Senior Contracts Manager - Defence / Aerospace

Technical Futures Ltd; Chorleywood; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Technical Futures Ltd in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Contracts Manager with experience in delivering high-value contracts in Electronic Manufacturing, Defence or Aerospace. The role is hybrid and requires cross-site governance, contract interpretation, claims management and risk mitigation.

You will lead daily contract performance, ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, maintain existing contracts and help develop commercial bids while offering strategic guidance to project

Qualifications

• Proven experience of managing Contracts within an Electronic Manufacturing, Defence, Aerospace or similar technical industry.
• Experience negotiating and managing complex, high value Contracts.
• Experience overseeing multi-site operations, working with supply chains and managing supplier 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day contract performance, ensuring services are delivered safely and in line with statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain current contracts and the development of commercial bids, providing strategic guidance on challenging contracts.

Skills

Contract management

Multi-site leadership

Negotiation

Leadership

Communication

Regulatory compliance

Export controls

A&D domain knowledge

Job description

A Senior Contracts Manager with experience in the delivery of high-value complex Electronic Manufacturing, Defence or Aerospace 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 for the Senior Contracts Manager 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 Manager role must be fully eligible to work in the UK without restrictions.