Contract Manager, Program Excellence (PrX), Soeborg or Lystrup

Terma Group; Region Hovedstaden; Hybrid; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

International Environment

Flexible Working Hours

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Well-being Perks

Social and Professional Events

Job summary

Terma GmbH is seeking a Contract Manager to shape complex agreements and ensure successful project delivery. You will lead contract lifecycle activities, negotiate terms, and ensure compliance across stakeholders in a high-stakes defense/aerospace environment.

We value proactive, structured thinking, strong collaboration, and the ability to manage multiple priorities while delivering robust contractual frameworks. Fluent English is essential for this international role.

Qualifications

• Experience negotiating, drafting, and managing contracts across the full lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of regulatory and commercial implications in complex projects.
• Proven ability to work with project managers, procurement, finance, and legal teams.
• Fluent English, both written and verbal, for international collaboration.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, highly regulated defense/aerospace setting.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts with customers, suppliers, and partners.
• Manage the full contract lifecycle from award to close-out or handover.
• Monitor performance and ensure compliance with terms and regulations.
• Act as primary contact for contract-related issues and dispute resolution.
• Contribute contractual expertise to tenders, bids, and governance improvements.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Contract drafting

Lifecycle management

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in law/business/engineering

Job description

Would you like to work with complex contracts and play an important role in ensuring successful project delivery? In this role, you will help shape agreements, navigate contractual complexity, and build strong partnerships that support mission-critical projects. Come and join us on our growth journey! We are facing an exciting future with considerable growth and demanding changes. We continue to evolve our advanced technologies and mission critical solutions for the defense and aerospace industry to deliver real-world solutions that matter to the security of people on land, at sea and in the air. Therefore, we are looking for a Contract Manager to become part of this journey and contribute to our overall purpose – securing people through advanced technology.

Your role as part of the team

As our new Contract Manager, you will play an important role in ensuring that complex projects are supported by robust contractual frameworks and executed in compliance with agreed terms. You will manage the full contract lifecycle, from negotiation and drafting through execution, performance monitoring, and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

You will become part of Contract & Risk Management team – a newly established function – in the Program Excellence (PrX) department, where collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous development are valued. Working closely with project managers, procurement, finance, legal specialists, customers, and partners, you will help create clarity, transparency, and trust across contractual matters while contributing to successful project delivery.

We take pride in developing people and technology and believe that diverse perspectives strengthen our teams. Technical expertise matters, but your mindset matters just as much. You are structured, proactive, and collaborative, with a solution-oriented approach and the ability to manage multiple priorities. You communicate clearly, build strong relationships across stakeholder groups, and enjoy working with others to navigate complex challenges. If this sounds like you, you could be a great addition to our team.

How you will make a meaningful contribution

In this role, you will contribute to a range of tasks across your area of responsibility. Your key responsibilities include:

• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts with customers, suppliers, and partners
• Manage the full contract lifecycle from contract award through execution to close-out or handover
• Monitor contract performance and ensure compliance with agreed terms, legal requirements, and applicable regulations
• Act as the primary point of contact for contract-related matters and support the resolution of contractual issues, claims, and disputes
• Contribute contractual expertise to tenders, bids, and proposals while driving improvements to contract management processes, templates, and governance.

Bring your expertise into play

To thrive in this role, we imagine that you bring some of the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in law, business administration, engineering, or another relevant field
• Minimum 3 years of experience within contract management, preferably from defense, aerospace, or other highly regulated industries
• Strong skills in contract negotiation, drafting, and lifecycle management
• Solid understanding of legal and regulatory frameworks within complex project environments and their commercial implications.
• Good stakeholder management skills and a “can-do” attitude with the ability to get tasks done, including helping in areas not traditionally associated with the role in order to help the team.

Most importantly, we believe diverse experiences add value to our team and organization. Therefore, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all the above requirements.

As we are an international organization, it is important that you are fluent in English both in writing and verbal at a professional level.

Let’s secure people through advanced technology

We believe that different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds make us stronger. We are committed to creating a more diverse and balanced workplace that reflects the talent and perspectives around us. By creating an inclusive environment with equal opportunities to contribute, grow, and succeed, we aim to broaden our talent pool and strengthen our teams for the future. We want everyone to feel welcome, valued, and confident in pursuing their ambitions at Terma.

When joining Terma, we promise that you will experience great people, challenging tasks, and the opportunity to make an impact. Our culture is built on trust, collaboration, and knowledge sharing, where learning is embedded in everyday work and supported by colleagues across all career stages.

Benefits

• International Environment: Explore great teamwork and professional sparring with colleagues around the world.
• Flexible Working Hours: The option to work from home up to two days per week.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Receive a 10% paid pension along with a beneficial health care and insurance package and paid internet connection at home. Enjoy discounts from various business partners.
• Well-being Perks: Opportunity to enroll in our on-site massage-offer at our locations in Denmark.
• Social and Professional Events: We have an active staff association that arranges a variety of social activities and events to bring all of our colleagues together.

Career Paths

Opportunities to grow your career in a direction that suits you, whether you prefer a specialist path or a leadership role.

We are all Terma - diverse in skills and equal in value. That is why we encourage all individuals to apply and are committed to ensuring that every employee has equal opportunities to succeed and feel respected and valued within our organization. To support an unbiased evaluation process, we kindly encourage applicants to omit personal details such as photos and age from their applications.

Do you have any questions regarding the position?

Feel free to contact Hiring Manager on e-mail: [e-mail]

Bear in mind, that we need you to confirm that you can obtain a security clearance by the Danish Defense Intelligence Service, and that all adults in your household are not posing any risk to the related risk-evaluation. This entails among other issues:

• That you have as a minimum stayed within NATO/EU/MISWG countries for the last 7 years only interrupted by short stays abroad, meaning less than 6 months, and
• That you have not committed serious criminal offences

Applications will be processed continuously.