IT Contract Manager (Day Rate Contractor)

Contract Type: Day Rate Contractor
Duration: Initial 3-month engagement with potential extension

Security Clearance: Must be eligible for BPSS clearance

Overview

Our client is seeking an experienced IT Contract Manager to support a major government technology programme in Northern Ireland.

Operating within a multi-party delivery environment, the successful candidate will act as a trusted commercial adviser to programme leadership, ensuring contractual obligations, commercial risks, change control processes, and formal communications are effectively managed and aligned with delivery activities.

This is a hands-on role requiring experience of commercial management within prime-led public sector programmes, together with the credibility to engage confidently with senior stakeholders across delivery, commercial, legal, and customer organisations.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and manage contractual obligations registers, ensuring delivery activities remain aligned with contractual commitments.
• Establish and operate robust change control processes, including the review and tracking of change requests and contractual impacts.
• Monitor contractual performance mechanisms, including milestones, acceptance criteria, KPIs, SLAs, and associated commercial obligations.
• Identify, assess, and proactively manage commercial and contractual risks, escalating issues where appropriate.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive contemporaneous record of key decisions, delays, dependencies, and third-party impacts.
• Support programme leadership by providing practical commercial advice and contractual interpretation.
• Draft and review formal contractual correspondence, including notices, change requests, claims preservation letters, and responses to contractor communications.
• Represent the company in governance forums and commercial discussions with delivery partners and stakeholders.
• Ensure all external communications accurately reflect and protect contractual and commercial position.
• Support executive decision-making by providing clear analysis of contractual exposure, risks, and options.

Essential Experience

• Significant experience in commercial and contract management within complex technology or transformation programmes.
• Strong understanding of subcontractor management within prime contractor delivery models.
• Experience working on public sector or regulated programmes.
• Proven ability to operate within complex multi-stakeholder governance environments.
• Strong knowledge of contract administration, change control, risk management, and commercial governance.
• Experience preparing contractual notices, claims-related correspondence, and commercial position papers.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including engagement at executive level.

Desirable Experience

• Experience supporting large-scale government technology deployments.
• Familiarity with Northern Ireland public sector delivery environments.
• Experience working alongside systems integrators and major delivery partners.

Personal Attributes

• Commercially astute with strong attention to detail.
• Independent, objective, and confident in challenging assumptions where necessary.
• Able to balance contractual rigour with collaborative stakeholder management.
• Comfortable working autonomously while integrating closely with programme teams.

This role would suit a senior commercial professional who can quickly establish governance, protect contractual interests, and provide pragmatic commercial leadership within a complex public sector delivery environment.

To find out more about this opportunity, submit your CV below, or reach out to a member of the Enso Recruitment team today!

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