Senior Contract Manager (Mid - Senior Level)

Job Description and Summary

ERM seeks an experienced Contract Manager for the EMEA region to serve as a key member of ERM’s EMEA Legal Department team. The ERM Legal Department provides legal support for ERM’s management and operations globally (over 140 offices in 39 countries). The General Counsel, located in London, UK, leads the entire global Legal Department, which in addition to the EMEA team has members supporting Latin America, US/Canada, and Asia Pacific.

This Contracts Manager position would ideally be based in London, but other locations in England would be considered. This position will support ERM and the Legal Department in carrying out the mission of reducing risk, improving decision-making, and enhancing client relations by world-class management of contracts and related information. This position will have an important role in optimizing ERM’s performance on major contract delivery. This position will report to the Regional Managing Counsel for EMEA, based on London, with additional supervision and interaction with other commercial counsels in ERM’s EMEA Legal Department. 

Principle Responsibilities/Key Results Areas

• Managing ERM business contract queries
• Tracking contract obligations and compliance status
• Recording and managing key information about contracts
• Collecting and filing contracts and related documents
• Advising so reviews and approvals can be carried out in accordance with ERM’s policies and procedures
• Drafting and reviewing certain contract types
• Supporting the connection between ERM business people and the Legal Department, to maintain a client focussed approach
• Negotiating issues with guidance from ERM legal counsels
• Providing information to ERM business representatives and counsels about contracts.

The types of contracts and documents will include:

• Client contracts including master service agreements. These consist of modifications to ERM standard terms as well as client forms of agreement.
• Requests for proposals (RFPs)
• Subcontracts and other supplier contracts
• Teaming agreements
• Confidentiality agreements/non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)
• Amendments and change orders
• A variety of other miscellaneous commercial documents.

This role would be ideal for a senior contract manager looking to join a multi-national commercial in-house team in a business facing role, providing end-to-end service with a wide variety of work and responsibilities.

Within a busy team and mutually supportive environment, you will enjoy high value work across the business.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years’ experience as a contract manager/analyst/administrator, handling complex client/customer contracts, supplier contracts including subcontracts and other contracts such as teaming/partnering agreements and NDAs
• University’s degree, preferably in a business or technical discipline, or other relevant experience
• Eager to learn and take on responsibility
• Values the opportunity to promote ERM’s interests
• Ability to recognize issues and the commitment to follow through to see that they are resolved
• Well-organized
• Ability to make thoughtful and disciplined decisions
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Excellent English verbal and written communication, including a strong phone and video conference presence (another foreign language would be an advantage)
• Good imagination and ability to see things from someone else’s perspective
• Ability to work collaboratively with legal counsels and other Legal Department members, Partners, Project Analysts and staff
• Professional demeanor and sensitivity to client relationships
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a high paced environment
• Working understanding of key commercial contract and risk management concepts

• Basic understanding of business entities and corporate/organizational structure concepts

Core Competencies

• Experience handling a service provider’s contracts with larger corporate clients
• Experience helping business teams understand and mitigate certain risks associated with various contract terms
• Good understanding of environmental consulting business and construction projects
• Experience with MS office suite programs (word, excel, powerpoint, etc.); experience with contract management applications a plus