Senior Contracts Manager

at  Leidos

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Strong interpersonal, organizational skills are essential
• Ability to multi-task, in a pressurized environment is also essential
• Provides commercial, contractual and technical interpretation of the contract
• Strong comprehension of programme technical performance metrics and financial status
• Extensive experience of managing commercial and contractual elements of a contract change pipeline- including scope definition, pricing strategy, risk evaluation and allocation, managing queries and disputes in the delivery phase
• Extensive experience of in-life contract management and contract compliance
• Strong negotiator
• Strong collaborator
• Commercially astute
• High attention to detail

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Clearance to Start BPSS
• Clearance for Role SC HO

WHAT WE DO FOR YOU:

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Dynamic Working

WHO WE ARE:

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.
Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

ROLE OVERVIEW:

We are looking for a Senior Contracts Manager for the National Security and Defence area of Leidos Innovations UK. The role holder will assist and report directly to Head of Contracts / Commercial Director.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides commercial, contractual and technical interpretation on contract terms and conditions as the lead for existing contracts with key customers
• Lead contractual interactions with the Customer
• Represents the Contracts team at customer meetings, being able to where necessary present to the Customer and advise on the status of contractual issues and resolution
• Lead the commercial evaluation and preparation of contract change proposals
• Scrutinize and govern contract change proposals; provide high quality contract drafting and negotiate proposals through to signature
• Manage and draft customer communications in support of programme delivery
• Own the contract management and contract compliance activities for the programme
• Proactively manage customer disputes and complaints
• Provide timely commercial advice to project and delivery teams in support of management and delivery of the programme
• Review, scrutinize, and develop operational process flows
• Ensure that the financial aspects and impact of the contract are clear to all parties
• Ensure that all stakeholders, such as administration, operations, and finance understand and adhere to contractual obligations
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with the customer commercial/contracts team
• Must be able to take an active role in the performance of the contract and proactively working to identify risks, issues and opportunities and develop and implement strategies to mitigate the risks, resolve the issues and capitalize on the opportunities, and will be willing to cross functional lines to provide support to the programme leadership team when and where needed
• Ability to operate independently and communicate effectively, both internally, with technical staff, peers, and management as well as externally, with customers, regulators and others
• Good level of understanding of programme technical performance metrics and financial status
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Liaison with other Leidos operating units and corporate departments where applicable