Senior Legal Counsel & Contract Manager (Defence/Aerospace)

Key Responsibilities: - • Recommend contractual structures that enhance competitiveness while respecting applicable regulations and internal governance • Draft, revise, and negotiate contractual documents with customers, partners, and subcontractors • Contribute to internal risk reviews, financial exposure assessments, and mitigation plans • Ability to identify opportunities to protect or improve the project's financial performance • Support the capture and preparation of variations, extensions, new phases or related offers connected to existing program • Prepare and present contractual sections of internal approval documentation, including clear recommendations to management • Establish, manage, and continuously update the contractual baseline from contract signature to project closure • Ensure full contractual awareness across the project team, enabling correct application of obligations, rights, deadlines, and deliverables • Anticipate deviations and manage them proactively through contractual notices, waivers, amendments, claims, clarification requests, and other contractual instruments • Anticipate and drive the project’s risk and opportunity strategy, in close collaboration with project leadership, including claim preparation, defensive measures, and value‑protection initiatives, proposing defensible, practical solutions • Oversee all incoming and outgoing contractual communications with the customer, ensuring consistency, traceability, and strategic alignment • Drive consistent contract interpretation and commercial decision-making aligned with company policy and risk appetite. • Act as the reference point for all contractual matters within the perimeter • Provide strategic and operational contractual advice to internal stakeholders • Support relevant compliance processes for the tenders and projects (e.g., third‑party screenings) in coordination with the Compliance Officer (Antitrust, Anticorruption, Personal Data Protection (incl. GDPR), Trade compliance & Duty of vigilance), in particular: • Provide country legal intelligence and knowledge to the relevant global, regional, or corporate stakeholders Requirements: • Advanced academic background in Law, Contract Management, Business, or related field, equivalent to a Master’s degree‑level qualification (EU/UK/SG/US or other comparable higher‑education systems) including a Specialization in Law, • 10 to 15 years of demonstrated experience as a legal counsel or contract manager working in an international context and as part of the legal department of a multinational company, preferably in the Defence/Aviation space • Endowed with analytical and synthesis skills, you assess situations accurately and can easily propose pragmatic solutions, • Understand the stakes associated with a major international Group’s compliance program, • Master the techniques related to third-party review (third-party screening) and are able to conduct compliance analyses, • Developed strong proactivity towards stakeholders and good ability to manage priorities, • Travel on regular basis over the Region (up to once a month) and from time-to-time to Europe (up to once a year). • MNC, hybrid work arrangement All Successful candidates can expect a very competitive remuneration package and a comprehensive range of benefits. Kindly email your resume in a detailed Word/pdf format to ashley@peopleprofilers.com We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified People Profilers Pte Ltd Tel : 6950 9753 EA Registration Number: R1111375 EA licence number 02C4944 EA Personnel: Lee Hui En Ashley