Contract Manager
Nomad Digital
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Newcastle • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Supporting the review of tender documents and identifying commercial/contractual risks.
- Ensuring internal stakeholders understand obligations, pricing assumptions and risk positions.
- Work closely with project teams to ensure project risk registers are up to date and accurate.
- Support and collaborate closely with Legal Counsel throughout the full contract lifecycle, providing input into contract documentation, ensuring consistency across schedules, pricing and technical annexes, and proactively engaging Legal on matters requiring formal advice during contract execution, variation, claims management and dispute resolution.
- Ensuring all mandatory requirements (bonds, insurance, certificates etc) are in place as required.
- Conducting a formal contract handover to operations, finance and project teams including the review of purchase orders.
- Assist project teams in reviewing and drafting contractual correspondence .
- Monitoring contractual obligations and compliance by both parties.
- Monitor deliverables, milestones, KPIs and SLAs.
- Identifying deviations, risks or potential claims early.
- Managing the issue of contractual notices, change requests or contract variations
- Managing extensions, renewals and contract amendments.
- Overseeing subcontractor performance where relevant.
- Identifying potential claims (extensions of time, change in law, variations, additional costs) and preparing or supporting claim submissions with evidence.
- Assist in the management of disputes through formal processes.
- Promote best practice contract management techniques including providing contract awareness training to operational managers.
Requirements
- Qualified Solicitor in England & Wales advantageous but not essential.
- Strong knowledge of commercial and contract law.
- Experience in technology or engineering contracts with ability to handle complex issues.
- Experience in contract management and claims handling.
- Experience managing customers and internal stakeholders.
- Demonstrates a pragmatic and creative commercial approach to contractual issues.
- Foreign language skills (French, German) advantageous but not essential.
- 3-5 years of Contract Management experience
- Law degree advantageous but not essential
Benefits
- Health Care Cash Plan.
- Life Assurance.
- Critical Illness Cover
- Contributory Pension Scheme via Aviva.
- Employee Discount Portal
- Free On Site Gym
- 25 Days of Annual Leave with enhanced leave based on tenure.
- Annual Leave Purchase Scheme
- Employee Referral Scheme / Employee Recognition Scheme.
- Company Sick Plan.
- Hybrid Working Model - The role will consist of a mix of working from home and being in our Newcastle Head Office.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
contract managementclaims handlingcommercial lawcontractual correspondencerisk managementcontract lifecycle managementcontractual obligationsdispute resolutioncontract amendmentsKPI monitoring
Soft Skills
stakeholder managementcommunicationproblem-solvingcollaborationcreativitypragmatismtrainingattention to detailnegotiationleadership
Certifications
Qualified Solicitor in England & WalesLaw degree