Contract Associate Manager

About the Position

Contract Associate Manager

At Accenture, we are seeking a Contract Associate Manager to guide and lead contract management activities across projects and accounts. This role combines hands-on delivery with growing leadership, coaching others, owning governance moments, and building trusted stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Guide and lead CM across accounts: Lead industry-standard CM activity across one or more projects or accounts within a technology-enabled framework, ensuring alignment to standard Contract Management processes, obligations, and commercial objectives.
• Protect value: Protect margin and identify commercial opportunities; use tools and data to focus effort where it matters most.
• Own risk identification and mitigation: Enable identification, assessment, escalation, and mitigation of contractual, commercial, and operational risk across the contract lifecycle.
• Lead a technology- and data-led approach: Champion usage of data insights and AI-enabled tools across the full contract lifecycle; actively adopt new tools and ways of working to deliver measurable impact.
• Establish an impactful governance role: Apply structured governance - performance monitoring, dependency tracking, change control - and take a visible, impactful role surfacing and escalating risk early.
• Translate contract into clear guidance: Turn contractual and commercial positions into clear, actionable guidance that supports sound client and internal decisions.
• Engage in pre-award activity: Contribute deal-shaping advisory, drafting, review, and negotiation support on contract documents, including subcontracts and NDAs, alongside legal, finance, and business stakeholders.
• Develop others and build relationships: Mentor and provide day-to-day direction to junior resources and build trusted stakeholder relationships.

Requirements

• Commercial & Leadership:
  • Experience supporting account governance, contract reporting, or performance management in complex or multi-stakeholder environments.
  • Experience mentoring or directing junior resources and supporting pre-award deal activity, negotiations, or proposals.
  • Comfortable working across cross-cultural teams and time zones.
• Technology & Growth:
  • Familiarity with AI-enabled tools and solutions; adopts and applies new technology to improve efficiency and outcomes.
  • Evidence of a continuous-learning mindset. Professional membership (e.g., WorldCC, NCMA) a plus.
• Knowledge and Skills:
  • Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in contract or commercial management; bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
  • Experience owning contract lifecycle activity - drafting, review, risk identification, and governance support; negotiates and communicates clearly with stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• Mentoring
• Continuous learning
• Negotiation

We Offer

• Work Environment: Inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging.
• Well-being Support: Physical, mental, and financial health support.
• Professional Development: Opportunities to keep skills relevant through certifications, learning, and diverse work experiences.

About the Company

At Accenture, we help the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed across the enterprise. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. Visit us at www.accenture.com.