Contract and Risk Manager (M/F/D)
Are you a commercial professional looking for an opportunity to lead complex deals and drive strategic contract negotiations?
Join our Legal & Commercial Team!
Our Legal and Commercial team plays a critical role in enabling business growth by managing contractual frameworks, mitigating risks, and ensuring compliance across the deal lifecycle. We partner with cross-functional teams to deliver commercially sound and legally compliant solutions that support our customers and business objectives.
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Role Overview:
Contract risk manager is responsible for driving contract excellence and risk management for complex commercial agreements. Candidate is responsible for negotiating, drafting, and managing contracts, ensuring compliance and optimal risk/reward balance.
As a Contract Risk Manager you will be responsible for:
- Managing contracts from initiation through delivery, ensuring effective handover.
- Negotiating and redlining commercial agreements, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative, optimized solutions for customers
- Identifying and mitigating contractual risks, validating the risk/reward balance.
- Coordinating multi-stakeholder engagement throughout contract development including presenting risk mitigation strategies to senior leadership.
- Ensuring compliance with commercial risk assessment procedures.
- Administering assigned proposals and contracts, including customer interactions, negotiations, and contract interpretation.
- Collaborating with internal functions such as Manufacturing, Product Management, Sourcing, Engineering, Finance, and Legal.
- Leading proposal, negotiation, and contract administration activities with minimal supervision
- Supporting managers and senior contract personnel on assigned contracts
- Liaising with functional organizations to ensure clear communication of contractual requirements.
- Championing lLean practices, digital tools, and rigorous contracting standards to drive continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.
Fuel your passion
To be successful in this role you will have:
- Bachelor’s degree (Business, Law, Finance, or Supply Chain)
- Demonstrated expertise in redlining, drafting, and negotiating complex commercial agreements
- Have experience in managing commercial contracts in a corporate or law firm environment.
- Have experience in High-Tech industries such as NDT, Aerospace, Electronics, Automotive, Energy, Renewables
- Proven understanding of German & UK jurisdictional law and government contracts
- Be a strong team player, interacting with all supporting functions and the ability to work in cross- functional and cross-cultural teams.
- Have experience in complex tendering, contract management and negotiations
- Demonstrate the ability to manage and execute multiple commercial opportunities to successful completion
- Display the ability to take ownership, execute and shape results in a global-matrix organization
- Have proven capability to establish good relationship with customers and build trust.
- Have a never-give-up attitude, problem solver, works independently.
- Be willing to travel as business requires
- Be fluent in German and English (oral and written) and have excellent all-round communication and storytelling skills.
- Have knowledge of CLM software (DocuSign, Icertis, Conga), Office 365 Suite , Opportunity Management & Risk Tools e.g. Deal Machine
- Preferred to have experience with large-scale high tech global companies, NDT, customer contracts, long term agreements and NDAs
Work in a way that works for you
We recognize that everyone is different and are committed to providing flexible working arrangements that help you perform at your best.
Working with us
Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We foster an inclusive environment where employees are empowered to grow, innovate, and bring their authentic selves to work.
Working for you
Our innovations have shaped the energy industry for over a century. We value your contributions and offer:
- Flexible work-life balance policies
- Comprehensive medical and insurance coverage
- Life and disability benefits
- Financial and retirement programs
- Additional voluntary benefits
For Italy:The initial pay range for this position will be EUR 60,800 To 83,600. The provisions of the Contratto Collettivo Energia e Petrolio will be applied to this position. Art. 32 and Art. 34 of that collective bargaining agreement relate to pay".
The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Sales Advisor - Risk MitigationSkills Required
- Bachelor's degree (Business, Law, Finance, or Supply Chain)
- Demonstrated expertise in redlining, drafting, and negotiating complex commercial agreements
- Experience managing commercial contracts in a corporate or law firm environment
- Experience in High-Tech industries (NDT, Aerospace, Electronics, Automotive, Energy, Renewables)
- Proven understanding of German and UK jurisdictional law and government contracts
- Experience in complex tendering, contract management, and negotiations
- Ability to manage and execute multiple commercial opportunities to successful completion
- Experience coordinating multi-stakeholder engagement and presenting risk mitigation to senior leadership
- Collaborative experience with Manufacturing, Product Management, Sourcing, Engineering, Finance, and Legal
- Knowledge of CLM software (DocuSign, Icertis, Conga)
- Knowledge of Office 365 Suite
- Knowledge of Opportunity Management and Risk Tools (e.g., Deal Machine)
- Fluent in German and English (oral and written)
- Willingness to travel as business requires
- Champion Lean practices, digital tools, and rigorous contracting standards
- Preferred: experience with large-scale high-tech global companies, NDT, customer contracts, long-term agreements and NDAs
Baker Hughes Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests retirement contributions combine automatic employer funding with a dollar‑for‑dollar match, with immediate vesting on the match. This structure can meaningfully increase savings for employees who participate consistently.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Feedback suggests a discounted employee stock purchase program with regular purchase periods and no brokerage fees provides accessible ownership upside. Program parameters are clearly laid out through the benefits hub and plan materials.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests exempt staff have flexible, manager‑approved time off while non‑exempt employees accrue vacation and receive paid personal time. Company‑paid holidays and paid parental leave further broaden time‑away options.
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