Senior Legal Counsel & Contract Manager (Defence/Aerospace)

people profilers pte. ltd.; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Comprehensive benefits package

Travel opportunities

Job summary

people profilers pte. ltd. in Singapore seeks an experienced Legal Counsel/Contract Manager to oversee contracting with customers, partners, and subcontractors.

The role emphasizes risk reviews, financial outcomes, and governance across an international context. The candidate will lead negotiations, manage the contractual baseline from signing to closure, and ensure compliance with anti-corruption, data protection, and trade controls.

Qualifications

• Advanced academic background in Law, Contract Management, Business, or related field, equivalent to a Master's degree-level qualification including a Specialization in Law
• Analytical and synthesis skills to assess situations and propose pragmatic solutions
• Understanding of compliance programs and third-party screening processes
• Proactivity in managing stakeholders and priorities
• Willingness to travel regionally and occasionally to Europe

Responsibilities

• Recommend contractual structures that enhance competitiveness while respecting regulations and governance
• Draft, revise, and negotiate contractual documents with customers, partners, and subcontractors
• Contribute to internal risk reviews and mitigation plans
• Identify opportunities to protect or improve project financial performance
• Support variations, extensions, new phases, or related offers
• Prepare and present contractual sections of internal approval documentation with recommendations
• Establish and update the contractual baseline from signature to project closure
• Ensure contractual awareness across the project team and correct obligations
• Anticipate deviations and manage through notices, waivers, amendments, and claims
• Drive project risk and opportunity strategy with leadership and defendable solutions
• Oversee all contractual communications with the customer for consistency and alignment
• Drive contract interpretation and commercial decision-making in line with policy and risk appetite
• Serve as reference point for all contractual matters within the perimeter
• Provide strategic and operational contractual advice to stakeholders
• Support compliance processes for tenders and projects with the Compliance Officer including antitrust, data protection and trade compliance

Skills

Contract management

Legal compliance

Risk assessment

International context

Defence/Aviation experience

Education

Master's degree in Law or related field

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Recommend contractual structures that enhance competitiveness while respecting applicable regulations and internal governance
• Draft, revise, and negotiate contractual documents with customers, partners, and subcontractors
• Contribute to internal risk reviews, financial exposure assessments, and mitigation plans
• Ability to identify opportunities to protect or improve the project's financial performance
• Support the capture and preparation of variations, extensions, new phases or related offers connected to existing program
• Prepare and present contractual sections of internal approval documentation, including clear recommendations to management
• Establish, manage, and continuously update the contractual baseline from contract signature to project closure
• Ensure full contractual awareness across the project team, enabling correct application of obligations, rights, deadlines, and deliverables
• Anticipate deviations and manage them proactively through contractual notices, waivers, amendments, claims, clarification requests, and other contractual instruments
• Anticipate and drive the project’s risk and opportunity strategy, in close collaboration with project leadership, including claim preparation, defensive measures, and value-protection initiatives, proposing defensible, practical solutions
• Oversee all incoming and outgoing contractual communications with the customer, ensuring consistency, traceability, and strategic alignment
• Drive consistent contract interpretation and commercial decision-making aligned with company policy and risk appetite.
• Act as the reference point for all contractual matters within the perimeter
• Provide strategic and operational contractual advice to internal stakeholders
• Support relevant compliance processes for the tenders and projects (e.g., third-party screenings) in coordination with the Compliance Officer (Antitrust, Anticorruption, Personal Data Protection (incl. GDPR), Trade compliance & Duty of vigilance), in particular:
• Provide country legal intelligence and knowledge to the relevant global, regional, or corporate stakeholders

Requirements:

• Advanced academic background in Law, Contract Management, Business, or related field, equivalent to a Master's degree-level qualification (EU/UK/SG/US or other comparable higher-education systems) including a Specialization in Law,
• 10 to 15 years of demonstrated experience as a legal counsel or contract manager working in an international context and as part of the legal department of a multinational company, preferably in the Defence/Aviation space
• Endowed with analytical and synthesis skills, you assess situations accurately and can easily propose pragmatic solutions,
• Understand the stakes associated with a major international Group's compliance program,
• Master the techniques related to third-party review (third-party screening) and are able to conduct compliance analyses,
• Developed strong proactivity towards stakeholders and good ability to manage priorities,
• Travel on regular basis over the Region (up to once a month) and from time-to-time to Europe (up to once a year).
• MNC, hybrid work arrangement

All Successful candidates can expect a very competitive remuneration package and a comprehensive range of benefits.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified