Senior Contracts Manager

2 weeks ago


Crawley West Sussex, United Kingdom Collins Aerospace Full time

Job Description

Every second a plane takes off with Collins Aerospace equipment onboard. From space exploration and defense to today’s more electric, more intelligent, more integrated aircraft – our systems make modern flight possible. And by “make it possible,” we mean: we start it, power it, control it, ventilate it, quiet it, land it, stop it and monitor it. We have more than 41,000 employees across 150 countries working at the forefront of technological innovation. Thanks to their efforts, our global reach and our market-leading position, we do big things no one else can do.

The nature of our global business is complex, and we rely on our team in Legal Contracts and Compliance (LCC) to help us get the job done. As a valued partner across our business, the LCC team plays a key role in our company’s success. Our LCC team members bring their passion, expertise and humor to everything they do, from safeguarding our employees' creative ideas to helping us maintain the highest standards of ethical behavior. Enjoy working with diverse groups? Want opportunities to grow your career at a fast-paced, global enterprise? If you want to bring your legal and contracts expertise to the aerospace industry, our team could be a great fit for you.

Role overview:

Collins is looking for a self-motivated, passionate contracts professional to serve as the Senior Manager of Contracts for the EMEA region within the Connected Aviation Solutions (CAS) business unit supporting the CES, DAPS and Airports portfolios. CAS has just over $1B in annual revenue. We have 2,000 employees in 33 countries, including more than 35 LCC team members worldwide. CAS products and services support more than 22,000 aircrafts, 33,000 active Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) receivers to enable flight tracking, 250 airports, 13 million web and app users and over 5,000 unique customers.

In this role you will report to the CAS – Senior Manager and be responsible for:

  • Review, drafting and negotiation of a wide range of contracts including, global government contracts, construction contracts, software and other intellectual property licensing agreements.
  • Create templates and standard agreements;
  • Identify risks associated with customer contracts and assist with risk mitigation strategies;
  • Advise, partner, and seek input from business leaders within the EMEA region;
  • Strategic functional initiatives; including policy and process improvements;
  • Proactively ensure function’s performance and compliance to company policy;
  • Mentor other team members;
  • Creatively problem solve and resolve the most complex functional issues;
  • Support M&A due diligence and integration activities as needed;
  • Travel to both CAS and customer locations as needed - Travel up to 20%
  • Other duties as assigned.

Basic Requirements:

  • Typically requires University Degree and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 14 years of relevant experience

Preferred Requirements:

  • Bachelors degree
  • JD or MBA degree from an accredited institution preferred.
  • Ability to prioritize and juggle multiple tasks.
  • Must be a good team player and business partner, capable of adapting contracts approach and analysis in an environment with rapidly changing digital technologies and competing priorities.

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

Our Connected Aviation Solutions team provides advanced information management systems, products and services that enable the connected ecosystem by bringing together Collins’ unique breadth of aviation products with our smart digital solutions to help us enhance every aspect of the end-to-end travel experience. We help airlines, airports and business aircraft turn data into value to streamline operations, increase efficiency and reduce cost, enhance the passenger experience and contribute to sustainable flight. By combining the best networks, connectivity and data/analytics solutions, we’re solving big problems for our customers and the world, while enhancing the security and connectivity of systems both on and off the aircraft, to help operators and passengers stay more connected and informed and create a more sustainable, efficient, reliable and enjoyable travel experience. Aviation connects the world. Our Connected Aviation Solutions team connects aviation. Sustainably. Seamlessly. Securely.



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