Contracts Manager

Working in partnership with our clients, we deliver major projects and programmes with skill and precision, by focusing on outcomes and driving high performance. 

Delivering innovative solutions and exceptional outcomes across our sectors, we drive the success of our client's projects and programmes through effective planning, highly skilled teams, and rigorous controls.

Our capabilities include asset management, controls and performance, cost and commercial management, digital, procurement and supply chain, programme advisory, project management and sustainability. Backed by our extensive experience, we focus on outcomes to transform client's projects and programmes.

With over 133 offices across 47 countries, we are an organisation of over GBP 1.5 billion turnover and 12,000+ talented team members across the world.  In 2025, we are combining with CBRE's Project Management business to create the premier, differentiated programme, project, and cost management capability globally.  Through this change, our profile in Asia will scale significantly, comprising a team of over 4000 staff across all major countries in region.  The combination of our programme management and project management and commercial management capabilities will provide a unique opportunity to do things for our clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted partner to delivery teams, providing guidance on commercial and contractual matters throughout the full lifecycle of data centre projects.
• Address and resolve contract interpretation challenges and disputes with creativity, ensuring solutions balance both parties' objectives while considering long-term impacts.
• Contribute to innovation and continuous improvement initiatives designed to enhance quality, accelerate timelines, and optimize cost efficiency in project delivery.
• Lead negotiations and draft key commercial terms across new contracts, variations, and contractual correspondence.
• Oversee the full contract lifecycle, from project kick-off through contractor performance monitoring, delivery management, and final close-out.
• Evaluate and manage contract claims, including variations, time-related claims, payment requests, and invoicing.
• Drive cost management and forecasting to support accurate reporting and cashflow projections across active projects.
• Design and implement reporting tools to track and measure critical contract performance metrics.

Requirements

• Minimum 8 years of experience in contract and claim management.
• Proven success in delivering projects in a contracts or commercial role within complex construction or development environments, with contract values exceeding SGD 500 million.
• Degree in Engineering, Law, Quantity Surveying, or Business/Commerce.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, think proactively, and resolve issues effectively to drive matters to closure.
• An authentic, genuine approach with the ability to build strong relationships across diverse cultures and personalities worldwide.
• Strong influencing and business partnering skills, with a demonstrated history of aligning contract outcomes to broader organizational goals.

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