Digital Procurement Solution Manager - CLM in London

We’re looking for a Digital Procurement Solution Manager to join us in London.

As a Digital Procurement Solution Manager - CLM, you will be instrumental in Liberty Blume’s Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) solution. You will work in tight collaboration with cross-functional teams including Legal, Privacy, Security to ensure that CLM technology powering our solution delivers enhanced efficiency and compliance.

This role requires deep expertise in contracting processes for buy-side as well as sell-side, streamlining contract review and negotiation workflows, optimizing approval hierarchies, integrating contract lifecycle with PR to PO, in-life contract management (incl. renewal, termination, novation etc.) and obligations management as well as setting up contract analytics to enable valuable contracting insights. You will own contract-related backlog items across multiple solutions, ensuring prioritization aligns with other Digital Procurement Solution Managers to maintain a cohesive approach to contract lifecycle management across the entire ecosystem (incl. orchestration, autonomous sourcing and contracted pricing integration).

In addition, you will closely collaborate with Legal and other adjacent functions to set-up and maintain clause library and availability of up-to-date templates timely refreshed to address evolving business objectives, maintain approval hierarchies and adjust as per the organization needs, draft and ensure execution of any contracting policies, procedures and guidelines.

The ideal candidate will be hard-working, motivated and resilient, with demonstrable experience working within a

fast paced, demanding service design/delivery environment. Relevant experience gained from a commercial legal and/or a leading procurement technology company or a leading in-house procurement CoE team. Understanding of commercial legal terms is beneficial.

What will you be doing?

• Own and evolve the Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) strategy and roadmap, ensuring it supports wider business objectives and stakeholder needs.
• Lead the end-to-end contracting experience, from contract request and system integration through to ongoing management, renewal and termination.
• Manage contract templates, clause libraries and contracting standards, partnering with Legal and other teams to maintain strong governance and compliance.
• Drive improvements to global contracting policies and processes, simplifying and standardising ways of working while introducing innovative approaches.
• Develop CLM reporting and analytics, providing actionable insights across contract performance, obligations, renewals, cycle times and value.
• Own the CLM solution backlog and configuration, translating business requirements into system enhancements and working across connected procurement and ERP platforms.
• Support client solutions and implementations, partnering with commercial and pre-sales teams to develop proposals and best-practice approaches.
• Champion innovation and AI, exploring technologies that improve contract review, negotiation, risk identification and data extraction.
• Lead change management, training and adoption, ensuring users are confident in CLM tools and processes.
• Work closely with Technology, Procurement, Finance, Legal, Risk and Compliance teams, as well as external technology partners, to deliver a seamless contracting experience.

We tend to look for people with:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in commercial law, business administration, supply chain management, or a related field. Advanced degree (i.e. Master’s, LLM) is desirable.
• Qualifications and/or experience in relation to project management/process improvement methodologies e.g. Agile, Lean Six Sigma preferred.
  

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave + buy 5 days
• Access to wellbeing and mental health benefits such as the Calm app, personal medical, critical illness cover and dental insurance, plus many more.
• Matched pension contribution up to 10%
• Life assurance & income protection
• Exclusive Virgin Media O2 products, employee discounts and cashback offers on thousands of brands
• Access to electric car scheme
• 24 hours paid volunteering leave

Who We Are

Liberty Blume, Liberty Global company, is a rapidly growing business services provider, specialising in tech-enabled back-office solutions. Our mission is to deliver efficiency, scale and value to our customers through Business, Procurement and Financial Solutions. If you’re curious, customer centric and enjoy being one step ahead, join us on our scale up journey and unlock your freedom to grow!

Liberty Global is an equal opportunity employer, committed to an inclusive environment and accommodating all candidates. We’re eager to hear from you, no matter your background.