Contract Manager

DBCharles Recruitment; Lincoln; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Contract Manager for an outstanding IT business in Lincoln. The role involves drafting and negotiating contracts, maintaining compliance, and cooperating with internal teams. The ideal candidate will have a qualifications background in law or contract management and excellent communication skills. Salary is between £38,500 to £50,000, with a hybrid working arrangement.

Qualifications

• Must have previous experience as a Contract Manager or similar role.
• Experience with healthcare contracts or exposure to NHS is advantageous.
• Previous exposure to regulations such as ISO9001, ISO27001, Cyber Essentials Scheme is fantastic.

Responsibilities

• Drafting, reviewing & negotiating new customer facing contracts.
• Renewing & updating existing contracts.
• Maintaining solid communication with senior internal staff on contract issues.
• Ensuring all contracts are compliant and in line with GDPR.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Strong communication skills

Understanding of SaaS business models

Data protection knowledge

Education

Qualifications in law (LLB or LPC)

Qualifications in procurement or contract management

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

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DB Charles are hiring for a Contract Manager to work for an outstanding IT business in Lincoln. DB Charles have been lucky to represent this business on previous occasions over the years and not only is the business thriving but they have a phenomenal office culture and group of staff to potentially join.

The role will sit within the sales & commercial team, reporting into the Head of Sales and be amongst 9 others in the team, plus there will be regular crossover to the other departments & staff. The main aim of this role is to draft, review & negotiate new customer contracts as well as renew & update existing ones. This person will be critical in ensuring the contracts are compliant, legally sound and ensuring customers are happy.

Main day to day duties will include:

• Drafting, reviewing & negotiating on new customer facing contracts
• Renewing & updating existing contracts as and when required
• Ensure contract templates are up to date
• Ensure the contract library is up to date and added to regularly
• Take responsibility during the whole contract life-cycle
• Tracking & submission of contracts
• Maintaining solid comms with senior internal staff on contract issues, pitfalls and general progress
• Ensure all contracts are legally sound, compliant and in line with additional policies (company policies, GDPR etc)
• Plus many more

The business are very excited at the prospect of hiring for this role, they would like to see CV's ticking a number of the below boxes:

• Previous experience as a Contract Manager or similar role
• Contracts background within healthcare or with exposure to the NHS or private medical world would be advantageous
• A holder of qualifications in law, such as LLB or LPC or qualifications within procurement / contract management
• Must have excellent negotiation skills as well as strong communication skills
• SaaS business models, data protection, and IP licensing understanding would be helpful
• Previous experience with Salesforce
• Any exposure to regulations & standards such as ISO9001, ISO27001, Cyber Essentials Scheme, UK/EU GDPR would be fantastic
• Based relatively close to Lincoln and comfortable going into the office for x2 days a week with the other days working from home.

The client is ideally looking to hire at a salary level dependent of experience of between £38,500 to £50,000 per annum and this hybrid role will be working Monday to Friday with hours of 8:30AM to 5:15PM.

If interested we would love you to apply and begin speaking with us further about the role.