Contract Management Lead

Key responsibilities

• Own the post-signature contract management process, governance model and all escalations.
• Run the price uplift and indexation cycle, and hold approval sign-off before increases are applied.
• Sign off renewal actions and own the working relationship with sales and finance.
• Maintain the accuracy and completeness of contract data against an agreed standard.
• Oversee the renewal early-warning routine so renewals are actioned well ahead of expiry.
• Produce and own backlog revenue and compliance reporting.
• Set and maintain service levels for contract intake, data validation and renewal alerts.
• Drive automation and AI adoption so the function scales without adding headcount.

Desirable

• Exposure to any contract lifecycle management (CLM) tooling.
• Experience in a managed services, IT services or technology environment.
• Experience introducing automation or AI into a contract or commercial operations process.

Required skills and experience

• Substantial experience in contract management, covering the post-signature lifecycle: obligations, renewals, and price or indexation clauses.
• A strong governance mindset, comfortable owning process, approvals and escalations.
• Commercial acumen: understands backlog revenue, gross profit, and how contracts translate into reported revenue.
• Confident stakeholder management across sales and finance.
• High attention to detail and a firm grip on data accuracy.
• Comfortable working in a lean, automation-first way, focusing effort on exceptions and outliers.
• Around 8 to 14 years of experience in contract management, including time at a lead or senior level.

Purpose

Own the post-signature contract lifecycle for Version 1, taking ownership of every executed contract from signature onwards. You will make sure contract data is accurate, obligations are tracked, contracted price uplifts are applied on time, and renewals are never missed, so the business has reliable backlog revenue visibility and strong compliance evidence.

What makes this role distinctive

• High volume: the function handles 150 to 200 signed contracts every month.
• Lean by design: a small, focused team where automation and AI carry the routine work and the team manages exceptions rather than processing every record by hand.
• You will work with the company contract lifecycle management platform and CRM. Full training is provided; prior experience with these specific systems is not required.

Additional Information

Why Version 1?

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer.

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.

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