Global Senior Contracts Leader: Risk, Negotiation & Margin

Baker Hughes Company; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Baker Hughes Company is seeking a Senior Contracts Specialist to provide commercial and contractual leadership across complex projects. You will guide tendering, contract negotiation, and project execution to manage risk and protect margins, coordinating with Sales, Proposals, Engineering, Project Management, and Supply Chain.

In this role, you will handle variations, claims, and scope changes, ensuring proper entitlement and recovery.

Qualifications

• Experience in reviewing and negotiating major commercial contracts.
• Strong ability to assess contract risk, change management and variations.
• Excellent negotiation, communication and contractual writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead contractual review of customer tenders, contracts, purchase orders and commercial terms.
• Identify key exposures including liabilities, liquidated damages, warranties, indemnities, payment terms, securities and termination provisions.
• Develop qualifications, negotiation strategies and risk mitigation positions.

Skills

Contracts management

Negotiation

Risk assessment

Commercial thinking

Stakeholder collaboration

Contract writing

Education

Degree in Commercial Management / Law / Engineering / Quantity Surveying / Business

Job description

Baker Hughes Company is seeking a Senior Contracts Specialist to provide commercial and contractual leadership across complex projects. You will guide tendering, contract negotiation, and project execution to manage risk and protect margins, coordinating with Sales, Proposals, Engineering, Project Management, and Supply Chain.

In this role, you will handle variations, claims, and scope changes, ensuring proper entitlement and recovery.