Contract Manager

Lead commercial and contractual delivery across MOD customer contracts

Own contractual obligations, milestones, reporting, and compliance across multiple programmes

Lead customer engagement, change control, and contract governance to support delivery and resolve issues early

Manage contractual risk, compliance, formal correspondence, and audit-ready records

Negotiate amendments, claims, and variations while protecting delivery and commercial value

Develop scalable licensing strategies for software, data, platforms, and service models

Protect IP ownership, usage rights, and exploitation across customer and partner arrangements

Work with Engineering, Legal, Product, and Programmes to convert outputs into productised offerings

Establish templates and playbooks that support repeatable commercial growth

Lead the contractual management of subcontractors, suppliers, and delivery partners

Ensure agreements reflect customer flow-downs, risk allocation, and performance obligations

Establish supplier governance that provides visibility of delivery, quality, security, and commercial performance

Support negotiations, issue resolution, and corrective action to protect programme outcomes

Lead contractual governance in line with company policy, delegated authority, and legal requirements

Support audits and maintain an audit-ready approach to contracts, procurement, and defence compliance

Translate MOD regulations and industry standards into practical commercial controls and guidance

Experience within maritime technology, naval systems, or defence electronics sectors

Familiarity with:

Single Source Contract Regulations (SSCR)

Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations (DSPCR)

NEC or JCT contract forms

Export control and ITAR/EAR considerations

Experience supporting bids, proposals and commercial models

Understanding of programme management methodologies.

Highly organised and detail-oriented

Strong commercial judgement

Proactive and solutions-focused

Able to work independently and collaboratively

Entrepreneurial mindset with focus on value creation and scalability

Strong interpersonal and influencing skills

Comfortable operating in fast-paced and highly regulated environments

High level of integrity and professionalism

Growth mindset, and readiness to ‘roll-up the sleeves’ to get things done in a high accountability, flat organisation with scope for growth for high performing, high potential candidates

Provide commercial leadership and contractual oversight across MOD customer contracts, ensuring contractual frameworks support successful programme delivery and long-term customer confidence

Own delivery of contractual obligations, milestones, reporting commitments, and compliance requirements, ensuring disciplined execution across multiple programmes

Establish and maintain effective contract performance governance, using KPIs, SLAs, schedules, and commercial measures to drive accountability and informed decision-making

Lead strategic engagement with customer commercial representatives, programme teams, and stakeholders to support delivery, resolve issues early, and maintain trusted relationships

Direct contract mobilisation, change control, implementation, and close-out activities to ensure contractual arrangements remain aligned with programme and business needs

Chair or coordinate contractual governance and review forums, ensuring timely escalation, clear actions, and alignment between internal and external stakeholders

Ensure compliance with defence contractual standards, DEFCONs, DEFSTANs, JSPs, and relevant procurement regulations, protecting the organisation’s ability to operate and grow in regulated markets

Lead identification and management of contractual risks, liabilities, and opportunities across the contract lifecycle, balancing protection of value with delivery pragmatism

Maintain robust contractual records, amendments, approvals, and formal correspondence to support auditability, governance, and defensible decision-making

Lead contractual responses to customer queries, audits, notices, and formal communications, ensuring consistency, timeliness, and commercial discipline

Shape and negotiate amendments, extensions, variations, and claims in a manner that protects delivery, manages risk, and preserves commercial value

Ensure adherence to export control, security, confidentiality, and information assurance requirements as an integral part of contract execution and customer trust

Lead development of scalable licensing strategies for Ocean Infinity technologies, including software, data, platform access, and hybrid service models, to enable repeatable growth and commercial flexibility

Define and protect IP ownership, usage rights, and exploitation strategies across customer, subcontractor, and partner arrangements, ensuring long-term value creation and freedom to operate

Work with Engineering, Legal, Product, and Programme teams to convert project outputs into commercially viable, productised offerings that can be deployed across multiple customers and programmes

Establish standard licensing templates, commercial playbooks, and governance mechanisms that improve consistency, reduce negotiation cycle time, and support organisational scaling

Ensure licensing and IP approaches are aligned with MOD procurement requirements, export control obligations, and security/classification constraints

Enable multi-customer exploitation of Ocean Infinity capabilities while managing contractual, regulatory, and customer-specific restrictions associated with defence programmes

Lead the commercial and contractual management of subcontractors, suppliers, and delivery partners to ensure external delivery arrangements are aligned with programme objectives and customer commitments

Ensure subcontractor and supplier agreements accurately reflect customer flow-down requirements, risk allocation, and performance obligations

Establish and maintain supplier governance arrangements that provide visibility of technical, commercial, quality, delivery, and security performance

Support strategic supplier onboarding and negotiations, ensuring external partners are contractually positioned to deliver against current and future programme demands

Lead coordination of supplier contract changes, variations, disputes, and issue resolution to maintain delivery momentum and commercial control

Ensure supplier deliverables, acceptance criteria, payment milestones, and contractual commitments are clearly defined, monitored, and enforced.

Partner with Procurement and Supply Chain to strengthen supplier governance, commercial discipline, and resilience across the delivery ecosystem

Escalate performance concerns early and drive corrective action where required to protect programme outcomes and customer commitments

Maintain confidence that subcontractor documentation, certifications, insurance, and regulatory obligations remain current and audit-ready

Develop strategic delivery partnerships that support product expansion, capability scaling, and sustained competitive advantage

Provide leadership for contractual governance, ensuring all activities are conducted in line with company policy, delegated authority, legal requirements, and customer expectations

Lead or support internal and external audits relating to contracts, procurement, and defence compliance, maintaining an audit-ready posture across the organisation

Maintain active awareness of evolving MOD regulations, procurement practices, and defence industry standards, translating these into practical controls, guidance, and commercial decision support

Salary : The salary varies for this position as we are recruiting in multiple regional locations and job grades. The salary process is based on skills, abilities, and experience required.

At Ocean Infinity, we believe in creating equal opportunities for all, celebrating each and everyone’s differences. We are driven by transforming the industry, through our technology, thoughts, behaviours and actions. Being inclusive and respectful to all is fundamental to who we are. It is the right thing to do and enables innovation and creativity to thrive.

There is more work to be done, and we know that we aren’t perfect, but our commitment to these values is unwavering. They are central to our mission and the impact we have on the industry, meaning, we cannot live without them.