Senior Contracts Lead - AI Infra & EU Projects

Volta; Greater London; Hybrid; 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

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.