Legal Contracts Manager - Technology

LEGAL CONTRACTS MANAGER - TECHNOLOGY

London
Hybrid Working (2 days in office, 3 days from home)
Permanent Role

Role Overview

Morgan Philips Specialist Recruitment are presently representing a globally operating, UK headquartered IT services and consulting firm with deep expertise in end to end technology solutions in their search for a Legal Contracts Manager. In this role you will provide essential legal support across the company's operational, sales, pre sales, procurement, and senior management teams. You will ensure the business operates within a robust legal framework whilst supporting the achievement of its commercial objectives. Working collaboratively across departments, you will deliver efficient, pragmatic, and commercially focused contract support.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide clear, practical, and commercially minded advice on contract terms, legal matters, and business risk.
• Review and negotiate a broad range of agreements, including confidentiality agreements / NDAs, supplier and customer contracts, software licences, statements of work and order forms, service level agreements, SaaS agreements, data processing agreements (DPAs), and agency, reseller, and service provision arrangements.
• Negotiate contract terms with customers and suppliers in line with business requirements, company policies, and risk appetite to achieve favourable commercial outcomes.
• Monitor contractual obligations, key milestones, renewals, termination rights, and compliance requirements, escalating risks and issues where appropriate.
• Support sales, procurement, and operational teams in interpreting contractual obligations and ensuring contractual commitments can be effectively delivered.
• Ensure contracts are reviewed and progressed through internal approval and governance processes in accordance with delegated authorities and company policies.
• Review and negotiate data protection, information security, and confidentiality provisions, working with compliance, security, and data protection stakeholders as required.
• Assist with the resolution of contractual disputes, claims, and interpretation issues, seeking appropriate internal or external support where required.
• Maintain accurate contracts registers and oversee the effective use of contract lifecycle management tools (CLM).
• Maintain and update the business's suite of legal templates, ensuring they remain current, accurate, and fit for purpose.

About You

• Legal qualification or training (e.g. law degree, GDL, or LPC) demonstrating a solid understanding of fundamental legal principles, including English contract law.
• Minimum five years' experience in a contract management or commercial contracts role, ideally within the technology sector or a systems integration environment.
• Proven ability to negotiate and manage a range of commercial agreements, with some exposure to cross border contracts and the complexities these present.
• Experience negotiating technology-related agreements, including software licensing, SaaS, support and maintenance, professional services, managed services, and cloud related contracts.
• Experience supporting both buy side and sell side contractual arrangements.
• Working knowledge of UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, and common contractual data protection requirements.
• Experience using contract lifecycle management (CLM) or contract repository systems.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants are treated equally, without discrimination because of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.