Job Description
The Senior Contracts Manager will oversee all contractual activities related to high-value procurements and customer agreements in the space industry, including contract strategy, negotiations, risk management, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure alignment with company objectives and industry standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the full lifecycle of contracts, including drafting, negotiation, execution, and amendments
- Develop and standardize contract templates, playbooks, and baseline commercial positions
- Lead negotiations for complex, high-value procurement and customer contracts
- Partner with engineering to define technical scope and specifications
- Align contract terms with schedule, cost, and risk objectives across supply chain and program teams
- Structure and negotiate customer agreements for hardware and services
- Identify contractual risks and develop mitigation strategies
- Manage liability allocation, warranties, termination clauses, export controls, and flow-down requirements
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate contractual terms into operational outcomes
- Stay informed on industry trends, regulatory requirements, and market dynamics to provide insights to leadership
Requirements
- Strong contractual expertise, commercial judgment, and the ability to operate in a technically driven environment within the space industry
- Experience owning the full lifecycle of contracts, including drafting, negotiation, execution, and amendments
- Ability to develop and standardize contract templates, playbooks, and baseline commercial positions
- Experience leading negotiations for complex, high-value procurements such as satellite buses, subsystems, payloads, launch services, and ground station services
- Partnering with Engineering to ensure technical scope and specifications are clearly defined
- Working closely with Supply Chain and Program teams to align contract terms with schedule, cost, and risk objectives
- Experience structuring and negotiating customer agreements for hardware and services
- Supporting sales and leadership in shaping commercially sound deal structures
- Ensuring customer contracts protect company IP, liability positions, and delivery risk
- Identifying contractual risks and defining mitigation strategies
- Managing liability allocation, warranties, termination clauses, export control considerations, and flow-down requirements
- Developing negotiation frameworks that support long-term scalability
- Partnering with Finance, Engineering, Legal, Supply Chain, and Program Management to translate contractual terms into operationally enforceable outcomes
- Ensuring contract obligations are clearly understood across teams
- Staying informed on industry trends, regulatory requirements, and evolving space market dynamics
- Providing commercial insights and recommendations to leadership
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range (not specified in the posting)
Work schedule (not specified in the posting)
Work environment perks (not specified in the posting)
Opportunity to lead and manage contractual activities in the space industry
Involvement in complex, high-value procurements and customer agreements
Participation in shaping commercial standards, templates, and negotiation frameworks
Collaborative cross-functional work with teams such as Finance, Engineering, Legal, Supply Chain, and Program Management
Contributing to the company's mission to make space simple and to mass-manufacture satellites in the UAE
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