Department: Commercial / Contracts
Direct report: Contract Manager/Contract Assistant
Key interfaces: Senior leadership, Project Directors, Business Development, Finance, & Bid Management Reporting), Legal advisers, Insurers, Clients, Sub-Consultants

ROLE PURPOSE
The Senior Contracts Manager leads the company's contracts function and is accountable for how it manages contractual and commercial risk. The role sets the contract strategy, standards and governance for the team, negotiates and approves key contract terms, leads on variations, claims and disputes, and makes sure management receives accurate, timely contract information to support decisions.

The Senior Contracts Manager line-manages the Contract Manager/Assistant. Day-to-day contract administration is delegated to the Contract Manager, while the Senior Contracts Manager provides oversight, assistance with Contractual Agreements, approval, escalation and development of the team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Contract Strategy and Commercial Risk
• Review and advise on the contract terms of major bids and awards before signature,



including scope, fees, payment terms, liability caps, indemnities, insurance, intellectual property and termination provisions.
• Lead negotiations with clients on high-value, high-risk or non-standard contracts, and recommend acceptance, qualification or rejection of terms to senior leadership.
• Establish and maintain the company's risk appetite for contract terms, including approval thresholds and escalation routes.

Governance, Standards and Approvals
• Own the company's standard contract templates, including SCAs, LOAs, PO terms and standard qualifications for proposals.
• Approve contracts, sub-consultant agreements and variations above the Contract Manager's delegated authority.
• Set and enforce contract procedures, record-keeping standards and data quality rules across the contract, award, bid and finance trackers, Cleverflow and Metabase.
• Carry out periodic audits of contract

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