CONTRACT MANAGER

Global leader in energy management, electrification, and industrial automation. The company operates worldwide, helping businesses, industries, infrastructure operators, and buildings improve energy efficiency, operational performance, and sustainability.

With expertise in power distribution, electrical systems, automation, digitalization, and energy management software, it delivers integrated solutions across a wide range of sectors, including industry, data centers, buildings, infrastructure, and utilities.

Reporting to Contract Management Leader, you will ensure that contractual obligations are clearly defined, negotiated, and adhered to throughout the project lifecycle. You will safeguard the company’s commercial interests by managing risks, monitoring compliance, and driving resolution of claims or deviations. Your role is critical to secure profitability, maintain strong customer relationships, and ensure smooth project execution across different countries and regulatory environments.

Join our dynamic team as a Contract Manager and play a pivotal role in driving successful project outcomes through expert contract and risk management!

Your missions :

• Lead contract management for customer projects with moderate/high risk exposure during tender and execution phases
• Collaborate with project teams to manage contractual, financial, operational and tax matters while ensuring compliance with corporate guidelines
• Navigate complex contractual negotiations and draft comprehensive agreements with customers, vendors, and partners
• Analyze and document contract changes, maintaining detailed records in our contract database
• Provide strategic guidance on risk mitigation and contract optimization strategies

What will make you successful:

• Proven track record in managing complex contracts and commercial agreements

• Strong understanding of legal, financial, operational and tax implications in contract management

• Excellence in negotiation and stakeholder management across multiple organizational levels

• Advanced analytical and problem-solving capabilities for risk assessment

• Outstanding documentation and database management skills

• You hold a university degree in Law or Engineering or Quantity Survey and have a strong interest in business, as well as in commercial and contractual matters.

• You have proven experience in contractual management (+7 years), both during contract execution and in pre‑contract phases — including negotiating, drafting, reviewing, and administering agreements.

• Experience with Datacenter, including negotiating and managing contracts in these segments, is a valuable plus.

Your skills :

• You demonstrate solid knowledge of legal terminology along with strong understanding of commercial and operational concepts.
• Your background may come from Datacenter business, or related industries.
  Ideally, you bring experience working in a project‑based environment.
• You are well‑organized, analytical, and solution-oriented, with strong and clear communication skills.
  You enjoy collaborating in multifunctional, collegiate teams, and you are comfortable interacting with project teams.
• We value your ability to communicate effectively, influence stakeholders, negotiate with confidence, and constructively challenge assumptions to drive results.
• Fluency in English (written and verbal) is essential.

Duration: 6 months renewable contract

Location: Paris or Grenoble, France

Working Schedule: 5 days per week

Starting date: ASAP