Contract Manager - Career Returners Program - Start Date September 2024

Job Description

Locations

We are open to applications to be based out of either Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, London or Manchester, see below for more detail.

Why BT Business

With over 175 years of heritage, BT is now the flagship business brand of BT Group. We’ve brought together our best people and capabilities into a B2B powerhouse serving 1.2 million business customers internationally.

We’re a global leader for secure connectivity and collaboration platforms for businesses of all shapes and sizes, from big household names and government departments, right through to sole traders and new start-ups. But it’s not just the technology that matters, it’s what it can do to help them build stronger, smarter, more secure businesses.

As a member of our team, you will be part of an organisation that celebrates difference, fosters innovation and provides you with opportunities to be your best. With millions of businesses relying on us daily, joining BT means you can be part of a diverse and multi-skilled team that makes a significant impact to society.

About the Program

BT Business is excited to introduce its second Career Returners program – Restart – in partnership with Women Returners. We support experienced professionals of all genders returning to work after a career break of 18 months or more. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be able to start in September 2024. For more details on the program, timelines, and benefits, click here.

We currently have the following vacancies: Contract Manager

This is a great job for someone who has experience of delivering contracts, managing risk, and effectively delivering contractual obligations and excellent stakeholder management. CR2024

What you'll be doing

• Delivery of contracts including building strong relationships with senior customer stakeholders and being the main interface and lead for the customer of the managed contract.
• Delivers change control on the contract and develops opportunities such as monitoring and managing contractual obligations including T&Cs and identifying and managing commercial risk.
• Operational accountabilities such as leading the contract specialist team, maintaining records such as financial performance, service delivery, billing, efficiency of change controls.
• Undertaking cost validation, revenue assurance, billing and debt management.

As part of the programme, we are looking for transferrable skills for our roles, so please base your application on this rather than meeting the full criteria. Our team will do our best to match these skills to the roles we have across contract management. This will be discussed with you as we move through the process.

The skills you'll need

• Contract management experience including an understanding of contract management practices
• Ability to identify and solve business problems
• Knowledge of governance and compliance methods
• Excellent stakeholder management
• Building strategic relationships both internally and externally

As part of the programme, we are looking for transferrable skills for our roles, so please base your application on this rather than meeting the full criteria. Our team will do our best to match these skills to the roles we have across contract management. This will be discussed with you as we move through the process.

Application process

Deadline: 24th June 2024
Interviews: 24th June – 19th July 2024
Start Date: 23rd September 2024

For more information and to apply, please visit our landing page. We are also hosting a drop-in call for candidates to ask any additional questions - check out this link to register.