Contract Manager - Accenture

Contract Manager

Location: AlKhobar Saudi Arabia

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Contract Management is part of our Legal and Commercial Services. Our professionals bring innovative ideas to commercial reality with a focus on maximizing value for all parties through a deep understanding of legal business and commercial risks. We work alongside Accenture sales and delivery teams throughout the entire contract lifecycle to provide high quality advice and support for negotiation drafting and ongoing management of client contracts.

We apply commercial and contractual expertise to lead the delivery of legal & commercial outcomes for our priority engagements and portfolios including:

• Sales growth: expanding the footprint of our agreements and supporting new business;
• Revenue protection: delivering on our contractual commitments;
• Margin improvement: effectively managing commercial levers risks and issues; and
• Compliance with contract obligations and Accenture policy.

Lead contract management teams at all levels across large projects and accounts; work with account leadership client commercial and business stakeholders to understand client needs and priorities; account strategy objectives and opportunities.

Develop contract management staff across multiple projects and accounts taking responsibility for supporting performance management activities.

Take accountability for identification escalation and resolution of commercial and contract risks and issues working with leadership to ensure the best outcome for all parties.

• Engage in preaward sales activities assist with deal shaping negotiate commercial and contractual outcomes with sales teams and business leadership including contract drafting support.
• Contract Managers are client facing and have a key role in building trusted relationships with client counterparts.

• Bachelors degree required. Advanced degree preferred
• Experience and demonstrated capability in conducting and supervising investigations (including compliancerelated investigations employment investigations and governmental investigations) and in drafting confidential reports and advising senior leadership on such risks.
• Indepth knowledge of local ethical/conduct/compliancerelated risks employee rights and obligations and related laws
• Extensive experience in employee relations and workplace investigations
• Minimum 7 yrs. relevant experience as a contract manager with exposure to complex deals with proven team management experience
• Able to collaborate and communicate effectively with client executives at all levels of the organization and be capable of supporting discussions to influence key commercial and contracting decisions
• Significant understanding of commercial contracting regulations and principles subcontracting practices; and commercial contracting terms and conditions.

Extensive travel may be required