Job description

The role sits within Accenture’s Legal and Commercial Services, providing commercial and contractual expertise throughout the entire contract lifecycle to maximize value, manage risks, and ensure compliance with obligations and policies. Responsibilities include supporting sales growth by expanding agreements and enabling new business, protecting revenue by delivering on contractual commitments, improving margins through effective risk and issue management, and ensuring compliance with Accenture’s contractual and internal requirements. The position requires leading contract management teams across large projects and accounts, working with account leadership and client stakeholders to understand needs, priorities, strategies, and opportunities. It involves developing contract management staff, supporting performance management, and taking accountability for identifying, escalating, and resolving commercial and contract risks. The role includes pre-award sales engagement, assisting with deal shaping, negotiating commercial and contractual outcomes, and supporting drafting. Contract Managers are client-facing and central to building trusted relationships. Qualifications include a bachelor’s degree (advanced degree preferred), extensive experience conducting and supervising investigations including compliance, employment, and governmental matters, drafting confidential reports, advising leadership, and possessing in-depth knowledge of local ethical, conduct, and compliance risks, employee rights and obligations, and related laws. Additional requirements include extensive employee relations and workplace investigation experience, a minimum of seven years as a contract specialist handling complex deals with team-management exposure, strong communication and collaboration skills with executives, and deep understanding of commercial contracting regulations, subcontracting practices, and contracting terms and conditions.