Microsoft

Senior Contracts Manager

Microsoft • $97K — $188K *
Cheyenne, WY 82001In-Person
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Qualifications

  • Master's or Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or related field with relevant experience in supply chain processes
  • 3-6+ years of experience in end-to-end supply chain functions
  • Certification in Six Sigma preferred
  • Category Management experience in relevant key categories desired
  • Demonstrated experience leading commercial negotiations at the enterprise level
  • Technical ability to write contracts and develop sourcing plans
  • Excellent communication and influencing skills across organizational levels

Responsibilities

  • Integrate complex specifications into RFI and RFP processes
  • Lead RFP readiness with compliance checks and commercial alignment
  • Coordinate timely issuance of RFPs across multiple workstreams
  • Manage contract execution and compliance with terms and governance
  • Identify and mitigate risks to contract execution
  • Educate stakeholders on procurement policy compliance
  • Lead contract review meetings with internal and external partners

Benefits

  • Opportunity for continuous improvement in contract management processes
  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams
  • Exposure to high-value engagements and complex commercial negotiations
  • Development of strategic supplier relationships and programs
  • Access to Microsoft’s procurement and contracting policy education
  • Participation in a dynamic, growth-oriented company culture
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

Pre-Award & Contract Set-Up
  • Integrate business specifications for complex purchasing areas into Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposal (RFP) processes
  • Independently lead RFP readiness by reviewing contract documents for completeness, commercial alignment, and compliance with AGC-specific government supply chain requirements
  • Coordinate timely issue of RFPs in line with program schedules across multiple concurrent workstreams
  • Drive closure of technical and commercial deviations prior to contract award, escalating to senior leadership where appropriate
  • Lead bid evaluations, contract strategy development, and negotiation preparation for complex, high-value engagements
  • Partner closely with cost, procurement, legal, engineering, and project teams to shape and support award decisions

Post-Award Contract Management
  • Manage contracts through execution, ensuring compliance with contractual terms, governance requirements, and U.S. government supply chain integrity standards
  • Lead administration of change orders and variations, maintaining clear entitlement positions and protecting Microsoft's commercial interests
  • Review, approve, and where required draft contractual correspondence - including notices, cure letters, non-compliance letters, and formal communications
  • Monitor contractor performance against contractual obligations, milestones, KPIs, and commercial commitments; drive corrective action when performance gaps emerge
  • Support resolution of billing, valuation, payment, and invoicing issues in collaboration with cost and finance teams
  • Maintain rigorous contract records and ensure data integrity in contract management systems

Change, Claims & Risk Management
  • Identify risks and roadblocks to contract execution and drive action internally and/or externally to resolve and/or escalate as appropriate
  • Coordinate review of Time Impact Analyses (TIAs), extension-of-time requests, and schedule recovery measures; develop Microsoft's commercial position on each
  • Lead dispute avoidance strategies and drive resolution of complex commercial issues, escalating to legal and senior leadership where required
  • Identify and proactively mitigate contractual, commercial, and supply chain risks throughout program delivery
  • Ensure compliance with insurance, bonding, parent company guarantees, and other contractual risk controls
  • Apply structured risk-based decision-making to balance schedule, cost, quality, and contractual exposure

Policy, Compliance & Governance
  • Ensure adherence to Microsoft procurement and contracting policy; educate stakeholders and suppliers on policy compliance; manage the remediation and resolution of sourcing issues
  • Analyze root causes of compliance and execution issues, and influence change internally and externally to address them
  • Identify opportunities to adapt policy as needed to mitigate risk and better enable suppliers to meet business requirements
  • Ensure consistency, timeliness, quality, and accuracy of deliverables, and ensure Procurement stakeholders are aware of SLAs and defined milestone and deliverable terms
  • Communicate delays to Procurement stakeholders, and independently propose and execute contingency measures


Stakeholder & Site Engagement
  • Lead regular commercial and contract review meetings with contractors and internal stakeholders at the program level
  • Act as the principal commercial interface between site delivery teams, the Contracts function, legal, procurement, suppliers, and cross-functional partners
  • Provide clear, structured commercial updates to the Contracts leadership team, program leadership, and AGC business stakeholders
  • Influence senior managers and engineering leads to adopt contract management best practices and ensure consistent commercial discipline across the program portfolio

Closeout & Continuous Improvement
  • Manage contract closeout activities, ensuring all contractual deliverables, warranties, and obligations are satisfied
  • Lead final account settlement, release of retentions, lien resolution, and documentation handover
  • Drive continuous improvement in contract management processes, tools, templates, and execution practices across the AGC program portfolio
  • Share lessons learned and contribute to playbooks, training, and the broader CO+I contracts community of practice


Qualifications

Required Qualifications
  • Master's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years experience in end-to-end supply chain processes (e.g., planning, sourcing, logistics, fulfillment) and working across functions to deliver program outcomes OR Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years experience in end-to-end supply chain processes (e.g., planning, sourcing, logistics, fulfillment) and working across functions to deliver program outcomes OR equivalent experience.


Other Requirements
  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
  • Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Master's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years experience in end-to-end supply chain processes (e.g., planning, sourcing, logistics, fulfillment) and working across functions to deliver program outcomes OR Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years experience in end-to-end supply chain processes (e.g., planning, sourcing, logistics, fulfillment) and working across functions to deliver program outcomes OR equivalent experience.
  • Certification in Six Sigma.
  • Category Management experience in one or more key categories including General Contractors, Mechanical & Electrical Equipment, Construction Services, Operations Services, AND/OR Systems.
  • Demonstrated experience leading complex commercial negotiations and contract execution at the enterprise level.
  • Skilled project management experience plus exceptional communication and influencing skills.
  • Experience with global and regional planning and development.
  • Strong commercial understanding and experience driving and developing contracts on key categories (Mechanical & Electrical Equipment, Power Generation, Construction Services, Operations Services).
  • Experience collaborating with key stakeholders to jointly develop and implement category strategies that drive efficiencies, improve performance delivery, and reduce costs.
  • Experience developing and enhancing supplier relationships, including strategic supplier development programs.
  • Data-driven mindset to support continuous improvement and accurate reporting; proficiency with spend analytics and category management tooling.
  • Growth mindset to explore new technologies, new ways of working, and new contracting methods.
  • Knowledge of the data center industry and experience managing a variety of project delivery methods - ability to lead a project team in defining risk and developing the appropriate contracting and compensation approach.
  • Technical ability to write contracts; ability to set up sourcing plans and negotiation strategies and execute them.
  • Excellent communicator who can interact with diverse groups across organizational levels, including executive leadership.
  • Familiarity with common process improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, etc.) and ability to facilitate change management.
  • Ability to implement new processes and gain buy-in from cross-functional teams.


Supply Chain Program Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $97,600 - $188,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $125,000 - $206,400 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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Size
181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
NASDAQ
MSFT
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