• Leading Commercial Team on all commercial activities across multiple Group Companies. • Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of strategically important commercial agreements within the electricity meter operation and data collection market. • Managing complete overhaul of company templates for future customer, consultant and supplier engagements.• Vendor contract negotiations/signoff for group company subcontractors and service providers.• Managed company wide integration of SalesForce from a commercial contracts functionality and user level. • Attending key market migration meetings at Board Level.

• Draft, review and negotiate agreements for a large range of data analytics products, completing deals with high value strategic clients across financial and insurance sectors.• Driving forward completion of contracts to meet key deadlines, ensuring company targets are achieved and exceeded.• Manage negotiations for highly detailed ‘build’ and ‘run’ contracts for cloud-based software service deliveries engaging closely with clients and internal software delivery/sales colleagues.• Attend deal review meetings with executive board and provide knowledge and support.• Fostering key relationships with strategic clients to build trust and deliver satisfaction.• Lead contractual steer on RFP and new business wins. • Steering implementation of a new ‘contract lifecycle management system’ to improve process automation in contract generation.• Production of internal process documents such as ‘pricing structure’ template and ‘business continuity schedule’.• Working closely with regulatory compliance teams to protect the company from reputational risk and regulator fines. • Working on multiple formats of contract, including MSA’s, data agreements, SaaS agreements, G-cloud, partnership and multiparty agreements.• Collaborating with teams within both hybrid and remote working practices.• Working closely with product teams to ensure contracts language is accurate and robustly drafted, protecting the company data, personal data and client data sources contained within each service.• In depth analysis and drafting for service level support, business continuity, disaster recovery, exit planning, information security, change control, data transfer and acceptance testing. • Providing guidance and support to commercial teams based globally.

Key Duties Include:- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of high value transactional research and research related contracts, with UK and overseas sponsors. Achieving the best possible contractual terms and conditions in respect of all contract related issues within the context of College policies and procedures - Assisting in the strategic planning of research contracts policy and Faculty process implementation, by providing advice and guidance to senior academic leaders.- Exercising delegated authority and responsibility within agreed boundaries to sign contracts on behalf of the College,- Liaising with 10 departments and 4 institutes to help manage and prioritise a high portfolio of research critical contracts matters,- Representing the University at meetings with stratified industrial partners, UK research initiatives and other leading universities.- Line management of Contracts Negotiator and mentoring their progress, through appraisal, team and focused training and portfolio management.- Ensuring statute compliance and regulatory overview of the research projects,- Conducting ethical review/due diligence on potential funders to shield the College, its employees and its students from risk- Delegation of new contracts matters to team members

Drafting, reviewing and negotiating transactional research and research related contracts.Providing all forms of contractual support to College departments and academics.Using and reviewing costing analysis methods to ensure financial recovery.Liaising with stratified industrial partners to provide clarity and facilitate best possible project environments for expeditious delivery of research.

Drafting, reviewing and negotiating transactional research and research related contracts.Supporting the Contracts ManagerProviding all forms of contractual support to College departments and academics.Using and reviewing costing analysis methods to ensure financial recovery.

● Using business development, marketing techniques and networking in order to attract business from client companies.● Working towards targets that may relate to the number of candidates placed, a value to be billed to clients or business leads generated.● Building trusted relationships with clients.● Developing a good understanding of client companies, their industry, what they do and their work culture and environment in order to better understand their requirements and expectations.● Advertising vacancies appropriately; placing adverts in a wide range of media, e.g. Industry specific job boards, Mail Groups, LinkedIn.● Using social media to advertise positions, attract candidates and build relationships with candidates and employers.● Headhunting - identifying and approaching suitable candidates who may already be in work.● Using and adding to candidate databases to find the right person for the client’s vacancy.● Receiving and reviewing applications, managing interviews and creating a shortlist of candidates.● Requesting references and checking the suitability of applicants before submitting their details to the client.● Briefing the candidate about the responsibilities, salary and benefits of the job in question.● Preparing CVs and correspondence to forward to clients in respect of suitable applicants.● Organising interviews for candidates as requested by the client.● Informing candidates about the results of their interviews.● Negotiating pay and salary rates and finalising arrangements between client and candidates.● Offering advice to both clients and candidates on pay rates, training and career progression.

● Liaising with clients and suppliers, domestically and internationally ● Sourcing and assessing the viability of new suppliers; including business meetings, background and credit checks. ● Managing existing suppliers, the delivery of goods and lead times.● Delivery of specification and designs and receipt of samples.● Meticulous administration; including maintaining detailed filing systems and databases● Assisting the organising and management of multiple storage facilities