Contracts Manager

Tria; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading technology consultancy is seeking an experienced Contracts Manager / Commercial Manager for a contract opportunity in London or Sheffield. The role requires extensive experience in managing supplier contracts, especially in technology outsourcing. Candidates will have a proven ability to engage with senior stakeholders and manage contract novations effectively. This position involves negotiative responsibilities, ensuring robust contract structures, and tracking service issues amidst significant organizational transformations. Competitive day rate offered.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in managing contracts and suppliers for technology services.
• Proven track record in negotiating and authoring contract schedules.
• Ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage full lifecycle of contracts with major technology service suppliers.
• Author and ensure robust contractual structures.
• Track issues and manage supplier novations.

Skills

Full lifecycle contract management

Supplier management

Contract novation

Stakeholder engagement

Problem-solving approach

Job description

Contracts Manager / Commercial Manager

Contract: 6-9 months
Day Rate: TBC, inside IR35
Location: Sheffield or London (some travel to Sheffield will be required if based in London)
Onsite Requirement: 2 days per week

Are you an experienced Commercial Manager / Contracts Manager with extensive experience of large-scale technology outsourcing agreements? Do you have experience leading contract novations and ideally supplier transitions? If so, please apply now for this new contract opportunity.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an enterprise scale organisation at a time of major transformation and modernisation. There are two roles available, which can be based in either London or Sheffield. Time will be required in Sheffield initially to get up to speed.

The Commercial Manager / Contracts Manager will be working closely with outsourced technology providers to negotiate and agree commercial terms, author and agree contract schedules, track issues and risks and manage licensing agreements.

It is essential that the Commercial Manager / Contracts Manager has experience of managing supplier novation contracts.

The Commercial Manager / Contracts Manager will have worked in large-scale, complex supplier landscapes, working with large outsourced providers of technology services. You'll be hands‑on in terms of negotiating, agreeing and drafting contract schedules.

You will either have had experience on managing supplier contracts for digital services including licensing agreements or ideally have experience of managing application development and support (AD&M) contracts.

Stakeholder engagement and relationship management will be key. You'll interface at all levels internally and externally and must have a pro‑active, problem‑solving approach.

Key Responsibilities and Required Experience

• Full lifecycle contract management with major technology services suppliers
• Author contract schedules, service schedules, and SLA frameworks – ensuring contractual structures are robust, enforceable and fit for purpose
• Tracking issues across agreed services
• Managing supplier novations and transitions
• Analyse extensive, disparate data sources to build a clear view of current contracts, incident volumes, categories and contract scope
• Conduct deep‑dive reviews of supplier contracts, identifying obligations, performance gaps, and optimisation opportunities
• Engage effectively with senior internal and external stakeholders across technical, commercial and operational teams
• Operate successfully in a changing organisation, building trust, leaning into challenges and taking ownership of problem areas

This is an exceptional opportunity and we'd love to hear from you if it's of interest. For further information, please apply online.

Commercial Manager, Contracts Manager, SLA, contract novation, supplier management, vendor management, ADM, Application development management, software licensing, supplier transition