Senior Contract Manager
Pubblicato il 29-08-2026 - JDL Recruitment in Milano
JDL Recruitment are delighted to be partnering with a leading data centre developer as they look to expand their team with a Senior Contracts Manager in Milan.
Applicant must be based in Milan and speak both Italian & English fluently.
Responsibilities
- Provide contract and commercial management on complex engineering projects and programmes from inception to completion, supporting internal delivery teams throughout
- Draft, review and manage all contracts across data centre construction projects, including vendor, main contract, subcontract and consultant service agreements
- Lead contract negotiations with vendors, main contractors, subcontractors and consultants to secure favourable terms, cost effectiveness and appropriate risk allocation
- Develop project specific and portfolio wide contracting approaches
- Prepare supporting contract and commercial documentation in line with procurement processes and timelines
- Lead the identification, evaluation and recommendation of contract changes, variations and claims in line with change control processes
- Administer contracts proactively, drafting and issuing all required notices and correspondence to maintain contractual and governance compliance
- Provide monthly reporting visibility against each contract and project
- Identify and evaluate contractual and project risks, developing mitigation strategies for review and approval
- Develop and implement dispute avoidance strategies and lead the resolution of contract related disputes,
claims and potential litigation alongside Legal
- Manage vendor and contractor relationships, promoting conflict resolution and providing visibility of contractual performance
- Work collaboratively with project management, finance, cost and commercial, procurement, governance and legal teams
- Monitor change, contract and risk impacts on project forecast costs against budget, identifying cost reduction and performance improvement opportunities
- Drive continuous improvement of contract and commercial management systems and practices
- Act as technical expert and provide strategic support to the Senior Director on contract and commercial matters
Requirements
- 10+ years' relevant professional experience, including delivery of data centres or other complex engineering projects across the full project life cycle
- Relevant bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Relevant professional qualification or chartered status
- In depth expert knowledge of contract management, construction processes and commercial management
- Experience with client side delivery of both pre and post contract commercial activities
- Experience on global projects and within multicultural project teams
- Experience developing and leveraging strategic relationships across the supply chain
- Strong commercial acumen with a proven ability to collaborate across internal and external stakeholders
- Excellent written, interpersonal and communication skills