Senior Contracts Manager (Remote)

Role overview

Strategic contract leadership

• Lead strategy, negotiation, and administration for complex customer, supplier, subcontractor, and strategic partner agreements.
• Serve as commercial lead for high-value, high-risk, strategically significant contracts.
• Develop contracting strategies supporting growth, profitability, and risk management; advise senior leadership on contractual risks, obligations, and opportunities.
• Partner with Legal to negotiate and finalize agreements that balance business objectives and risk mitigation.

Negotiation and risk management

• Negotiate complex provisions covering commercial structures, pricing, performance guarantees, indemnities, liability limits, warranties, and dispute resolution.
• Assess and mitigate commercial, operational, financial, compliance, and regulatory risks throughout the contract lifecycle.
• Establish risk assessment methods and contract review frameworks; review and approve exhibits, amendments, change orders, and commercial modifications.
• Escalate significant risks and recommend mitigation strategies to executive stakeholders.
• The description calls for familiarity with union and non-union contract requirements and federal and state regulations, including examples FEOC, IRA, RETA, IPA, and NYSERTA.

Business partnership and commercial analysis

• Collaborate with Business Development, Operations, Finance, Procurement, Compliance, Legal, and executive leadership.
• Support proposals and strategic pursuits by identifying commercial opportunities and contract risks during bidding.
• Advise stakeholders on contract interpretation and disputes and align commercial obligations with operational execution.
• Evaluate contract terms, liquidated damages, pricing, obligations, and financial impacts; monitor performance and identify improvements.

Governance, improvement, and leadership

• Establish governance processes, standards, and controls; oversee contract repositories, document retention, milestone tracking, and lifecycle systems.
• Track obligations, deliverables, notices, renewals, and claim rights; lead contract audits and support compliance reviews.
• Improve contract processes, systems, templates, and tools; develop procedures and commercial playbooks and champion digital solutions.
• Set KPIs and reporting metrics; lead, mentor, and develop contract personnel and support workforce planning, succession, and professional development.
• Maintain industry knowledge of renewable energy and operations and maintenance practices, regulations, tariffs, codes, market conditions, and trends; participate in industry workgroups such as SEIA and ACP.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, Construction Management, Law, or a related discipline, or similar experience.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible contract management, commercial management, or related experience.
• At least 10 years leading complex commercial negotiations and managing contract management professionals.
• Proven experience negotiating high-value customer service, subcontract, master service, and strategic commercial agreements.
• Legally authorized to work in the U.S. without employer sponsorship now or in the future.

Preferred qualifications

• CPCM, CCM, PMP, or equivalent professional certification is preferred.
• Significant experience in utility-scale renewable energy, solar, battery energy storage, high voltage, power generation, EPC, or industrial services is preferred.

Compensation

• Annual salary range is USD 125,392–166,772; pay rate type is salary.

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