Senior Contracts Manager

Senior Contracts Manager

The Senior Contracts Manager will be responsible for managing SP&S deals from a contracting and commercial perspective throughout the deal lifecycle, ensuring compliance with contract commitments and conducting commercial risk assessment during all phases.

• Developing and negotiating detailed contractual agreements with customers, leading cross‑functional teams in the contract negotiation, and contributing to defining the overall deal strategy.
• Supporting the bid teams in proposal development, risk management (including deal risk and governance adherence), scope definition, pricing and incentives, customer communications, and issue resolution.
• Managing all commercial and contractual aspects of a project during the execution phase, including commercial arrangements, variation orders, contract negotiation, amendments, and adherence to contract requirements.
• Ensuring compliance with project specific contractual administration requirements (establishing and maintaining the project variation control system, managing the invoicing process, etc.).
• Providing advice, assistance and guidance to management, project managers, engineering, sourcing and other functions on project specific contractual matters.
• Ensuring commercial risks are identified and managed across the project scopes of work by controlling the overall project risk and opportunity review and reporting process.
• Managing negotiations in line with contract requirements, including supporting the formulation and negotiation of project contractual claims and counterclaims.

• Bachelor's Degree in Law, Business or related experience.
• Detailed knowledge of energy contracts, terms and conditions, and negotiation techniques.
• Strong commercial leadership skills with proven capability of working in a matrix environment and leading by influence.
• Understanding of key contractual and commercial risks and ability to lead project risk review processes and assessments.
• Strong negotiating skills to secure favorable outcomes, with flexibility to understand and negotiate alternative contractual and commercial positions with customers (subject to approval).
• Strong commercial acumen and business understanding.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Effective team player.
• Willingness to travel.

Hybrid model: 4 days in the office and 1 day remote.

• Contemporary work‑life balance policies and wellbeing activities.
• Comprehensive private medical care options.
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs.
• Tailored financial programs.
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits.

Baker Hughes Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.