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Contract Manager, Program Excellence (PrX), Soeborg or Lystrup

Role overview

Summary

This role focuses on managing complex contracts to support successful project delivery within the newly established Contract & Risk Management team at Terma. You will collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure compliance and build strong partnerships, contributing to the company's mission of securing people through advanced technology.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in law, business administration, engineering, or another relevant field.
  • Minimum 3 years of experience within contract management, preferably from defense, aerospace, or other highly regulated industries.
  • Strong skills in contract negotiation, drafting, and lifecycle management.
  • Solid understanding of legal and regulatory frameworks within complex project environments and their commercial implications.
  • Fluency in English both in writing and verbal at a professional level.

Responsibilities

  • Draft, review, and negotiate contracts with customers, suppliers, and partners
  • Manage the full contract lifecycle from contract award through execution to close-out or handover
  • Monitor contract performance and ensure compliance with agreed terms, legal requirements, and applicable regulations
  • Act as the primary point of contact for contract-related matters and support the resolution of contractual issues, claims, and disputes

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Communication
  • Teamwork
  • Problem Solving

About the company

Terma Group logo

Terma Group

  • Defense
  • 1,001–5,000
Defense is a silent shield in an unpredictable world. Founded in 1949 and headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark, Terma operates across Europe, the U.S., the Middle East, and Asia. Our high-tech solutions are designed for mission-critical environments where lives and assets are at stake. We specialize in: 🔹 Security & Surveillance: Advanced radar and security solutions for critical infrastructure. 🔹 Self-Protection Systems: Cutting-edge tech for aircraft survivability. 🔹 Aerostructures: Advanced components for defense and non-defense aircraft and helicopters. 🔹 Space: Essential electronics and software for space missions. 🔹 Defense: Tactical systems and electronics for critical defense applications.

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Job description

 

Would you like to work with complex contracts and play an important role in ensuring successful project delivery? In this role, you will help shape agreements, navigate contractual complexity, and build strong partnerships that support mission-critical projects. Come and join us on our growth journey!

We are facing an exciting future with considerable growth and demanding changes. We continue to evolve our advanced technologies and mission critical solutions for the defense and aerospace industry to deliver real-world solutions that matter to the security of people on land, at sea and in the air. Therefore, we are looking for a Contract Manager to become part of this journey and contribute to our overall purpose – securing people through advanced technology.

Your role as part of the team

As our new Contract Manager, you will play an important role in ensuring that complex projects are supported by robust contractual frameworks and executed in compliance with agreed terms. You will manage the full contract lifecycle, from negotiation and drafting through execution, performance monitoring, and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

You will become part of Contract & Risk Management team – a newly established function – in the Program Excellence (PrX) department, where collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous development are valued. Working closely with project managers, procurement, finance, legal specialists, customers, and partners, you will help create clarity, transparency, and trust across contractual matters while contributing to successful project delivery.

We take pride in developing people and technology and believe that diverse perspectives strengthen our teams. Technical expertise matters, but your mindset matters just as much. You are structured, proactive, and collaborative, with a solution-oriented approach and the ability to manage multiple priorities. You communicate clearly, build strong relationships across stakeholder groups, and enjoy working with others to navigate complex challenges. If this sounds like you, you could be a great addition to our team.

How you will make a meaningful contribution

In this role, you will contribute to a range of tasks across your area of responsibility. Your key responsibilities include:

    • Draft, review, and negotiate contracts with customers, suppliers, and partners
    • Manage the full contract lifecycle from contract award through execution to close-out or handover
    • Monitor contract performance and ensure compliance with agreed terms, legal requirements, and applicable regulations
    • Act as the primary point of contact for contract-related matters and support the resolution of contractual issues, claims, and disputes
    • Contribute contractual expertise to tenders, bids, and proposals while driving improvements to contract management processes, templates, and governance.

Bring your expertise into play

To thrive in this role, we imagine that you bring some of the following qualifications:

    • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in law, business administration, engineering, or another relevant field
    • Minimum 3 years of experience within contract management, preferably from defense, aerospace, or other highly regulated industries
    • Strong skills in contract negotiation, drafting, and lifecycle management
    • Solid understanding of legal and regulatory frameworks within complex project environments and their commercial implications.
    • Good stakeholder management skills and a “can-do” attitude with the ability to get tasks done, including helping in areas not traditionally associated with the role in order to help the team.

Most importantly, we believe diverse experiences add value to our team and organization. Therefore, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all the above requirements.

As we are an international organization, it is important that you are fluent in English both in writing and verbal at a professional level.

Let’s secure people through advanced technology

We believe that different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds make us stronger. We are committed to creating a more diverse and balanced workplace that reflects the talent and perspectives around us. By creating an inclusive environment with equal opportunities to contribute, grow, and succeed, we aim to broaden our talent pool and strengthen our teams for the future. We want everyone to feel welcome, valued, and confident in pursuing their ambitions at Terma.

When joining Terma, we promise that you will experience great people, challenging tasks, and the opportunity to make an impact. Our culture is built on trust, collaboration, and knowledge sharing, where learning is embedded in everyday work and supported by colleagues across all career stages.

Benefits

International Environment: Explore great teamwork and professional sparring with colleagues around the world.

Flexible Working Hours: The option to work from home up to two days per week.

Comprehensive Benefits Package: Receive a 10% paid pension along with a beneficial health care and insurance package and paid internet connection at home. Enjoy discounts from various business partners.

Well-being Perks: Opportunity to enroll in our on-site massage-offer at our locations in Denmark.

Social and Professional Events: We have an active staff association that arranges a variety of social activities and events to bring all of our colleagues together.

Career Paths: Opportunities to grow your career in a direction that suits you, whether you prefer a specialist path or a leadership role.

We are all Terma - diverse in skills and equal in value. That is why we encourage all individuals to apply and are committed to ensuring that every employee has equal opportunities to succeed and feel respected and valued within our organization. To support an unbiased evaluation process, we kindly encourage applicants to omit personal details such as photos and age from their applications.

If you would like to take on the challenge of working in an innovative company, we look forward to receiving your application. A resume is required, while a cover letter is optional. To ensure that your application will reach us and is properly processed, we only accept applications via www.terma.com. Applications will be processed continuously.

Do you have any questions regarding the position?

Feel free to contact Hiring Manager on e-mail:DARD@terma.com


Bear in mind, that we need you to confirm that you can obtain a security clearance by the Danish Defense Intelligence Service, and that all adults in your household are not posing any risk to the related risk-evaluation. This entails among other issues:

    • That you have as a minimum stayed within NATO/EU/MISWG countries for the last 7 years only interrupted by short stays abroad, meaning less than 6 months, and 
    • That you have not committed serious criminal offences
 

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