Senior Contracts Manager - Intelligence

at  Arcadis

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

First and foremost, you share our passion for improving the quality of life. You pride yourself for the part you play in transforming the world around you and understand the importance of teamwork.
You should have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in commercial management and at least 10 years of experience with acumen in commercial, risk and legal negotiation of a complex digital product projects. The candidate should be able to demonstrate a proven track record in successful project execution/negotiation, including financial performance, technical compliance, and client engagement.
You will possess a high level of intellectual, professional, and interpersonal agility and flexibility. Further you will bring excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate at all levels of the organization in particular senior levels. A pragmatic attitude is vital.

ROLE DESCRIPTION:

Arcadis are looking to add to its team: an experienced and motivated Senior Contracts Manager. This role supports the contract governance function within the Intelligence Global Business Area and you will be a specialist in contracting digital product offerings to public and B2B environments. This role leads commercial, contractual and technical interpretation on contract terms and conditions and supporting performance on contracts, proactively working to identify risks, issues and opportunities and managing these elements within the GBA. You will own the contract lifecycle management and contract compliance activities for the Intelligence GBA, supporting account managers in contract initiation, creation, negotiation (with legal team), approval, execution and monitoring and performance processes.
You will establish, manage and maintain a robust set of contract KPIs, working with the account managers to deliver against these. Supporting the commercial evaluation and preparation of contract change proposals, you will work with the legal team in providing high quality contract drafting and negotiate proposals through to signature. You will have the ability to operate independently and communicate effectively, both internally, with technical staff, peers, and management as well as externally, with customers, regulators and others. Arcadis is on a journey to bring together many, previously separated, software products (through acquisition) and this role is pivotal in ensuring effective checks and balances are in place in a centralised manner covering all aspects of the CLM
The role sits within our global business area Intelligence. We use digital intelligence and deep human knowledge to create products and solutions in a holistic way. We empower our clients with agile, data-driven insights and technologies that complement our sustainable design, engineering and advisory expertise. We can confidently work in partnership to address global challenges from climate change and rapid urbanization, to increasing digitalization, socio-economic disruption and societal expectations head-on, all with the common goal of improving quality of life.

ROLE ACCOUNTABILITIES:

This role will be accountable for the day to day management and maintenance of the Contract Lifecycle Management processes relevant to our products and services.
Establishing and maintaining robust CLM processes for the Intelligence GBA and ensuring alignment with all Arcadis corporate functions will be a key responsibility. This will include contract initiation, creation, negotiation (with legal team), approval, execution and monitoring and performance processes.
Recognise the value and benefits that CLM activities bring and lead the collaboration with the technology and growth teams to ensure Arcadis continue to provide best in class products to our clients in an efficient and scalable manner.