A high-growth technology, data analytics & technical engineering services business seek a Commercial & Legal Contracts Manager to join their established in-house commercial & legal contracts management division to lead CCM for their engineering installation & technology integration into major energy infrastructure projects.
Salary - c.£65000 - £75000 (Neg. DOE) + benefits
Type - Permanent
Location – Hybrid WFH + 2 days p/w in Crawley/Gatwick area office
This is an opportunity for an experienced Commercial Contracts Manager to take up position within an established wider commercial & legal (CCM) team for a truly innovative, highly profitable and continually expanding technology & engineering business group.
As part of the centralised and group-wide commercial & legal contracts team, the Commercial Contracts Manager will work alongside other CCM’s and report to the Head of CCM. This role will have a particular focus/alignment to the business’s new high-value energy infrastructure projects division; technology networks (hardware and software) design, build, engineering installation and management.
The Commercial Contracts Manager will engage operationally and work in a close support/advisory position to directors, senior management, technical and sales departments across a variety of commercial and legal contracts issues across group businesses, from pre to post award.
Core workload engagement & focus:
- B2B legal contract arrangements - contract T&C's analysis, review, drafting, negotiation (customer-facing) at bid/tender/proposal, execution, in-life and renewal stages (sales and supplier sides)
- Ensuring legal compliance, risk mitigation, deal success and where possible commercial advantage is achieved
- Engagement with internal CCM division, General Counsel and all other commercial & technical departments
- Advising Sales, Business Development, Procurement, Exec leadership and wider technical engineering teams on all commercial and contractual issues/solutions
- Management, control and escalation of all disputes, claims, and commercial/contractual related issues
- Assist in the refinement and development of commercial & contractual templates, playbooks, tools and processes
* This role’s ownership scope/seniority can be tailored somewhat dependent on an individual’s experience and value to bring. It could be positioned as a developing Commercial Contracts Manager with progression path or Snr CCM within the business, hence the broad salary (£) range offering.
Key experience & qualifications required for Commercial Contracts Manager application:
- Proven experience in leading all aspects of commercial & legal contractual review, drafting and negotiation across pre & post-awards sales, supplier/vendor and partnering agreements (with direct 3rd party/customer influence and engagement)
- Likely 5-10+ years in a dedicated Commercial Contracts Manager role capacity within an engineering services/technology environment (Energy/Utilities/BEAMA sector related would be an advantage, other transferable sectors include Telco, Aero/Defence, Rail or other technology design/manufacture/installation/engineering)
- Good breadth of contractual form engagement, spanning: Engineering/Technical & Technology services (design, build/manufacture, installation, maintenance), technology hardware & software services ++
- Solid legal contracts understanding and T&C’s drafting ownership, with broader commercial business acumen and engagement.
- Any experience with the NEC3/4 contracts framework suites could be an advantage
- Able to demonstrate wider ‘commercial business’ awareness and the correct positioning of contractual advice/operation/negotiation/drafting to mitigate business risk and ensure compliance is balanced with commercial advantage/success.
- Likely LLB / LPC law degree qualified (other degree and/or equivalent commercial & legal contracts professional experience equally welcome).
- Agile approach - able to balance competing demands in a high-volume, fast-paced and growing business environment
- Analytical and inquisitive - willing to fully engage in the business’s technical sector, product/service specifics and stakeholder groups
- Stakeholder focused – able to build rapport with sales and technical stakeholder groups alike, internal and external (up to C-suite).
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