Strategic Commercial Manager

2 months ago


Belfast, United Kingdom Kainos Full time

About the Role:


We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Commercial Manager to join our team at Kainos. As a key member of our commercially focused in-house legal team, you will be responsible for providing pragmatic and commercially focused advice to internal and external stakeholders.


Key Responsibilities:



  • Act as a trusted business advisor: Building strong trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders, working collaboratively to effectively support business priorities.
  • Provide commercially focused advice: Maintaining a broad business acumen focus and providing pragmatic advice to support business growth.
  • Lead strategic meetings: Ensuring a clear understanding of strategic targets and priorities and supporting delivery of revenue targets.
  • Commercialisation and implementation: Leading on the commercialisation and implementation of new offerings and taking ownership of drafting, reviewing, and negotiating strategic and complex contracts.
  • Support team and workload management: Supporting the Global Head of Commercial on team and workload management and leading on strategic and non-legal projects with a commercial focus or value-add aspect.
  • Risk analysis and compliance: Undertaking risk analysis of proposed commercial ventures and ensuring pragmatic company compliance with legal developments and new areas of law.
  • Team leadership and development: Managing and supervising more junior members of the team and providing upskilling and QA of work of the wider Commercial team.
  • Additional responsibilities: Assisting the Global Head of Commercial, General Counsel, and CFO as required.

Requirements:



  • Qualified Solicitor: With significant post-qualification experience in a legal/advisory role.
  • Demonstrable experience: Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating general commercial contracts.
  • Strong team skills: Proven ability of managing and driving a high-performing team.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills: Building strong trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Commercial awareness: A forward-thinking professional with the ability to act as a trusted business advisor to add value, manage risk, and drive business success.
  • Additional requirements: Familiarity with areas of law such as IP law, data protection, and procurement law and previous experience working in a business or in-house environment.

About Kainos:


We use technology to solve real problems for our customers, overcome big challenges for businesses, and make people's lives easier. We build strong relationships with our customers and go beyond to change the way they work today and the impact they have tomorrow.


Our values:



  • Determined: Overcoming obstacles with creativity and resilience.
  • Honest: Treating others with respect and integrity.
  • Respectful: Valuing diversity and inclusivity.
  • Cooperative: Sharing information, knowledge, and experience to achieve collective success.

We are an equal opportunities employer:


We actively seek out talented people from all backgrounds, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes them who they are. We also believe every candidate deserves a level playing field. Our friendly talent acquisition team is here to support you every step of the way, so if you require any accommodations or adjustments, we encourage you to reach out.



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