Contracts Manager (Central Function)

• Contracts leadership on data centre or major capital projects is essential

• Deep experience of construction contracting models and standard forms across international markets

• A strong record in negotiation and claims management on complex builds

• Experience working across multiple jurisdictions and governing to standard

• Sound commercial judgement under delivery pressure

• The credibility to lead functionally across embedded project teams

• Willingness to travel across sites

  REQ-110

Volta is the category-defining, fully vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform - from capital to clusters to software, under a founder-led enterprise. Our mission is The Utility of Compute™: AI infrastructure as dependable and available as electricity, for every organization that needs it. Launched with a $10B strategic partnership with one of the leading frontier AI labs, a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, and a $5B AI Infrastructure Fund, Volta is building the infrastructure layer of the AI era from the ground up. We are 100+ people across London, Palo Alto, and New York, with rapid growth expectations to hundreds.

The Contracts Manager owns how Volta contracts for its fleet. You will set the contracting strategy and standards used across every project, and lead the contracts leads embedded in each project team through a functional line.

From contracting models and standard forms to negotiation, claims and commercial governance, this role makes sure Volta builds on terms that protect the business and keep projects moving.

• Own Volta's contracting strategy across general contractor, package and vendor agreements

• Set standard contract forms, flow-downs and commercial terms across the fleet

• Lead major negotiations alongside procurement and project leadership

• Provide functional leadership to the contracts leads embedded in each project team

• Build claims avoidance practice and manage disputes when they arise

• Run commercial governance, delegations and approvals across projects

• Keep contracting standards compliant across multiple jurisdictions

• Train and develop commercial capability across the delivery organisation

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