Subcontract Manager

People Profilers Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

People Profilers Pte Ltd is seeking a seasoned Subcontract Manager to establish and manage the subcontract baseline from award to closeout, ensuring alignment with the main contract and project objectives.

You will oversee flow-down obligations, manage variations, notices, and change orders, coordinate with legal and procurement, and drive risk mitigation across international industrial projects.

Qualifications

• Advanced academic background in Law, Contract Management, Business, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Engineering, or related discipline, equivalent to a Bachelor's degree qualification.
• 8+ years of experience in Subcontract Management, Contract Management, Procurement, Commercial Management, or Legal Counsel roles within complex international industrial environments.
• Capability to manage large, multi-stakeholder, long-cycle contracts with autonomy and senior stakeholder influence.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and synthesis abilities to translate complex contractual frameworks into actionable guidance.
• Collaborative with multidisciplinary, multi-cultural teams and able to influence senior stakeholders.
• Interpersonal skills to resolve issues while protecting the company’s position.
• Comfortable with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CLM systems, and collaborative environments.
• Strong communication skills and intercultural awareness; willing to travel occasionally.

Responsibilities

• Establish, manage, and continuously update the subcontract baseline from subcontract award to closeout, ensuring alignment with the main contract and project objectives.
• Ensure that all subcontract agreements incorporate flow-down obligations from the prime contract while protecting commercial and contractual interests.
• Ensure full contractual awareness across project and procurement teams for proper application of subcontract obligations, rights, milestones, deliverables, and commercial terms.
• Proactively anticipate and manage subcontract deviations through notices, change orders, amendments, claims, RFIs, waivers, and other contractual mechanisms.
• Identify, assess, and drive subcontract-related risks and opportunities with project, procurement, and commercial teams, including claim preparation and cost recovery.
• Oversee all contractual communications with subcontractors and suppliers, ensuring consistency, traceability, and compliance.
• Coordinate with Legal and Contract Management teams when disputes arise, supporting fact-finding, evidence management, negotiation, and dispute resolution strategies.
• Monitor subcontractor compliance with contractual obligations including scope, schedule, quality, HSE, insurance, bonds, warranties, and reporting.
• Ensure subcontract change management is effectively administered, including evaluation, negotiation, documentation, and implementation of variations and commercial adjustments.
• Manage subcontract closeout activities, including final account settlement and archiving of documentation.
• Identify opportunities to protect or enhance project financial performance through effective subcontract management and risk allocation.
• Support procurement and project teams during tendering activities by developing contractual terms and evaluating deviations.
• Ensure alignment between prime contract and subcontracts by cascading applicable obligations and managing back-to-back variations.
• Assess the impact of customer-initiated changes on subcontract scope and commercial terms and ensure amendments are negotiated and executed; identify upstream changes or claims as needed.
• Support preparation, evaluation, and negotiation of subcontract variations, change orders, extensions, and additional work packages.
• Recommend subcontracting and commercial strategies that optimize competitiveness while ensuring compliance with the prime contract and governance.

Skills

Subcontract management

Contract management

Commercial management

Legal counsel support

Risk assessment

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Cross-cultural collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Law, Contract Management, Business, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

CLM systems

Collaboration tools

Job description

• Establish, manage, and continuously update the sub contractual baseline from subcontract award to closeout, ensuring alignment with the main contract and project objectives.


• Ensure that all subcontract agreements appropriately incorporate flow-down obligations from the prime contract while protecting the organization's commercial and contractual interests.


• Ensure full contractual awareness across the project and procurement teams, enabling the correct application of subcontract obligations, rights, milestones, deliverables, and commercial terms.


• Proactively anticipate and manage subcontract deviations through notices, change orders, amendments, claims, requests for information (RFIs), waivers, and other contractual mechanisms.


• Identify, assess, and drive subcontract-related risks and opportunities in close collaboration with project, procurement, and commercial teams, including claim preparation, dispute avoidance, cost recovery, and value protection initiatives.


• Oversee all contractual communications with subcontractors and suppliers, ensuring consistency, traceability, compliance, and alignment with project and contractual requirements.


• Coordinate with the Legal and Contract Management teams when subcontract disputes arise, supporting fact-finding, documentation, evidence management, negotiation, and dispute resolution strategies.


• Monitor subcontractor compliance with contractual obligations, including scope, schedule, quality, HSE, insurance, bonds, warranties, and reporting requirements, escalating issues proactively.


• Ensure subcontract change management is effectively administered, including the evaluation, negotiation, documentation, and implementation of variations and commercial adjustments.


• Manage subcontract closeout activities, including final account settlement, resolution of outstanding claims, completion of contractual deliverables, and archiving of contractual documentation.


• Identify opportunities to protect or enhance project financial performance through effective subcontract management, commercial negotiations, and risk allocation.


• Support procurement and project teams during tendering activities by developing contractual terms, evaluating commercial and contractual deviations, and participating in bidder clarifications and negotiations.


• Ensure full contractual alignment between the prime contract and subcontracts by cascading applicable obligations, risks, and entitlements, while managing the back-to-back implementation of contract variations.


• Assess the impact of customer-initiated changes on subcontract scope and commercial terms and ensure corresponding subcontract amendments are negotiated and executed. Likewise, identify subcontractor-initiated changes or claims that may give rise to upstream variations, claims, or relief under the prime contract, ensuring timely notification, recovery, and protection of the project's contractual and financial position.


• Support the preparation, evaluation, and negotiation of subcontract variations, change orders, extensions, and additional work packages throughout the project lifecycle.


• Recommend subcontracting and commercial strategies that optimize competitiveness while ensuring compliance with the prime contract, applicable regulations, and internal governance.


• Prepare and present contractual and commercial recommendations for internal approval, including subcontract award decisions, variation approvals, claim strategies, and risk assessments.

Requirements

• Advanced academic background in Law, Contract Management, Business, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Engineering, or a related discipline, equivalent to a Bachelor's degree qualification (EU/UK/SG/US or other comparable higher education systems).


• 8+ years of experience in Subcontract Management, Contract Management, Procurement, Commercial Management, or Legal Counsel roles within complex international industrial environments such as aerospace, defence, transportation, infrastructure, energy, EPC, systems integration, or technology sectors.


• Demonstrate capability to manage large, multi‑stakeholder, long‑cycle contracts with both strategic and have the maturity to operate autonomously and proactively with senior internal and external stakeholders


• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and synthesis abilities, with the capacity to translate complex contractual frameworks into actionable guidance


• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary and multi-cultural teams and influence senior and executive stakeholders


• Strong interpersonal skills to resolve issues constructively while protecting the company’s position.


• Comfortable working with digital platforms and standard business tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CLM systems, collaborative environments).


• Strong communication skills, intercultural awareness, and the ability to operate within diverse teams.


• May be required to travel from time‑to‑time.

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