Senior Export Contract Manager - CONTRACT

Click Digital; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits for a Senior Export Contract Manager to join a leading Defence organization. This hybrid role offers the chance to work on complex international contracts, ensuring high customer satisfaction and fostering strong relationships. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional leadership and communication skills, with a strong background in contract management. If you're ready to embrace a challenging yet rewarding position that allows you to make a significant impact in the defence sector, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing contract delivery in bid and execution phases.
• Ability to operate in complex political environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the commercial interface into international government customers.
• Handle multiple cross-domain contracts simultaneously.
• Proactively resolve contract delivery issues.

Skills

Leadership

Contract Management

Interpersonal Skills

Stakeholder Engagement

Risk Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Relevant Certifications

Job description

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We are recruiting for a Senior Export Contract Manager to work for a leading Defence organisation on contract. The role will be a hybrid role with 3 days on site in Stevenage or Bristol and 2 remotely.

Keen for defence background, preferred but not vital.

Senior line manager experience and Commercial contracts delivery.

Commercial manager, contract manager.

Job Title:

Senior Export Contract Manager

Working arrangement:

Hybrid (2-3 days on-site per week due to workload classification).

Security Clearance:

British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship.

The opportunity:

A fantastic opportunity within the Programmes Export Operations Directorate for an experienced Export Contract Manager. Reporting to the Export Contract Management UK Executive, the successful candidate will demonstrate broad commercial, financial, and project management skills to lead and deliver complex export contracts.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Lead the commercial interface into international government and military customers for contract delivery.
2. Handle multiple cross-domain and geographically diverse contracts simultaneously.
3. Ensure high customer satisfaction and foster strong relationships.
4. Proactively resolve contract delivery issues through risk and opportunity management.
5. Lead customer acceptance events, transport delivery solutions, and capture contractual payments.
6. Maintain coherent communication with customers, government, industrial partners, and internal teams.
7. Lead contract amendment negotiations and support sales and business development.
8. Collaborate with national companies (NATCO) in France, Spain, and Italy for export contracts.

Candidate requirements:

1. Leadership, influencing, and relationship management skills.
2. Ability to operate in complex political environments.
3. Experience in managing contract delivery in bid and execution phases, preferably internationally.
4. Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and in teams.
5. Effective interpersonal and communication skills with a confident leadership style.
6. Experience in people management and stakeholder engagement.
7. Willingness to travel internationally and embrace different cultures.
8. Experience with Bid submissions and Business Bid Authority.
9. Experience in large, complex, multi-national organizations across various functions.

Additional details:

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Contract
• Job function: Information Technology
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting