Contracts and Governance Manager📣 Job Ad
| Contract Type | Seasonal | |
| Workplace type | On-site | |
| Location | Riyadh |
About the Role
CTRD Arabia is seeking a skilled and experienced Contracts and Governance Manager to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This position is essential for ensuring commercial operations are legally sound, compliant with Saudi Arabian regulations, and aligned with company objectives. Reporting to the Head of Commercial & Strategy, the role holder will be the primary authority on Saudi commercial contracting, regulatory compliance, and contractual governance, translating commercial strategy into robust contractual frameworks.
CTRD Arabia is a registered company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, providing professional and business services through management consultancy. The company focuses on building strong relationships and acting as trusted advisors, with core values emphasizing people, project, and profit. This position is a 12-month fixed-term contract, full-time, with a standard 40-hour work week, though some evening and weekend work may be required.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the subject-matter expert on Saudi commercial contracting frameworks, processes, and regulatory requirements, with a focus on the Defence sector.
- Identify and navigate optimal contracting pathways to support company programs and proposals, ensuring legal and commercial advantage.
- Navigate the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Government Tenders & Procurement Law, leveraging a professional network.
- Ensure all company projects operate in full compliance with Saudi commercial law, policy frameworks, and regulatory standards.
- Provide expert advice to leadership on contracting routes, regulatory constraints, and potential risk exposures.
- Lead the drafting and negotiation of technical contractual terms, ensuring agreements protect the company's commercial position while remaining compliant and competitive.
- Translate operational delivery requirements into clear, enforceable, and measurable contractual obligations.
- Structure payment schedules, milestones, and deliverables to align contractual performance with financial resilience.
- Support the Head of Commercial & Strategy in structuring complex or high-value opportunities.
- Assist in the transition of business development opportunities into executable contracts, with an understanding of KSA tender and procurement mechanisms.
- Ensure proposal commitments are accurately translated into legally robust contractual frameworks.
- Work closely with delivery teams to ensure contractual requirements reflect operational realities.
- Provide commercial contracting support during proposal development as required.
- Maintain disciplined contractual governance across the company's portfolio in support of the Head of Commercial & Strategy.
- Ensure contracts are documented, traceable, auditable, and compliant with Group standards.
- Establish and maintain clear contract management and documentation practices.
- Support risk identification and mitigation through robust contractual structuring, in coordination with Group Operations.
- Establish structured change control processes to ensure scope changes are properly governed.
- Support variation management and contractual adjustments where delivery requirements evolve.
- Protect the company's commercial position by ensuring scope, deliverables, and obligations remain clearly defined.
- Support dispute avoidance through proactive contractual management.
- Work in partnership with the Head of Commercial & Strategy to ensure contractual structures support pricing frameworks, margin expectations, and commercial strategy.
- Support annual commercial and financial review processes.
- Coordinate with the Senior Finance Manager to ensure contractual payment structures align with financial governance, invoicing processes, and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure contractual terms reflect financial controls and statutory compliance requirements.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Strong experience in commercial contracting, including the drafting and negotiation of complex agreements.
- Deep knowledge of Saudi commercial law, contracting pathways, and procurement frameworks.
- Demonstrated experience in the navigation and application of Government Tenders & Procurement Law.
- Proven ability to structure commercially robust and legally compliant agreements.
- Strong negotiation skills and the ability to manage complex stakeholder discussions effectively.
- High attention to detail and the capacity to maintain disciplined contractual governance.
- Familiarity with GCC commercial and regulatory environments.
- Professional qualifications in commercial management, procurement, contract management, or law (*, CIPS, LLB, contract management certification, or equivalent professional experience) are desirable.
- Experience working within defence, security, government, or regulated sectors is desirable.
- Experience supporting large program or portfolio environments is desirable.
- English and Arabic language capability, or experience operating in multicultural environments, is desirable.
Required Skills
- Commercial Contracting
- Negotiation
- Saudi Commercial Law
- Contracting Pathways
- Procurement Frameworks
- Government Tenders & Procurement Law
- Contractual Governance
- GCC Commercial and Regulatory Environments
- Commercial Management
- Procurement
- Contract Management
- Legal Acumen
- Defence Sector Expertise
- Security Sector Expertise
- Government Sector Expertise
- Regulated Sectors Expertise
Work Environment and Contract Details
This is a full-time, 12-month fixed-term contract position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The standard work week is 40 hours, with the understanding that some evening and weekend work may be necessary to fulfill the role's requirements. The role requires approximately 5-10 years of relevant experience.
Requirements
- Requires 5-10 Years experience
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