Contracts Manager

Volta; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in Volta

Pension contributions

Health and wellbeing benefits

Generous vacation days

Job summary

Volta is seeking a Contracts Manager to define contracting strategy and standards across its fleet of projects. You will lead contract forms, flow-downs, and major negotiations with procurement and project leadership to protect the business and keep projects moving.

You will provide functional leadership to contracts leads, develop claims avoidance practices, and run governance across multiple European jurisdictions while training the delivery organization in commercial capability.

Qualifications

• Contracts leadership on data center or major capital projects.
• Experience with construction contracting models across European markets.
• Strong negotiation and claims management on complex builds.
• Experience across multiple jurisdictions and governance to standard.
• Sound commercial judgment under delivery pressure.
• Ability to lead functionally across embedded project teams.
• Willingness to travel across European sites.

Responsibilities

• 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 European jurisdictions.
• Train and develop commercial capability across the delivery organization.

Skills

Contracts leadership

Negotiation

Dispute management

Commercial judgment

Travel readiness

Job description

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 European jurisdictions

• Train and develop commercial capability across the delivery organization

What You Bring

• Contracts leadership on data center or major capital projects is essential

• Deep experience of construction contracting models and standard forms across European markets

• A strong record in negotiation and claims management on complex builds

• Experience working across multiple jurisdictions and governing to standard

• Sound commercial judgment under delivery pressure

• The credibility to lead functionally across embedded project teams

• Willingness to travel across European 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

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