Job Description
Contract Type: Day Rate Contractor
Duration: Initial 3-month engagement with potential extension
Security Clearance: Must be eligible for BPSS clearance
Overview
Our client is seeking an experienced IT Contract Manager to support a major government technology programme in Northern Ireland.
Operating within a multi-party delivery environment, the successful candidate will act as a trusted commercial adviser to programme leadership, ensuring contractual obligations, commercial risks, change control processes, and formal communications are effectively managed and aligned with delivery activities.
This is a hands-on role requiring experience of commercial management within prime-led public sector programmes, together with the credibility to engage confidently with senior stakeholders across delivery, commercial, legal, and customer organisations.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain and manage contractual obligations registers, ensuring delivery activities remain aligned with contractual commitments.
- Establish and operate robust change control processes, including the review and tracking of change requests and contractual impacts.
- Monitor contractual performance mechanisms, including milestones, acceptance criteria, KPIs, SLAs, and associated commercial obligations.
- Identify, assess, and proactively manage commercial and contractual risks, escalating issues where appropriate.
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive contemporaneous record of key decisions, delays, dependencies, and third-party impacts.
- Support programme leadership by providing practical commercial advice and contractual interpretation.
- Draft and review formal contractual correspondence, including notices, change requests, claims preservation letters, and responses to contractor communications.
- Represent the company in governance forums and commercial discussions with delivery partners and stakeholders.
- Ensure all external communications accurately reflect and protect contractual and commercial position.
- Support executive decision-making by providing clear analysis of contractual exposure, risks, and options.
Essential Experience
- Significant experience in commercial and contract management within complex technology or transformation programmes.
- Strong understanding of subcontractor management within prime contractor delivery models.
- Experience working on public sector or regulated programmes.
- Proven ability to operate within complex multi-stakeholder governance environments.
- Strong knowledge of contract administration, change control, risk management, and commercial governance.
- Experience preparing contractual notices, claims-related correspondence, and commercial position papers.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including engagement at executive level.
Desirable Experience
- Experience supporting large-scale government technology deployments.
- Familiarity with Northern Ireland public sector delivery environments.
- Experience working alongside systems integrators and major delivery partners.
Personal Attributes
- Commercially astute with strong attention to detail.
- Independent, objective, and confident in challenging assumptions where necessary.
- Able to balance contractual rigour with collaborative stakeholder management.
- Comfortable working autonomously while integrating closely with programme teams.
This role would suit a senior commercial professional who can quickly establish governance, protect contractual interests, and provide pragmatic commercial leadership within a complex public sector delivery environment.
To find out more about this opportunity, submit your CV below, or reach out to a member of the Enso Recruitment team today!
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