Commercial Contracts Manager

  • CK Group- Science, Clinical and Technical
  • Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
  • Sep 01, 2025
Full time

Job Description

CK Group are recruiting for a talented Commercial Contracts Manager to join an innovative drug discovery organisation based in Nottingham. This is a permanent full time role, offering hybrid working (3 days onsite).

The Company:
My client offers expertise across a broad range of therapeutic areas and biological target areas.

The Role:
Being part of the Business Development team, the successful candidate will support a range of contract activities which includes managing the full contract lifecycle: analysing contracts, dealing with IP assignments, contract negotiation, work orders and drafting documents.

Responsibilities:
  • Negotiation: liaise with customers drawing-up and facilitating the design of robust commercial agreements.
  • Build and maintain business relationships with customers and internal stakeholders.
  • Support the team with the full contract life cycle, i.e. developing and administering internal processes and contract template improvements.
  • Negotiate contracts with customers regarding content, scope and delivery, identifying risks, develop solutions and strategies.
  • Training and Development: Provide commercial and contract awareness training, and guidance on customer contracts.
  • Provide post-contract management support.

Your Background:
  • Degree qualified in Business, Law, or Life Sciences.
  • Experience in commercial contract management, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of agreements.
  • Understanding of commercial contract development, intellectual property (IP) processes, SLAs, SOPs, and service delivery.
  • Proven experience in negotiating contracts and managing customer relationships.
  • Demonstrated commercial acumen of the full contract lifecycle.
  • Experience in the pharmaceutical, biotech sectors is desirable but not essential, as open to variety of backgrounds e.g. legal, paralegal, procurement, contract management.

Benefits:
Bonus, private medical insurance with the option to add family members and cashback for dental and optical care, pension, life assurance.

Apply:
It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference (Apply online only) in all correspondence.
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