Title: Senior Export Contract Manager Location: Stevenage or Bristol Onsite Requirements: 2-3 days per week on-site with additional monthly travel abroad (1-2 days per trip) About the Role: We are seeking an accomplished Senior Export Contract Manager to oversee and drive critical defense export contracts.
As a pivotal member of the Export Contract Management (ECM) team, you will take on a high-impact role, managing delivery and compliance of a large defense acquisition program.
This Senior Export Contract Manager position is integral to ensuring seamless contract execution, maintaining client satisfaction, and upholding project integrity across international boundaries.
You will lead contract delivery efforts in a high-stakes environment, directly influencing operational success by liaising with international government and military clients.
Key Responsibilities: - Act as the primary commercial interface for the contract, managing cross-functional contracts and supporting long-term client relationships.
- Lead contract negotiations and be responsible for customer acceptance events, coordinating transport, delivery, and payment structures.
- Oversee risk and opportunity management, ensuring proactive mitigation and resolution of any contract issues.
- Work closely with internal teams and international stakeholders from multiple European countries promoting a coherent approach to export contract delivery.
- Provide line management to 1-3 Export Contract Managers (ECMs), offering mentorship and guidance to ensure effective contract execution.
What You Bring: - Proven experience in defense or aerospace contracts, with a particular focus on export contract management in international settings.
- Strong commercial acumen with strategic, forward-thinking ability to navigate and influence complex, politically sensitive environments.
- Extensive experience with bid and contract delivery, ideally possessing Business Bid Authority experience.
- Leadership and people management skills, with the ability to manage client and stakeholder relationships effectively.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with large organizations across departments such as finance, legal, export control, and project management.
Benefits: - Salary: £60,000-£70,000 - Company Bonus: Uup to 27% of base salary - Car Allowance: £300/month - Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14% - Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave.
Enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.
- Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more - Training and Development: Excellent career progression, training and career development opportunities If you're a motivated Senior Export Contract Manager ready to contribute to a cutting-edge defense program and drive success across multiple domains, we invite you to apply and join a team where excellence and innovation converge.
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