Manager - Contract Management

GMR Infrastructure; Delhi; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

GMR Infrastructure seeks an experienced professional to manage executive-level contract lifecycle operations, spanning pre- and post-contracting activities. You will shape, drive, and track the contracts and compliance agenda across the CLM lifecycle while coordinating critical priorities and information flow for the CLM Department.

You will collaborate with senior leadership, manage sensitive information, and oversee both strategic initiatives and day-to-day tasks, including platform

Qualifications

• 4–8 years' experience in contracts, legal operations, or contract management.
• Experience with commercial contract drafting and review across pre- and post-execution stages, with exposure to risk assessment and compliance obligations.
• Hands-on experience with at least one CLM platform (e.g., Icertis, Agiloft, Sirion, ContractPod, or similar).
• Proven ability to work closely with senior leadership, manage sensitive information, and handle both strategic projects and detailed operational tasks.

Responsibilities

• Act as the point of coordination for managing priorities, information flow, and follow-ups across functions and business units.
• Support when requirement on contracting activities focusing on risk allocation, compliance, and standardisation.
• Track progress of CLM related project and support obligation mapping, risk and milestone tracking, and creation/updating of obligation registers and compliance calendars within or alongside the CLM.
• Coordinate with business owners, finance, and operations to track performance, variations, renewals, terminations, and disputes, and elevate issues with recommended options.
• Contribute to development and refinement of standard reports on contract performance, risk, and compliance for leadership reviews.
• Act as a key user or champion for the CLM platform, supporting configuration inputs, testing, workflows, templates, clause libraries, and user training material.
• Monitor CLM adoption and data quality, run basic analytics (e.g., cycle times, bottlenecks), and highlight improvement opportunities
• Support drafting and rollout of contract and compliance policies, playbooks, and SOPs that integrate with CLM-enabled processes.

Skills

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Education

LLB/LLM

Tools

Icertis

Agiloft

Sirion

ContractPod

Job description

This role will require high-level executive office management with hands-on work across pre-contracting, post contracting, and CLM-led contract operations. The incumbent acts as a specialist who shapes, drives, and tracks the contracts and compliance agenda across the contract lifecycle, while also managing critical priorities, information flow, and follow-through for the CLM Department.

ORGANISATION CHART

This position will report to EVP - Contracts & Compliance

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Act as the point of coordination for managing priorities, information flow, and follow-ups across functions and business units.
• Support when requirement on contracting activities focusing on risk allocation, compliance, and standardisation.
• Track progress of CLM related project and support obligation mapping, risk and milestone tracking, and creation/updating of obligation registers and compliance calendars within or alongside the CLM.
• Coordinate with business owners, finance, and operations to track performance, variations, renewals, terminations, and disputes, and elevate issues with recommended options.
• Contribute to development and refinement of standard reports on contract performance, risk, and compliance for leadership reviews.
• Act as a key user or champion for the CLM platform, supporting configuration inputs, testing, workflows, templates, clause libraries, and user training material.
• Monitor CLM adoption and data quality, run basic analytics (e.g., cycle times, bottlenecks), and highlight improvement opportunities
• Support drafting and rollout of contract and compliance policies, playbooks, and SOPs that integrate with CLM-enabled processes.

EXTERNAL INTERACTIONS

INTERNAL INTERACTIONS

FINANCIAL DIMENSIONS

OTHER DIMENSIONS

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

LLB/LLM

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• 4-8 years' experience in contracts, legal operations, or contract management, preferably in a corporate/group environment
• Strong experience in commercial contract drafting and review across pre- and post-execution stages, with exposure to risk assessment and compliance obligations.
• Hands-on experience with at least one CLM or contract management platform (e.g., Icertis, Agiloft, Sirion, ContractPod, or similar).
• Proven ability to work closely with senior leadership, manage sensitive information, and handle both strategic projects and detailed operational tasks.