Experis IT ManpowerGroup has partnered with a leading **IT company for a contract management lead** role to assist their team. This is a Remote role. **Industry: IT Co** **Title: Contract Management Lead** **Location: Remote** **Duration: 12 months** **Job Description** + **Contract Management is part of our Legal and Commercial Services. Our professionals bring innovative ideas to commercial reality, focusing on maximising value for all parties through a deep understanding of legal, business, and commercial risks.** + **We work alongside Client sales and delivery teams throughout the entire contract lifecycle to provide high-quality advice and support for negotiating, drafting, and ongoing management of client contracts.** + **We apply commercial and contractual expertise to lead the delivery of legal & commercial outcomes for our priority engagements and portfolios, including:** + **Sales growth: expanding the footprint of our agreements and supporting new business.** + **Revenue protection: delivering on our contractual commitments.** + **Margin improvement: effectively managing commercial levers, risks, and issues; and** + **Compliance with contract obligations and Client policy.** **What You’ll Do** + Lead/support contract management teams across projects and accounts; work with account leadership, client commercial and business stakeholders to understand and support client needs and + priorities; account strategy, objectives, and opportunities. + Work with contract management staff across multiple projects and accounts providing input into performance management activities. + Support the identification, escalation, and resolution of commercial and contract risks and issues working with CM and project leadership to ensure the best outcome for all parties. + Engage in pre-award sales activities, and engage in discussions with the delivery team regarding potential deal shaping and contractual outcomes with sales teams and business leadership, including contract drafting support. + The contract management function is client-facing and has a key role in building trusted relationships with client counterparts. + Open to working with and understanding cross-cultures and locations throughout the Client's global organization. + Understand the value of diversity and recognize the strengths that different styles, innovative perspectives, and experiences bring to the Client. + Demonstrate inclusion and respect for all individuals regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, age, disability, culture, social status and/or sexuality. + Leader as well as team player, collaborative and persuasive; able to work well with executives and nonexecutives **You will need to have:** + Bachelor's degree required + Minimum 5 yrs. Relevant experience in contract management + Post-award (also known as prime) contract management + Member of the International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM) or National Contract Management Association (NCMA) and/ or professional certification considered a plus. + Some travel may be required.(90% Remote) ManpowerGroup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in a professional, high quality work environment. It is the policy of ManpowerGroup and all of its subsidiaries to recruit, train, promote, transfer, pay and take all employment actions without regard to an employee's race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.