Senior Contracts Manager

We are seeking an experienced Senior Contracts Manager to join our team, ideally bringing a strong background in defence commercial environments and familiarity with Ministry of Defence (MoD) contracting.

In this role, you will take a lead on contract management and proposal activities for our Wildcat and Merlin helicopter platforms. Your expertise will ensure our business objectives are successfully met while remaining fully aligned with contractual provisions and company policies.

You’ll manage the full lifecycle of contracts—ranging from newly established agreements to existing portfolios, and covering everything from low-value orders to high-value programs.

Partnering closely with various business functions across the Helicopter division you will also build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with our customers to effectively facilitate both pre- and post-contract management

• →Draft, prepare and when required present internal approvals, contracts and other agreements
• →Support and lead as required the provision of customer proposals and contract amendments
• →Execute all commercial aspects of the contract
• →Monitor and report the progress of key contract obligations, including contract deliverables and cash
• →Proactively resolve contract issues and provide contract advice to internal functions
• →Contribute to the identification and resolution of contract risks and opportunities and business improvement/transformation initiatives
• →In addition to your direct reports, you will provide support to other members of the contract management team

• Competent in understanding and interpreting contracts with an enhanced working knowledge of all contract terms
• Have an enhanced understanding of the costing and pricing processes and mechanisms and be able to formulate prices for proposals within a delegated authority
• Have good verbal and written communication skills appropriate for role, with clear capability to construct and communicate information concisely and effectively. Be confident in presenting to peers, internally and externally.
• Be capable of leading and prioritising the work of you and your team in a hybrid working environment
• Be capable of identifying and implementing business improvement/transformation initiatives including cross functional activities
• Be educated to degree standard in an appropriate subject (business/engineering/English/psychology) with demonstrable commercial aptitude based on previous experience or a person with demonstrable specialist commercial aptitude based on previous experience in a business environment.

This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above. The most important skill is a good attitude and willingness to learn.

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting