Contract Manager

Job description / Role

Job Description:
Mandatory Skills: - FIDIC, JCT, construction exp, claim mgmt. exp, arbitration, etc.

Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Contract Manager. In this position, you will oversee all Contract aspects for our Holding and all its subsidiaries. You safeguard the company’s reputation and ensure that we meet all regulatory guidelines. You will be responsible for all legal matters including contracts, frameworks, disputes. You will oversee all M&A and due diligence. Moreover, the primary responsibility would be for contract law based on FIDIC or JCT and regional experience administering or defending contracts and sub-contracts in construction engineering etc. exposure and experience in technology, service contracts and labor contracts would be a greatly added plus. Legal counsel experience derived in these matters would have to be from a conglomerate.

Responsibilities
Legal Advice and Counselling:
- Provide timely and strategic legal advice to the company’s leadership team on a broad range of legal issues.
- Analyze and interpret laws, regulations and policies affecting the organization.

Contract Drafting and Review:
- Draft, review and negotiate a variety of contracts, including vendor agreements, employment contracts, and commercial leases.
- Ensure that contracts align with the company’s policies and protect its interest.

Construction law background
Mandatory Skills:
- FIDIC, JCT, construction experience, claim management. experience, arbitration, etc.
- Experience in building construction.
- Years of experience - 10 - 15 years
- Strong knowledge of claim management

About the Company

Vistas Global is a diversified group of businesses with interests in technology (Vistas Global WLL, Momenta WLL), human capital, media (Vistas Media ME-FZ LLC), digital, food & beverage (Nushi, Haagen Dazs, Caliburger, Kamats), engineering (Vistas Security, Vistas Engineering) and real estate.

The group was founded by Suraj Thampi, an entrepreneur who pioneered the business process outsourcing concept in the Middle East in 1998. Having successfully built and sold three companies previously, Vistas is now his fourth venture in the region. In a short period of time, Vistas has emerged as one of the largest professional service companies in the region, employing over 1,300 people across 5 continents, 8 Offices and 5 Time Zones.