SURREY IT LIMITED
Contracts Team Manager
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Contracts Team Manager
Contract Team Leader – SSTL
An exciting opportunity to work in a pioneering space company as the Team Leader within the Contracts department.
You will be an effective and confident communicator – both written and verbal – with excellent analytical skills and the ability to lead a small team with influence and drive.
About SSTL
Considered the pioneers of the small satellite market, SSTL (a 40-year heritage leader) excels in:
- Innovating and improving space technologies, products, and services
- Delivering space missions across diverse applications
- Providing comprehensive, hands-on training programmes worldwide since 1981
- Establishing space agencies in 6 space-developing nations
- Building flourishing space ecosystems
Key Responsibilities
As the Team Leader, you will oversee:
- Organisational leadership:
- Day-to-day operations, team coordination, and shared goals
- Contractual oversight:
- Preparing, negotiating, and managing all SSTL‘s contractual commitments, from project acquisition to completion
- Team building & development:
- Encouraging motivation, fostering collaboration, and adopting a strong team player mindset
- Mentoring & coaching:
- Providing professional growth opportunities, training, and leadership guidance
- Setting a clear team vision:
- Leading by example with transparency and initiative
Requirements
Essential Skills & Experience
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Minimum 15 years of experience in the contractual field
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Proven team leadership with mentoring and coaching capabilities
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In-depth expertise in:
- Contract principles, drafting, and interpretation
- Risk identification & mitigation strategies
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Direct experience in:
- Managing high-value, complex proposals and contracts (national and export)
- Negotiating contracts and amendments
- Drafting/negotiating agreements including:
- NDAs, licence agreements
- Heads of Agreement
- Teaming Agreements
- Memoranda of Understanding
- MOD (UK Ministry of Defence) contracting experiences:
- Single-source contracts & adherence to Single-Source Contracting Regulations
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A commitment to integrity and identifying potential compliance risks, essential for SSTL’s reputation and growth
Desirable Qualifications
- Degree-level education
- Space industry experience, including:
- European Space Agency (ESA) collaborations
- UK Space Agency funding (e.g., CEOI, NSIP)
- Experience with US Department of Defense contracting
Qualifications & Competencies
Essential traits include:
- Digital Competence (Advanced Digital Capability):
- Excel skills for analysis, PowerPoint for presentations, MS Project for planning
- Superior interpersonal and communication skills:
- Ability to influence, negotiate, and mediate internally/externally
- Drive through organisation and motivation:
- Self-initiating, adaptable to priorities and result-oriented
- Advanced multi-tasking and problem-solving:
- Delivering projects under time pressure across diverse stakeholder levels
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SSTL’s expected core behaviours:
| Behaviour | Examples |
|---|---|
| Accountability | Ownership of actions, clear Air Cover |
| Driving & Delivering | Systematically executing projects |
| Effective Communication | Collaborating across tasks, roles |
| Self-Management | Proactive workloads, forward planning |
| Team Collaboration | Shared goals, open problem-solving |
Location & Working Arrangement
- Base: Guildford (SSTL Headquarters)
- Direct Reports: 2 team members
- Reporting Line: Finance Director
- Temporary On-site Requirement: Full-time for the first 6 months
- Hybrid Working: Post 6 months, following SSTL’s Hybrid Policy
Benefits
Our comprehensive benefits package includes:
- 32 days holiday + bank holidays
- Pension scheme with life assurance
- Private medical & international travel insurance
- Annual Bonus Scheme
- Share Incentive Plan
- Enhanced parental support for maternity, paternity, and shared parental pay -High Street Discount Scheme
- Plus many other inclusions listed on request
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