Senior Contracts Manager

Technical Futures Ltd; Rickmansworth; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Technical Futures Ltd is seeking a Senior Contracts Manager to lead high-value electronic manufacturing contracts across multiple sites. Hybrid working and a generous salary package are offered.

You will oversee contract performance, support bid development, and ensure compliance with regulatory and export control requirements, with a focus on Defence, Aerospace or related sectors.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing high-value electronic manufacturing, defence or aerospace contracts.
• Experience overseeing multi-site operations and supplier agreements.
• Strong leadership, communication and contract interpretation skills; export control knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day contract performance and ensure services meet safety and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain current contracts and develop commercial bids to support business growth.
• Provide strategic guidance on challenging contracts and governance across projects.

Skills

Contract management

High-value contracts

Multi-site operations

Job description

A Senior Contracts Manager with experience in the delivery of high-value complex Electronic Manufacturing related Contracts will join an award-winning High-Tech Company offering a generous salary package and hybrid working.

The successful Senior Contracts Manager will be experienced in overseeing multi-site operations within electronic engineering, aerospace, Defence or a similar technical industry; will be commercially aware with strong communication skills as well as having the ability to support programme teams with contract interpretation, claims management and risk mitigation.

In this Senior Contracts Manager role you will lead the day-to-day contract performance, ensuring services are delivered safely and in line with statutory and regulatory requirements. You'll be responsible for maintaining current contracts and the development of commercial bids, providing strategic guidance on challenging contracts.

Key skills and experience should include:

• Proven experience of managing Contracts within an Electronic Manufacturing, Defence, Aerospace or similar technical industry.
• Experience of negotiating and managing complex, high value Contracts.
• Experience in overseeing multi-site operations, working with supply chains and managing suppler agreements, ensuring strong governance and compliance.
• Solid understanding of maintenance delivery, regulatory and contractual compliance including adherence to relevant procurement and export control requirements.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.

Of particular interest is working knowledge of Defence Contract terms including FAR/DFARS and Defence procurement frameworks, but not essential.

Applicants for this Senior Contracts & Commercial Manager role must be fully eligible to work in the UK without restrictions