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About Your Role: Contract Manager
An opportunity has become available for an experienced Contract Manager to join our Submarine Programme Project Team based in either Sydney or Western Australia. You will play a key role in supporting the team to successfully deliver on our programme by providing contract management support to the Programme team.
Your key focus areas will be:
- Supporting the achievements of the Underwater Systems financial and strategic objectives
- Ensuring compliance with ethical and contractual undertakings
- Ensuring the commercial integrity of commitments being made on behalf of Thales.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide high quality and timely commercial and contractual advice to key stakeholders, interpreting the contract and scope of work for the project
- Work with Program Manager and Project Managers to proactively manage risks and opportunities in relation to the contractual aspects of the projects
- Proactively leading and managing contractual and commercial issues/disputes that may arise, including coordination of commercial claims
- Service Requirements and other contractual commitments.
How About You?
- Several years’ experience in contract management with a Tier 1 or 2 company
- Thorough understanding of project delivery principles, contract law and pricing
- Strong business acumen
- Excellent client liaison and people management skills
- Prior experience within a Defence-related industry either within Australia or overseas
- Knowledge of ASDEFCON is strongly preferred
- Demonstrated advanced negotiating, analytical, financial and numeracy skills.
- Experience in building/maintaining collaborative relationships with clients
Benefits @ Thales
- Free Health Insurance. Attractive remuneration package + Bonus
- Fitness Passport Discount
- Employee discounts with a number of affiliates (Travel, Car hire, Tech)
- Modernised Paid Parental Leave
- Veterans Leave
- ThalesFlex – flexibility working is our everyday
- Family Support through our partnership with Parents at Work
- Growth and development opportunities
- Great colleagues and culture
- Flexible to be based in Sydney or Perth
Good to Know
You’ll get an email acknowledgement after you’ve applied, Thales strives to provide a personalised experience for all suitable applicants.
As a Defence security clearance is required for this role, applicants must be Australian citizens and eligible to obtain and maintain an appropriate clearance. To learn more about clearances please visit – http://www.defence.gov.au/AGSVA/
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Wellbeing matters at Thales, and where possible we encourage flexible working.