Your Skills and Experiences
This role requires an effective and confident communicator with excellent analytical skills, capable of leading a small team.
About SSTL
Considered pioneers of the small satellite market and with more than 40 years of heritage, SSTL continually innovates space technologies, products and services and delivers space missions for a broad range of applications.
Key Tasks
- Organise day‑to‑day operations, support and share the team’s work and goals.
- Prepare, negotiate and manage all SSTL contractual commitments relating to projects and new business, from acquisition to contract closure.
- Build and motivate the team, fostering a team‑player mentality.
- Provide coaching, training and mentoring where appropriate.
- Lead by example and provide a clear vision for the team.
Essential
- Minimum 15 years of demonstrated experience within the contractual field.
- Previous leadership experience, with a proven ability to mentor and develop colleagues.
- In‑depth knowledge of contract principles, drafting and interpretation.
- Experience 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 and Memoranda of Understanding.
- UK MOD contracting experience, including single‑source contracts and implementing the Single Source Contracting Regulations.
- Awareness of potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity.
Desirable
- Degree level education.
- Experience in the space industry, including ESA or UKSA funding.
- Experience in US Department of Defense contracting.
Qualifications, Knowledge & Skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to influence, persuade and negotiate with people at all levels.
- High degree of organisation, self‑motivation and initiative.
- Good team‑working skills and ability to interface with others at all levels.
- Strong presentation and customer‑facing skills.
- Results‑oriented with a drive to deliver.
- Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities.
- Pro‑active and able to take initiative.
- Excellent planning and organising skills.
- Ability to work simultaneously on a variety of projects and autonomously.
- Decision‑making and creative problem‑solving skills.
- Proven ability to deliver solutions under pressure and to tight time‑frames.
- Good knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and Microsoft Project.
- Demonstrated alignment with company values and behaviours; accountability, driver of delivery, effective communication, self‑management and teamwork.
Location
The role is based in our Head Office in Guildford, reporting to the Finance Director with two direct reports. The first 6 months will be on‑site full time; thereafter the role will be hybrid in accordance with SSTL’s Hybrid Working policy.
Benefits
32 days holiday plus Bank Holidays, Pension Scheme with Life Assurance, Private Medical & International Travel Insurance, Annual Bonus Scheme, Share Incentive Plan, Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Shared Parental Pay for new parents, High Street Discount Scheme and many more.
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