Senior ITO Contract Manager (Remote)

About the role

GE Vernova is hiring a Senior ITO Contract Manager (also called Senior Commercial Operations Manager) on a fully remote basis. The role leads the commercial and contractual side of complex opportunities across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, covering contract drafting, redlining, negotiation, risk assessment, deal structuring and governance throughout the Inquiry-to-Order (ITO) process.

Key responsibilities

• Lead commercial risk assessment for customer proposals and bids.
• Draft, review, redline and negotiate customer, consortium, teaming and subcontract agreements.
• Develop negotiation strategies and lead contract negotiations with customers and partners.
• Ensure compliance with internal governance, approval and risk management requirements.
• Present deal structures, risk profiles and mitigation strategies to senior leadership for approval.
• Partner with Sales, Legal, Finance, Compliance and other stakeholders to secure compliant and profitable orders.
• Manage several opportunities at once, across different complexities, scopes and geographies.
• Drive continuous improvement of contracting, risk management and commercial processes.
• Support customer meetings and negotiations by travelling regionally, about 10-15% of the time.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in contract management, commercial management, bid management, commercial operations or a related field, including drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts.
• Strong understanding of contract law principles, commercial risk allocation and contract negotiation.
• Fluent English (spoken and written).
• Fluent French or Arabic (spoken and written).

Required skills

• Contract drafting, redlining and negotiation.
• Commercial risk assessment and deal structuring.
• Stakeholder management and negotiation.

Desired characteristics include experience in power, energy, EPC, transmission and distribution or infrastructure, fluency in both French and Arabic, experience with multinational customers, consortium arrangements and cross-border projects, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced, multicultural environment. Relocation assistance is not provided.