Contracts Manager

ARM; Bristol; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

ARM is seeking a Contracts Manager to join our Bristol team for a 6-month contract. You will run commercial governance, develop negotiation strategies, and manage obligations registers to mitigate risk while aligning with Defence sector requirements.

You will support negotiations with customers and review NDAs and collaboration agreements, guiding the Commercial team and ensuring approvals within delegated authorities.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge and experience as a commercial/contracts advisor/manager.
• Professional qualification and/or significant domain experience.
• Understanding of the Defence sector, including Cyber and Data where applicable.
• Knowledge of governance, lifecycle management and business processes.
• Ability to engage and influence cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Influences business decisions throughout the governance process, ensuring identification and mitigation of business risk as appropriate.
• Promotes a culture of best practice and sharing of knowledge within the function and across the wider business, including communicating potential opportunities/risks across the company
• Constructs and leads the commercial and contractual elements of the governance deliverables, including but not limited to developing negotiation strategies and obligations registers that identify the key business, contractual and commercial business risks.
• Supports negotiations with potential customers and/or in relation to large or complex tenders and prepare or reviews, as required, various commercial agreements, such as NDAs, Teaming Agreements, Collaboration Agreements, etc.
• As appropriate, supports and guides the Commercial team to achieve the goals of the business.
• Responsible for ensuring business approvals within delegated authority and managing those requiring escalation due to complexity or value.

Skills

Commercial contracts

Governance

Stakeholder engagement

Negotiation

Risk management

Education

Degree or professional qualification

Job description

Contracts Manager

Location: Bristol

Contract: 6-months

Pay: Up to£55p/h (Inside IR35)

Please note that due to the nature of the work you will need to already hold active SC security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Influences business decisions throughout the governance process, ensuring identification and mitigation of business risk as appropriate.
• Promotes a culture of best practice and sharing of knowledge within the function and across the wider business, including communicating potential opportunities/risks across the company
• Constructs and leads the commercial and contractual elements of the governance deliverables, including but not limited to developing negotiation strategies and obligations registers that identify the key business, contractual and commercial business risks.
• Supports negotiations with potential customers and/or in relation to large or complex tenders and prepare or reviews, as required, various commercial agreements, such as NDAs, Teaming Agreements, Collaboration Agreements, etc.
• As appropriate, supports and guides the Commercial team to achieve the goals of the business.
• Responsible for ensuring business approvals within delegated authority and managing those requiring escalation due to complexity or value.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Possesses advanced knowledge and experience as a commercial/contracts advisor/manager;
• Requires technical training to degree standard, professional qualification and/or significant domain experience.
• Understanding of the Defence sector, including Cyber and Data where applicable.
• An understanding of where the company operates, its products, customers and suppliers.
• A high degree of understanding of the business governance, life cycle management and business processes with the ability to apply them independently to meet business objectives.
• Ability to engage and influence cross-functional/cross site teams.