Commercial Manager – 12 month FTC

Commercial Manager – Kainos

This hybrid role involves drafting, negotiating, and advising on commercial contracts, supporting legal and commercial teams, and ensuring compliance while driving business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor, balancing legal obligations with commercial realities.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including customer, supplier, partner contracts, SaaS agreements, software licensing and professional services contracts.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across commercial, finance, delivery and leadership teams.
• Support bid teams on contractual terms for tenders and proposals.
• Identify and mitigate legal and commercial risks in new ventures and ongoing operations.
• Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of relevant legislation, regulatory changes and industry best practice.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of contract templates, processes and governance frameworks.
• Manage, supervise and support the up‑skilling and development of junior team members.

Minimum Requirements

• Qualified solicitor or barrister with 8‑10 years post‑qualification experience in commercial contracts.
• Extensive experience in commercial contracts within the IT sector.
• Articulate, analytical, pragmatic and enthusiastic.
• Excellent drafting, communication and negotiation skills.
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills and ability to build trusted relationships.
• High attention to detail with excellent time management, organisational and planning skills.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and make sensible decisions under pressure.
• Proven team‑working skills, including managing and driving a high performing team.
• Demonstrated ability to manage, mentor and coach team members and wider community.

Desirable

• Strong understanding of the UK public sector procurement and contracting environment.
• Solid understanding of core legislative requirements such as GDPR, AI Act and Procurement Act.
• Experience with SaaS agreements.

Diversity and Inclusion

At Kainos, we believe in diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of the world we live in and gives everyone an equal chance to thrive.

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