Contracts Manager

Morson Edge; Gloucestershire Science & Technology Park; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Edge is seeking a Contracts Manager to lead the commercial and contractual elements of governance, including developing negotiation strategies and obligations registers. You will influence major business decisions and mitigate risks across a Defence-focused portfolio.

The successful candidate will support bid activity, manage complex tenders, and draft or review NDAs and collaboration agreements, guiding the Commercial team through approvals and escalation when required.

Qualifications

• Experience as a commercial/contracts advisor/manager.
• Understanding of the Defence sector including Cyber and Data where applicable.
• Professional qualification or degree-level education in a relevant field.

Responsibilities

• Support bid and tender activities in Defence accounts and governance.
• Review and draft commercial agreements (NDAs, Teaming, Collaboration) and manage key obligations.
• Develop negotiation strategies and risk registers to identify and mitigate business risk.
• Guide the Commercial team to achieve business goals and ensure approvals within delegated authority.

Skills

Contract management

Defence sector knowledge

Negotiation skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree level education

Job description

Contracts Manager

Typical Accountabilities

Promotes customer intimacy in both internal and external relationships and operates in a collaborative manner to encourage open and transparent relationships.

• 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, includes communicating potential opportunities / risks across Leonardo.
• 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 review, as required, various commercial agreements, such as NDAs, Teaming Agreements, Collaboration Agreements, etc.
• As appropriate, supports and guide 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.

The successful candidate will:

• Will support our bid and tender activity in our Defence account
• SC clearance
• Protect the commercial interests, including protection of IP, across a diverse portfolio of opportunities and contracts;
• Guide and support to the bid and programme teams to manage the customer dependencies and CSSD deliverables against respective commitments and obligations;
• Identify opportunities for improved business performance by working alongside the bid and programme teams
• Work with Procurement to manage supply chain related risk and supply chain initiated contract variations to ensure end to end contractual obligations are well managed.

Skills

• Possesses an 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.