About the role

AI summarised

Thales is seeking a Senior Contract Manager to assume full contractual ownership of a major, complex, and long-term program with a strategic Singaporean customer within the Airspace Mobility Solutions (AMS) Business Line. This role serves as the contractual focal point, ensuring the framework is understood, operationalized, protected, and optimized throughout the entire program lifecycle.

Aerospace & DefenseOnsite

Key Responsibilities

Establish, manage, and continuously update the contractual baseline from contract signature through project closure.
Ensure full contractual awareness across the project team regarding obligations, rights, deadlines, and deliverables.
Proactively anticipate deviations and manage them through contractual notices, waivers, amendments, claims, and clarification requests.
Drive the project's risk and opportunity strategy in collaboration with leadership, including claim preparation and value-protection initiatives.
Oversee all incoming and outgoing contractual communications with the customer, ensuring consistency and strategic alignment.
Coordinate with the Litigation Department when disputes arise, including fact-finding and supporting legal strategy.
Support the capture and preparation of variations, extensions, new phases, or related offers connected to the program.
Draft, revise, and negotiate contractual documents with customers, partners, and subcontractors.

Requirements

15+ years of experience as a Contract Manager or Legal Counsel in a complex international industrial environment (aerospace, defense, etc.).
Strong experience managing complex, high-value industrial or technology programs autonomously.
Advanced academic background in Law, Contract Management, Business, or a related field.
Demonstrated capability to manage large, multi-stakeholder, long-cycle contracts with strategic and operational dimensions.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and synthesis abilities to translate complex frameworks into actionable guidance.
Proven ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary, multi-cultural teams and influence senior/executive stakeholders.
Strong interpersonal skills to resolve issues constructively while protecting company interests.