Manager, Contracts & Commercial Governance
About The Position
The Manager, Contracts & Commercial Governance is responsible for enterprise-wide governance of customer contracts, terms & conditions, and non-disclosure agreements across Rotating Machinery Services (RMS). This role ensures consistent risk management, protects margins, supports deal velocity, and provides a single point of accountability for contractual standards across all business units. This position operates independently of individual business units and serves as the corporate authority on contractual risk, while partnering closely with Sales, Commercial Operations, Finance, and external legal counsel.
Requirements
- 7–12 years of experience in contracts management, commercial governance, or legal operations
- Demonstrated experience negotiating customer contracts and MSAs
- Strong understanding of commercial risk, liability, indemnification, and warranty structures
- Ability to balance risk mitigation with business realities
- Comfortable working across decentralized organizations and post-acquisition environments
- Ability and willingness to lift objects weighing up to 30 lbs., 50 lbs. with assistance.
- Able to understand, read, write, and speak English.
- Authorized to work in the United States.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting industrial services, EPC, manufacturing, energy, or turbomachinery industries
- Familiarity with WorldCC / IACCM contract management principles
- Experience supporting post-acquisition contract integration
- Familiarity with contract lifecycle management (CLM) systems
- Experience supporting complex industrial services, manufacturing, energy, or EPC environments strongly preferred
Responsibilities
- Own RMS standard contract templates, customer T&Cs, and NDAs
- Review, redline, and negotiate customer contracts, MSAs, and NDAs
- Maintain approved fallback language and risk playbooks
- Identify, assess, and escalate contractual risks per defined thresholds
- Ensure consistent contract positions across all business units
- Partner with Sales and Commercial teams to support timely deal execution
- Provide guidance on contractual language during customer negotiations
- Balance risk mitigation with commercial practicality and deal velocity
- Serve as the primary interface between RMS and external legal counsel
- Manage third-party legal spend and engagement
- Route non-standard or high-risk terms to external counsel as needed
- Ensure knowledge transfer from outside counsel into internal standards
- Establish and maintain enterprise contract review processes
- Develop intake, prioritization, and SLA models for contract reviews
- Support integration of newly acquired companies (e.g., TurboCare) into RMS contractual standards
- Maintain contract governance documentation and training materials
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
