[Hiring] Senior Contract Manager @Atos

Role Description

The Senior Contract Manager is responsible for leading the contract management function across a portfolio of complex Public Sector and Defense accounts, providing strategic oversight and end-to-end support throughout the contract lifecycle. This includes:

• Contract review
• Drafting
• Negotiation
• Administration
• Governance
• Change management
• Claims management
• Risk mitigation
• Dispute avoidance

The role serves as a trusted advisor to business, delivery, legal, finance, procurement, and customer stakeholders, ensuring:

• Contractual compliance
• Protection of company interests
• Successful business outcomes

The Senior Contract Manager actively supports revenue growth initiatives while maintaining a strong focus on risk management, operational excellence, and contractual value realization. As a key member of the account leadership team, the Senior Contract Manager participates in:

• Governance forums
• Customer negotiations
• Executive reviews
• Strategic decision-making processes

Providing expert contractual guidance on highly complex commercial and operational matters.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, Law, Public Administration, Finance, or related field.
• Minimum 8-10 years of progressive contract management experience, including significant experience supporting Public Sector, Government, or Defense customers.
• Demonstrated experience negotiating and managing complex technology services, outsourcing, managed services, cloud, or digital transformation contracts.
• Strong understanding of contractual risk management, governance, and change management principles.
• Experience working with executive leadership and customer stakeholders.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, presentation, and relationship management skills.
• Experience supporting US Federal, State, and local government.

Requirements

• Lead the review, drafting, negotiation, interpretation, and administration of complex customer agreements, including:
• Master Services Agreements (MSAs)
• Statements of Work (SOWs)
• Amendments and Change Orders
• Renewals and Extensions
• Subcontractor Agreements
• Non-Disclosure Agreements
• Ensure contractual documentation accurately reflects agreed commercial and operational positions.
• Support transition from sales to delivery through effective contract handover and contract awareness initiatives.
• Maintain contract repositories and ensure critical contractual milestones, obligations, renewals, and notice requirements are tracked and managed.
• Serve as the primary contractual advisor to account leadership, business executives, delivery teams, and customer stakeholders.
• Support strategic pursuits, contract renewals, scope expansions, and major contract modifications.
• Provide contractual analysis to support business decisions and identify opportunities to maximize contractual value and revenue generation.
• Participate in executive governance meetings and customer reviews as the contractual subject matter expert.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate contractual, commercial, regulatory, and compliance risks.
• Develop and maintain account-specific risk registers and contractual obligation matrices.
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies, contractual commitments, government regulations, and industry requirements applicable to Public Sector and Defense engagements.
• Escalate significant contractual risks and recommend appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with customer contract, procurement, legal, and operational teams.
• Lead contractual discussions, negotiations, and issue resolution activities.
• Work closely with Legal, Finance, Procurement, Delivery, Sales, and Executive Leadership to ensure alignment on contractual matters.
• Act as an escalation point for complex contractual issues requiring strategic judgment and negotiation expertise.

Benefits

• Diversity and inclusion are embedded in our DNA.
• Commitment to a fair work environment for all.
• Recognized leader in the industry across Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria.