Associate Director, Contracts - Crawley, United Kingdom - Collins Aerospace

Collins Aerospace

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Crawley, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Date Posted:

Country:

United Kingdom

Location:

Rockwell Collins UK Limited, Pegasus One, Gatwick Road, Crawley, RH10 9AY

Position Role Type:

Unspecified

We are seeking to recruit an
Associate Director of Contracts to join our Connected Aviation Solutions business. This role can be remote based within the UK.

Every second a plane takes off with Collins Aerospace equipment onboard.

From space exploration and defence to today's more electric, more intelligent, more integrated aircraft - our systems make modern flight possible.

And by "make it possible," we mean:
we start it, power it, control it, ventilate it, quiet it, land it, stop it and monitor it. We have more than 41,000 employees across 150 countries working at the forefront of technological innovation.

Thanks to their efforts, our global reach and our market-leading position, we do big things no one else can do.

The nature of our global business is complex, and we rely on our team in Legal Contracts and Compliance (LCC) to help us get the job done.

As a valued partner across our business, the LCC team plays a key role in our company's success.

Our LCC team members bring their passion, expertise and humour to everything they do, from safeguarding our employees' creative ideas to helping us maintain the highest standards of ethical behavior.

Enjoy working with diverse groups? Want opportunities to grow your career at a fast-paced, global enterprise? If you want to bring your legal and contracts expertise to the aerospace industry, our team could be a great fit for you.

Role overview:

Collins Aerospace is looking for a self-motivated, passionate contracts professional to serve as the Associate Director of Contracts for the Airports portfolio within the Connected Aviation Solutions (CAS) business unit.

CAS has just over $1B in annual revenue. We have 2,000 employees in 33 countries, including more than 35 LCC team members worldwide.

CAS products and services support more than 22,000 aircrafts, 33,000 active Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) receivers to enable flight tracking, 250 airports, 13 million web and app users and over 5,000 unique customers.

The Airports portfolio offers integrated solutions for passenger processing and facilitation, airport operations, and baggage management. Our self-service solutions help create a seamless travel experience for a high volume of passengers.

Role responsibilities:

In this role you will report to the CAS - Contracts Director and be responsible for:

Managing a global Contracts Team;
Review, drafting and negotiation of a wide range of contracts including, global government contracts, construction contracts, software and other intellectual property licensing agreements as well deploying templates and standard agreements;
Identify risks associated with customer contracts and assist with risk mitigation strategies;
Advise, partner, and seek input from senior business leaders within the Airports portfolio;
Strategic functional initiatives; including policy, process improvements, training and people development;
Proactively ensure function's performance and compliance to company policy;
Creatively problem solve and resolve the most complex functional issues;
Support M&A due diligence and integration activities as needed;
Travel to both CAS and customer locations as needed
Travel up to 20%
Other duties as assigned.

Preferred requirements:

Bachelors degree
MBA degree from an accredited institution preferred.
Significant relevant experience in a similar role with previous experience in managing a team.
Ability to prioritise and juggle multiple tasks.
Must be a good team player and business partner, capable of adapting contracts approach and analysis in an environment with rapidly changing digital technologies and competing priorities.

What we can offer you:

Competitive Salary
Car Allowance
Private Medical Insurance
Health & Wellbeing Cash Plan
Fantastic Pension Scheme which operates as a 2:1 match up to 10%
Life Assurance
25 days vacation plus bank holidays plus the ability to buy/sell 5 days per year
Flexible working
Employee selectable top up benefits
And so much more

Collins Aerospace Diversity & Inclusion Statement:

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.

About us:

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry.

Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio and expertise to solve customers' toughest c