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About the Role

As a Senior Contracts Manager on the Legal Team, you will provide pragmatic legal support to various business departments, taking a lead role in customer-side contracting, including drafting, negotiation, and finalization of agreements. You will serve as a trusted legal point of contact for key customer relationships, ensuring minimal risk to Nomia and compliance with applicable laws.

Responsibilities

• Lead on complex, high-value, and strategically significant contracts and negotiations, serving as an escalation point and technical reference for the legal team.
• Take a lead role in the customer-side contracting process, drafting, negotiating, and finalizing customer agreements to align commercial terms with customer requirements and Nomia's risk position.
• Act as a senior legal point of contact for key customer relationships throughout the contract lifecycle, from pre-sales support to renewal.
• Provide practical, commercial, and concise advice, guidance, and support on contract terms, legal issues, and business risks.
• Review and amend terms in various agreements including supplier and customer contracts, software licenses, SaaS agreements, Purchase Order terms, EULAs, master service agreements, related SOWs, agency, and service provision agreements.
• Negotiate with customers and suppliers in line with business requirements and company policies to achieve business objectives and the required allocation of risk.
• Manage and maintain contracts registers and contract management systems.
• Work closely with various departments to onboard new suppliers and customers.
• Research legal and regulatory issues as they arise.
• Instruct external legal counsel in non-UK jurisdictions or for specific legal expertise and apply the advice to the situation.
• Create new business templates and keep existing business legal templates up-to-date and relevant.
• Make a positive contribution towards the operation of the team by suggesting improvements for more effective or efficient operation.
• Keep your line manager updated on your workload and any relevant business or role-related issues.
• Understand and follow relevant team and business processes and procedures.
• Develop as a contract manager and business person.
• Utilize team training, research, precedent, and technology resources to optimize individual and team service delivery.
• Assist with the creation, maintenance, and update of internal policies and processes relating to the legal function.

Requirements

• Legal training (e.g., law degree, LPC, GDL) and proven practical experience demonstrating a solid understanding and application of fundamental legal principles, particularly in relation to commercial contracts.
• In-house experience across a range of commercial agreements, preferably in the IT industry, as a reseller for a multinational business.
• Good knowledge of contract law and some knowledge of cross-border agreements and their complications.
• A good understanding of data protection legislation and its relevance to commercial transactions.
• Ability to take initiative and work independently as well as part of a team.
• Confidence in own skills to make decisions aligning with the law and business requirements.
• Ability to operate to deadlines and prioritize workload for the benefit of the business.
• Good business judgment, understanding commercial pressures and implications.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• High level of attention to detail.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, able to communicate appropriately with key stakeholders without jargon or overly legalistic language.
• Ability to write clear, concise, and understandable communications including legal agreements, associated correspondence, and advice.
• Computer literate with strong skills in the Office 365 suite.
• Good negotiation skills to seek positive business outcomes and maintain positive relations with customers and suppliers.
• Adaptable and able to work flexibly in the context of a medium-sized growing business.
• A positive approach to work and a team-player, working collaboratively to share knowledge and workload appropriately and keep all stakeholders informed.
• Adherence to Nomia's data protection and information security policies.
• Promotion of diversity and inclusion in line with Nomia's core values.
• Contribution to continuous improvement in systems and processes.

Skills

• Commercial contracts
• Contract law
• Cross-border agreements
• Data protection legislation
• Negotiation
• Organizational skills
• Time management
• Attention to detail
• Written communication
• Oral communication
• Office 365 suite

Location

• United Kingdom
• Singapore
• Dubai
• Poland
• United States

Work Type

• Hybrid
• 3 days a week in the office
• 2 days a week working remotely

Experience Level

• Senior
• Significant contracts experience

Education Level

• Law degree
• LPC
• GDL

About the Company

• Nomia helps companies reduce cost, manage risk, and increase efficiency for non-strategic third-party spend.
• Nomia acts as an extension of customer's procurement team by executing the end-to-end sourcing, supplier onboarding and contracting process for indirect categories of spend.
• Nomia is focused on delivering an innovative and disruptive procurement solution to customers to make managing non-strategic spend simpler, more transparent, and better value.
• Nomia is a global team based in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Dubai, Poland, and the United States.