This is an exciting opportunity to work in a pioneering space company leading the Contracts department. You will be an effective and confident communicator both in written and verbal contexts, possess excellent analytical skills, and enjoy leading a small team.
About SSTL
Considered the pioneers of the small satellite market, SSTL has a heritage spanning over 40 years and prides itself on continual innovation and improvement of space technologies, products and services. Since 1981, SSTL has delivered comprehensive multi‑year, hands‑on training programmes worldwide. As a result of these programmes, space agencies have been formed in six space‑developing nations and flourishing space ecosystems have been established.
Key Tasks
- Organisation: day‑to‑day operations, organising, supporting and sharing in the team’s work and goals.
- Contractual: preparation, negotiation and management of all SSTL contractual commitments relating to projects and new business, from acquisition of project to contract closure.
- Team Building: encouraging and motivating the team; team‑player mentality.
- Mentoring & Coaching: provide coaching, training and mentoring where applicable.
- Leading by example.
- Providing a clear vision for the team.
Essential
- Demonstrated experience (minimum of 15 years) within the contractual field.
- Previous experience leading and working within a team with the ability to mentor and develop colleagues.
- In depth knowledge of contract principles, drafting and interpretation.
- Experience of identifying contractual risk and proposing effective mitigation strategies.
- Managing high‑value and complex proposals and contracts in the UK and for export.
- Negotiating high‑value contracts and amendments.
- Drafting and negotiating a wide variety of contractual documents such as NDAs, Licence Agreements, Heads of Agreement, Teaming Agreements, Memorandum of Understanding, etc.
- UK MOD contracting on a range of proposals and contracts, including single‑source contracts and implementing the Single Source Contracting Regulations on those contracts.
- This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for SSTL’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.
Desirable
- Educated to Degree level.
- Space industry experience, including European Space Agency (ESA) and UKSA funding (CEOI, NSIP).
- Experience in US Department of Defense contracting.
Qualifications Knowledge & Skills
- Excellent inter‑personal and communication skills, able to influence, persuade and negotiate with people at all levels, and assist in reaching compromises when requirements conflict.
- High degree of organisation, self‑motivation and initiative.
- Good team‑working skills, together with the ability to interface with others at all levels.
- Good presentation and customer‑facing skills.
- Results orientated with a strong drive to deliver.
- Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities.
- Pro‑active and able to take initiative.
- Excellent planning and organising skills.
- Highly organised with clear communication skills.
- Ability to work simultaneously on a variety of projects.
- Able to work autonomously and using own initiative.
- Excellent inter‑personal skills – written and oral communications; ability to interface with customers and technical representatives.
- Decision making and creative problem solving skills.
- Ability to multi‑task and deliver both immediate and longer‑term tasks.
- Proven ability to deliver solutions under pressure and to tight timescales.
- Good knowledge of MS Office – Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Microsoft Project.
- Able to demonstrate company mindsets and behaviours; accountable, drive and delivery, communicate effectively, self‑manage effectively, work as one team.
Location
The role is based in our Head Office in Guildford, reporting to the Finance Director with two direct reports. Initially on‑site full time for the first six months. Subsequent hybrid working would be in accordance with SSTL’s Hybrid Working policy.
Benefits
Our comprehensive benefits package includes 32 days holiday plus bank holidays, pension scheme with life assurance, private medical and international travel insurance, annual bonus scheme, share incentive plan, enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental pay for new parents, high‑street discount scheme and many more.
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