmatism.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead drafting, review, redlining, and negotiation of medium to high-risk contracts with balanced commercial outcomes.
• Perform detailed contractual risk assessments and propose mitigation strategies.
• Design and enhance a comprehensive contract governance framework.
• Ensure consistency of contractual approach across categories while allowing flexibility for high-value engagements.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Legal, Finance and operations to accelerate decision-making.
• Drive improvements in contract processes for efficiency, visibility, and control.
• Lead optimization and expansion of CLM tooling, including automation and system enhancements.
• Ensure contracts comply with Procurement Policy, Delegation of Authority, and local regulations.
• Manage legal risk escalations in collaboration with the VP – Legal.
• Maintain audit readiness across the full contract lifecycle.
• Own multi-year contract strategy including renewals and auto-renewal risk.

Skills

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Risk management

Governance

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Law/Business/Supply Chain

Tools

Coupa CLM

Job description

Atlantis Dubai, part of Kerzner International, seeks a Contracts Manager to own end-to-end governance of the organization’s contracts, including drafting, redlining, negotiation support, and lifecycle management for medium to high-risk agreements.

You will collaborate with Legal, Finance and operations to drive standardization, digitization and data-driven decision-making, while ensuring compliance with policy frameworks and local regulations.