Contracts Manager

Advanced Resource Managers; West of England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ARM International is seeking a seasoned Commercial/Contracts Advisor to influence governance decisions and mitigate business risk across the organisation. The role leads contractual elements, developing negotiation strategies and obligations registers to identify key risks and opportunities.

The ideal candidate has advanced commercial/contract experience, a degree-level qualification, and a solid understanding of the Defence sector, including cyber and data.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge and experience as a commercial/contracts advisor/manager.
• Technical training to degree standard and professional qualification.
• Understanding of the Defence sector, including Cyber and Data.
• Knowledge of governance, lifecycle management and business processes.

Responsibilities

• Constructs and leads the commercial and contractual elements of governance deliverables, including negotiations strategies and obligations registers.
• Supports negotiations with potential customers and reviews NDAs, Teaming Agreements, Collaboration Agreements, etc.
• Guides and supports the Commercial team to achieve business goals within delegated authority and escalation requirements.

Skills

Commercial advisor/manager

Negotiation strategies

Influence cross-functional teams

Education

Degree-level qualification

Job description

• 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.