Description
Senior Contracts Manager
5 Month Contract
Inner London
£600 per day
Please note:
Any candidate wishing to be considered for this role will be required to apply for a Disclosure Scotland upon invite to interview.
My client, a leading Public Sector organisation, is seeking to hire a Senior Contracts Manager to join their technical division in Inner London on a 5 month interim contract. As Senior Contracts Manager, you will be supporting the organisation with their most recent project and will responsible for the strategic and daily management of various contracts. The ideal candidate will have a wealth of experience as a Senior Commercial or Contracts Manager, with a prominent technological background.
Key Responsibilities
*Developing a quick understanding of contractual platforms
* Advising on the service level and service credit regime that apply to various contracts
* Working with and supporting as required each of the 10 Tower's commercial teams and the senior commercial managers within the programme in matters relating to the contracts
* Advising internal stakeholders on all commercial or contractual topics in relation to procurement, contracts, or contract management
* Acting as a point of escalation should the tower management teams require support
*Contributing to commercial strategy, savings and change management in a dynamic and fast-changing IT landscape in close cooperation with the Supplier Manager (budget holder), Exit Managers and Commercial Mangers of incumbent contracts
* Identifying topics that require legal opinion and also escalating topics as necessary to senior commercial managers
* Receiving legal & commercial advice, and then ensuring appropriate, balanced advice is provided onwards to the programme
* Being highly competent at stakeholder management, with ability to influence senior stakeholders within the organisation
* Managing the development and approval of commercial reports in-line with the forward plan and ensure the plan's ongoing integrity and consistency
Key Knowledge and Skills
* The candidate for this role is likely to be an experienced, senior commercial and/or contracts manager, with a technology background.
*The candidate is also likely to have worked in a firm, collaborative model, rather than have an aggressive, confrontational style.
* Used to working with large cross-functional teams comprising policy leads, technical experts, budget and operational managers, and user representatives through complex commercial frameworks;
* Have keen planning skills for all commercial related activity.
* Understand the benefits of good Management Information across contracts and an ability to communicate this at the appropriate level.
* The candidate is likely to have 5+ years at senior management level, managing a wide range of teams and contracts, ideally including working in the public sector among civil servants.
For further information please contact Alexandra Burdfield