Contract Manager

Job Description

Key Responsibilities: Draft, review, negotiate, and finalize contracts related to projects, procurement, and regulatory agreements. Ensure compliance with industry standards, legal requirements, and company policies. Ensure strong stakeholder management (internal & external) for achieving key contractual milestones. Perform periodic reviews of the contracts and provide resolution measures, if required. Supervise the performance of the contract towards adhering with general and special terms. Ensure renewals, amendments and special case scenarios within the contract framework. Identify and mitigate contractual risks while ensuring financial and operational security. Handle contract disputes and claims, ensuring resolution aligned with company interests. Keep the management apprised about key contract milestones by ensuring weekly/fortnightly reviews with report & documentation on contract performance. Experience: Previously managed and oversaw construction-related contracts valued between $20- $200 million and above. Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks, legal contracts, and industry compliance. Excellent negotiation, analytical, and communication skills. Ability to manage multiple contracts and stakeholders efficiently. A few years of professional experience working with both large conglomerates and startups. Experience with contract management software (SAP, Oracle etc) is an advantage . Behavioral Competencies: Delivery Focus: Plans timely to deliver as per schedule. Ensures accuracy and timeliness of outputs. Cost & Profitability Focus: Plans timely to achieve targets within budgeted cost. Comes up with innovative ways to increase profitability by way of seeking additional workforce/ revenue on the same project to increase margins. Ownership and Accountability: Takes ownership of his/ her responsibility area. Owns up an assignment and makes all the efforts to overcome the obstacles. Ensures delivery of his/ her target instead of waiting for others to finish their part. Knowledge & Skill Requirements: Legal knowledge. Techno-Commercial. Essential Skills/Expertise required: MS Office skills. Required Qualifications B.E./ B. Tech (Electrical/ Mechanical), bachelor’s degree in law, master’s in business administration / finance preferred. Proven experience of almost 12-15 years in contract management within the power/energy /infra sector. Show more Show less