Senior Contract Manager

Hitachi

Senior Contract Manager providing legal advice for Grid Integration projects at Hitachi. Collaborating globally on legal aspects of contracts, compliance, and risk management.

Posted 4/14/2026full-timeMilan • 🇮🇹 ItalySeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Identify legal issues of concern in connection with Grid Integration projects and proactively develop effective legal strategies, mitigation actions and practical solutions in support of such projects and related business activities
Support all legal aspects in connection with the tender process, risk identification, negotiation of contracts, framework agreements, consortium agreements, settlement agreements, financial instruments, major procurement contracts.
Protection and enforcement of company policies and company interests in internal activities and negotiations with third parties.
Collaboration with legal teams globally as well as with interdisciplinary project teams
Promotion of dispute avoidance and support project management in the coordination of claims liaising with legal department.
Ensuring integrity and compliance with applicable laws and regulations as well as Company internal regulations in various fields, in particular without limitation competition law, bribery and corruption.
Promote ethical conduct in compliance with company legal and integrity standards directives/instructions.
Presentation of legal risks in collaboration with the business in company internal risk reviews, risk management, and other internal processes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Law Degree
10+ years of corporate in-house or law firm experience relating to grid system or major utilities construction/engineering projects
Knowledge of utility-scale EPC agreement (onshore and offshore)
Excellent communication and ability to work under pressure
Fluent in English. Any additional language is a plus.
Willingness to travel as per business needs

Benefits

Comp & perks

health insurance
pension fund
welfare
flexible working type
flexible working hours

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Hard Skills & Tools

law degreecorporate in-house experiencelaw firm experiencegrid system knowledgeutility-scale EPC agreementcontract negotiationrisk managementdispute avoidancecompliance with lawsfinancial instruments

Soft Skills

excellent communicationability to work under pressurecollaborationethical conduct promotionpresentation skills