Contracts And Compliance Manager

Contracts And Compliance Manager

The Contracts and Compliance Manager oversees the full lifecycle of company contracts—drafting, reviewing, negotiating, executing, and monitoring compliance—to minimize risk and ensure all legal and financial obligations are met. This role serves as a central liaison between internal teams such as legal and sales and external partners, managing renewals, maintaining organized records, and aligning contractual terms with performance guarantees, warranty frameworks, service levels, and operational milestones.

Responsibilities:

• Draft, review, negotiate, and execute a wide range of contracts, including vendor agreements, client contracts, and non-disclosure agreements, ensuring they align with business goals and company standards.
• Identify, analyze, and mitigate potential legal, commercial, financial, technical, and performance risks within contracts, including regulatory, environmental, and safety compliance related to battery systems, transport, and disposal.
• Ensure all parties adhere to contractual terms, obligations, and deadlines, and manage contract renewals, amendments, extensions, and close-outs to maintain continuity and compliance.
• Act as the primary point of contact for contract-related matters, facilitating clear and timely communication between internal departments and external partners.
• Maintain organized, secure physical and digital records of all contracts, correspondence, and supporting documentation, and oversee a centralized contract repository.
• Prepare, present, and explain contract status reports and risk assessments to senior leadership, providing insights and recommendations for decision-making.
• Ensure contracts are aligned with performance guarantees such as capacity, degradation, and uptime, and with warranty frameworks including cycle life, throughput, and calendar life.
• Define and incorporate service levels into contracts, including availability metrics and response times, and ensure these are measurable and enforceable.
• Support commissioning, acceptance testing, and operational milestones by embedding appropriate terms and obligations into contracts.
• Establish and enforce company-wide contracting policies, approval workflows, and authority levels to drive consistency and governance across all agreements.
• Ensure consistency in key contractual terms such as liability, indemnity, insurance requirements, data protection, and intellectual property provisions.
• Partner with technical, commercial, legal, and operational stakeholders to intake and prioritize contract requests, and provide guidance on terms, negotiation strategies, and risk trade-offs.
• Act as a bridge between technical teams and commercial or legal stakeholders, translating complex technical requirements into clear contractual language.
• Develop and maintain standardized contract templates and clause libraries for sales/customer agreements, vendor and procurement contracts, and corporate or administrative agreements.
• Build and refine contracting playbooks tailored to different agreement types, outlining negotiation positions, fallback clauses, and approval requirements.
• Support implementation and ongoing use of Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) systems, and drive process improvements to increase contracting speed, visibility, and compliance across the organization.
• Lead or support negotiations with third parties across diverse agreements, balancing risk mitigation, business objectives, and speed of execution.
• Ensure proper execution of contracts, including signatures, documentation, and post-signature obligations, and monitor compliance throughout the contract term.
• Manage high-volume contracts and complex agreements simultaneously while maintaining accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to internal policies.
• Contribute to proposals and responses to requests for quotation (RFQ) by reviewing and shaping contractual terms to protect the organization's interests.
• Support other non-contract-based projects as needed to maintain full-time workload, collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

Essential

Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Law, or a related field, or equivalent years of experience.
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