Senior Digital Commercial Lead - Complex Contracts

SussexDigital; Worthing; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Water in Worthing is recruiting for a Senior Digital Commercial Manager to lead and support commercial and contractual activity for complex Digital contracts. This role collaborates with Procurement, Legal, Information Governance, Data Protection and Digital leadership teams to ensure value and risk are managed.

You will mentor colleagues, lead contract renewals, negotiate new Digital contracts and deputise for the Digital Commercial and Supplier Manager when required.

Qualifications

• Experience managing high-value, high-risk Digital contracts.
• Ability to deputise for a manager or lead a functional workstream.
• Advanced understanding of digital contract structures and cloud services.
• Experience advising senior stakeholders on complex commercial matters.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-value digital commercial activity.
• Provide senior input to support Digital commercial strategy.
• Act as a senior SME on Digital procurement and contractual matters.
• Deputise for the Digital Commercial and Supplier Manager when required.
• Provide mentoring and assurance to colleagues on governance and lifecycle management.
• Lead the BAU contract renewal process and assess renewal options.
• Lead negotiation and agreement of new Digital contracts through Procurement Self-Service.

Skills

High-value contract management

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Digital procurement

Job description

Southern Water in Worthing is recruiting for a Senior Digital Commercial Manager to lead and support commercial and contractual activity for complex Digital contracts. This role collaborates with Procurement, Legal, Information Governance, Data Protection and Digital leadership teams to ensure value and risk are managed.

You will mentor colleagues, lead contract renewals, negotiate new Digital contracts and deputise for the Digital Commercial and Supplier Manager when required.