Contract Manager

Job Description

Why this job matters:

Business Management is key to our customer who is one of the top accounts in Global and the Financial Services area. You will manage key aspects of this customer contracts, including obligation and contractual risk management. You will be the customer’s point of contact for all business-related topics in the region. You will ensure that Global and our subcontractors deliver the service in accordance with the agreed commitments. During this role, you will support the growth of the contract by working with the Account team, Service and Technical leads. You will be responsible for documenting and monitoring the relevant commitments.

Your responsibilities:

• Customer facing for all contractual and commercial related matters
• Supplier facing for all contractual and commercial related matters
• Support the growth of the contract
• Ensure the resolution of key contractual issues
• Management the contract P&L for your region
• Responsible for the commercial terms of the contract and ensuring compliance with those terms.
• Responsible for risk & obligation management of the contract
• Accountable for subcontractor risk & obligation management
• Ensuring compliance to all BT governance on contracts
• Accountable for ensuring contracts are effectively utilising the GS Contract Delivery Services to manage low-level contractual activities for them

Skills:

• Proven contractual and commercial acumen (minimum 3 yrs of proven track record)
• Stakeholder Management: build strong cross-functional relationships
• Communications skills: Ability to communicate effectively at operational levels, encouraging correct process compliance and tool usage, Presents business plans, forecasts and risks to senior internal GS stakeholders with clarity
• Coaching and Mentoring Skills: Provide informal ongoing mentoring and coaching to virtual team members
• An affinity for problem solving
• Ability to work under pressure to coordinate the team to deliver timely and consistent outputs
• Ability to makes logical judgments about where leadership is needed in the team
• Willingness to question and do the right thing where required e.g. resolve contractual challenges and disputes.
• Willingness to meet customers face 2 face on a regular basis

Benefits:

BT offers a superior global and diverse culture that fosters health and wellness for their employees.

This opportunity is eligible for an annual bonus and a competitive base salary.

NYC salary range $115k-$135k dependant on experience and location.

This opportunity is eligible comprehensive benefits including the following: Medical, Prescription, Vision & Dental Insurance offered (for employee; employee + children; employee +family); HSA or HRA Plan depending on medical plan; Retirement Savings Plan 401(k); ESPP; Employee Assistance Program; Life and AD&D Insurance; Short and Long-Term Disability; Dependent Care Flex Spending Account; Commuter benefits; Wellness and Rewards program; Work/Life Balance/ annual time off summarized:
• 11 US holidays
• 3 weeks of vacation (Additional time is accrued during service with BT up to 5 weeks total)
• 7 days sick time
• 5 floating holidays (to use as vacation/personal time off)
• 3 volunteer days
• Anniversary service splash– an additional week of vacation given every 5 years to use during that anniversary year
• Additional time off offered for bereavement, jury duty, parental leave (maternity & paternity – 20 days in addition to STD benefits), etc.

BT is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Existing authorization to work in the United States is required.

Relocation support for this position is not currently available.

About us

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We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

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