Senior Contract Manager

JR United Kingdom; Templecombe; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization is seeking a Senior Contracts Manager to join their Defence Commercial team. This role involves managing contracts, advising on commercial risks, and supporting negotiations. The position offers a hybrid working arrangement and competitive benefits.

Benefits

Performance-related bonus

Half day every Friday

28 days annual leave

24 hours paid volunteering

Life cover

Employee Assistance Program

Employee discount schemes

Qualifications

• Experience managing contracts and risks in complex organizations.
• Skilled in building relationships during bidding and negotiation phases.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice on commercial issues and risks related to agreements.
• Develop commercial propositions for major business-winning campaigns.
• Support senior management in commercial negotiations.

Skills

Commercial Management

Negotiation

Analytical Skills

Education

LLB

Engineering

Finance

Programme Delivery

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Location: Templecombe (Somerset), Belfast (Northern Ireland), or Crawley (West Sussex) - hybrid working arrangement – 3 days a week in the office

Introduction

Are you looking for your next challenge where you’ll have the opportunity to work within a highly regarded team and be responsible for proactively managing and directly influencing our bids and projects? Would you like to work for a world-renowned organisation that researches, develops, and supplies technology and services impacting millions of lives daily to make life better and keep us safer? Then look no further…

Position

We have a great Senior Contracts Manager opportunity to join our Defence Commercial, Legal & Contracts team.

Core Benefits

• Performance-related bonus
• Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00
• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with an opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)
• 24 hours paid volunteering
• Life cover
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and mental wellbeing app access
• Employee discount schemes on major brands and retailers

Key Responsibilities

On a day-to-day basis, you’ll be involved in:

1. Providing advice and recommendations on commercial issues, risks, liabilities, and opportunities related to business relationship agreements, bids, and projects.
2. Developing commercial propositions for major business-winning campaigns.
3. Supporting senior management and participating in commercial negotiations with customers, consortium partners, procurement, subcontractors, and other third parties.
4. Advising bid and project teams on UK and international contracts, including Direct Selling Costs, Credit Insurance, Bank Guarantees, and Letters of Credit.
5. Responding to and negotiating customer contractual agreements and changes, including managing such changes with senior management.
6. Identifying and managing issues and disputes with customers in collaboration with the Legal team.

About You

Ideally, you’ll:

• Have a commercial background with experience managing contracts, risks, or a legal background with commercial experience.
• Have experience working within complex, multi-disciplinary, multi-site organizations.
• Possess multidisciplinary qualifications such as LLB, Engineering, Finance, or Programme Delivery (advantageous).
• Be skilled at building and managing relationships across all levels during bidding, negotiation, and delivery phases.
• Have proven analytical and written skills with the ability to understand pricing, risks, and contract mitigation.