Contracts Manager (Central Function)

Volta; España; Presencial; EUR 117.000 - 152.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive salary

Equity in Volta

Pension contributions

Health benefits

Vacation days

Descripción de la vacante

Volta is seeking a Contracts Manager to own contracting strategy across its fleet and set standard forms that protect the business and keep projects moving.

You will lead major negotiations with procurement and project leadership, and provide functional leadership to contracts leads embedded in project teams. The role requires experience across international markets and willingness to travel to sites.

Formación

• Contract leadership on data centre or major capital projects.
• Experience with international contracting models and standard forms.
• Strong negotiation and claims management on complex builds.
• Experience across multiple jurisdictions and governing standards.
• Sound commercial judgement under delivery pressure.
• Ability to lead functionally across embedded project teams.
• Willingness to travel across sites.

Responsabilidades

• Own Volta's contracting strategy across general contractor, package and vendor agreements.
• Set standard contract forms, flow-downs and commercial terms across the fleet.
• Lead major negotiations alongside procurement and project leadership.
• Provide functional leadership to the contracts leads embedded in each project team.
• Build claims avoidance practice and manage disputes when they arise.
• Run commercial governance, delegations and approvals across projects.
• Keep contracting standards compliant across multiple jurisdictions.
• Train and develop commercial capability across the delivery organisation.

Conocimientos

Contracts leadership

Construction contracting

Negotiation

Multi-jurisdictions

Commercial judgement

Functional leadership

Willing to travel

Descripción del empleo

About Volta

Volta is the category-defining, fully vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform – from capital to clusters to software, under a founder-led enterprise. Our mission is The Utility of Compute™: AI infrastructure as dependable and available as electricity, for every organization that needs it. Launched with a $10B strategic partnership with one of the leading frontier AI labs, a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, and a $5B AI Infrastructure Fund, Volta is building the infrastructure layer of the AI era from the ground up. We are 100+ people across London, Palo Alto, and New York, with rapid growth expectations to hundreds.

About The Role

The Contracts Manager owns how Volta contracts for its fleet. You will set the contracting strategy and standards used across every project, and lead the contracts leads embedded in each project team through a functional line.

From contracting models and standard forms to negotiation, claims and commercial governance, this role makes sure Volta builds on terms that protect the business and keep projects moving.

What You Will Be Doing

• Own Volta's contracting strategy across general contractor, package and vendor agreements
• Set standard contract forms, flow-downs and commercial terms across the fleet
• Lead major negotiations alongside procurement and project leadership
• Provide functional leadership to the contracts leads embedded in each project team
• Build claims avoidance practice and manage disputes when they arise
• Run commercial governance, delegations and approvals across projects
• Keep contracting standards compliant across multiple jurisdictions
• Train and develop commercial capability across the delivery organisation

What You Bring

• Contracts leadership on data centre or major capital projects is essential
• Deep experience of construction contracting models and standard forms across international markets
• A strong record in negotiation and claims management on complex builds
• Experience working across multiple jurisdictions and governing to standard
• Sound commercial judgement under delivery pressure
• The credibility to lead functionally across embedded project teams
• Willingness to travel across sites

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What we offer

At Volta, we believe people do their best work when they feel supported, trusted and able to grow. We're building a company where you can make an impact, keep a healthy balance between work and life, and build a career you're proud of.

As a global team, we do our best to provide great benefits wherever you're based. While some benefits vary by country due to local regulations, we believe looking after our people is simply the right thing to do.

• Competitive salary based on the work you do here, not your previous salary
• Equity in Volta, giving you the opportunity to share in the company's long-term success
• Retirement/pension contributions
• Comprehensive health, wellbeing and insurance benefits
• Generous number of vacation days each year

Additional Information

Equal Opportunity

Volta is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and make employment decisions based on skills, qualifications, experience and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Accessibility

Volta is committed to providing an accessible recruitment experience for all candidates. If you require accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the application or interview process, please contact us at [e-mail]. We will work with you to identify reasonable accommodations that enable you to participate fully in the hiring process.

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Note to Recruitment Agencies

Volta does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruitment agencies. Any unsolicited submissions, including those sent directly to hiring managers or employees, will be treated as the property of Volta. No agency fees will be payable unless a valid, signed recruitment agreement is in place, and the agency has been specifically engaged for the relevant vacancy.

Compensation Range: £100K - £130K