A leading defence contractor requires a Senior Contracts Manager to lead all commercial contract management activities on a high-profile training programme for the UK MOD. Applicants should be commercial leaders, skilled in developing commercial contract management strategies and be accustomed to working collaboratively in complex, multi-stakeholder environment supporting the UK MOD. The Senior Contracts Manager is a senior management position responsible for the leading and delivering all commercial aspects of active programmes, while developing and motivating a Contracts team engendering a culture of collaboration aligned to customer goals. Specific duties of the Senior Contracts Manager include: Lead commercial management of contracts, across the contract lifecycle; bids, in life, change, claims/disputes Create and review complex contractual and strategy documents, including for sub-business areas Stakeholder collaboration; senior level briefing, executive-level engagement and cross-functional partnering Ensure compliance, governance and risk mitigation and effective management of gating and approval process Manage customer relationships, including operating within an ISO 44001 collaborative working environment Leadership of the Contracts team and workforce planning Senior Contracts Managers should meet the following criteria: Head Of, or Senior Leadership level commercial contracts management expertise within the defence sec...