Senior Contracts Manager

ZipRecruiter; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Contracts Manager to join their Defence Commercial, Legal & Contracts team. This role involves managing bids and projects, providing commercial advice, and negotiating contracts. The ideal candidate will have a strong commercial background, excellent relationship management skills, and relevant qualifications. The position offers a hybrid working arrangement and a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Performance-related bonus

Half day every Friday

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

24 hours paid volunteering

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

Life cover

Employee Assistance Program

Employee discount shopping schemes

Gym membership discounts

Qualifications

• Experience managing contracts and risks in complex organizations.
• Demonstrable experience in multi-disciplinary environments.

Responsibilities

• Providing advice on commercial issues and risks related to contracts.
• Supporting senior management in negotiations with various stakeholders.
• Identifying and managing issues and disputes with customers.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Relationship Management

Education

LLB

Engineering

Finance

Programme Delivery

Job description

Job Description

Job title: Senior Contracts Manager

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

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…

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

Core Benefits:

On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes:

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

Key responsibilities:

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

• Providing advice and recommendations on commercial issues, risks, liabilities, and opportunities related to business relationship agreements, bids, and projects.
• Developing commercial propositions for major winning business campaigns.
• Supporting senior management and participating in commercial negotiations with customers, consortium partners, procurement, subcontractors, and other third parties.
• Providing bid and project teams with advice, recommendations, and costings related to UK and international contracts, including Direct Selling Costs, Credit Insurance, Bank Guarantees, and Letters of Credit.
• Responding to and negotiating contractual agreements and contract changes proposed by customers, supporting senior management in managing such changes, including preparation, approval, and negotiation.
• Identifying and managing issues and disputes with customers in collaboration with the Legal function.

About you:

Ideally, you’ll:

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