Senior Contracts Manager, Legal

Sccsinternational; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace is recruiting a Senior Contracts Manager, Legal, for a landmark Saudi Arabia programme. You will lead contract administration, claims management and dispute avoidance on a mixed-use development with sports facilities, entertainment and arts components, plus infrastructure.

The role emphasizes governance, records, and commercial controls to support the programme at executive levels. The ideal candidate holds a degree in construction law or a related commercial discipline, with long

Qualifications

• Degree in construction law or commercial discipline.
• Long experience in contracts and claims management.
• Professional accreditation preferred (RICS, CIArb, PMP).

Responsibilities

• Advise on contractual obligations.
• Lead risk allocation and entitlement discussions.
• Drive claims prevention and resolution strategies.
• Assess claims, variations, extensions of time and commercial submissions.
• Provide commercial risk advice, negotiation support and stakeholder guidance.
• Maintain governance, records and compliance across contract administration.
• Manage valuations, variations, payments and claims through to completion.

Skills

Contract administration

Claims management

Risk assessment

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Education

Construction law degree

Commercial discipline degree

RICS/CIArb/PMP accreditation

Job description

Mace is recruiting a Senior Contracts Manager, Legal, for what the posting calls one of the largest programmes in Saudi Arabia, a mixed-use development taking in sports facilities, entertainment and arts alongside the associated infrastructure. The advert puts the holder at the front of contract administration, claims management and dispute avoidance on the tennis project.

Duties named include:

• advising on contractual obligations
• risk allocation and matters of entitlement
• driving claims prevention and resolution strategies
• assessing claims, variations, extensions of time and commercial submissions

The role also carries commercial risk advice, negotiation support and stakeholder guidance, together with the maintenance of governance, records and compliance. On the money side it administers contracts, commercial processes and project financial controls through to completion, managing valuations, variations, payments and claims and giving balanced commercial advice.

Reporting and contract compliance work supports decision-making at programme level, and the holder is expected to build the team's capability. Mace asks for a degree in construction law, a commercial discipline or something related, and prefers professional accreditation, naming RICS, CIArb and PMP or equivalent. Long experience in contracts and claims management is required, with strong commercial, contractual and stakeholder management.

No salary is published. The advert was placed on 23 August 2026.