Commercial and Contracts Manager

Working arrangements

Please note this role does offer hybrid working, our model sets out a minimum 60% onsite / 40% home working split.

Overview

The Commercial team supports the business to optimise our relationships with partners, collaborators and customers whilst protecting Tokamak Energy’s interests and securing the business’s future success.

As the Contracts and Commercial Manager you will play a crucial role in drafting and negotiating agreements across the breadth of business activities, which may range from securing funding opportunities to providing services to customers. Within this varied role, you will also help shape the company contracting strategy and procedures to enable efficient and consistent solutions to complex contracting scenarios. You will be closely involved with a number of projects from an early stage to facilitate understanding of the primary business objectives and to help to shape our third party relationships through a commercial and contractual lens. You will aid in ensuing ongoing compliance with existing contracts by providing support to a variety of teams.

This role is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the success of Tokamak Energy and the wider clean energy sector.

In this role, you will:

• Draft and negotiate a wide range of contracts, including MOUs, Collaboration Agreements, Sales Agreements, Purchasing Agreements, and Research Agreements
• Negotiate bespoke agreements for strategic opportunities
• Develop a detailed understanding of the business, using this to efficiently and effectively negotiate contracts
• Use knowledge of law to develop pragmatic and creative solutions balancing risk, resource, and delivery
• Engage stakeholders across the businesses at the appropriate level, building and maintaining strong relationships with multiple individuals and teams
• Work with teams across the business to prioritize, set expectations and manage demand
• Assist in the development and implementation of policies, procedures and ways of works relating to contracting
• Assist in the evolution of our template contracts
• Contribute to training on contracts both across the company and within the team
• Opportunities to take on line management responsibilities based on performance and skills set

Requirements

• Relevant degree or qualification within legal discipline, or equivalent experience
• Detailed understand of contract law, with complementary knowledge in other fields
• Demonstratable experience in application of law to business scenarios and developing commercially focused solutions
• Experience negotiating across a diverse range of contracts
• Advanced skills in legal research and application of research to complex scenarios
• Excellent attention to detail and analysis skills
• Highly organised with extensive experience independently prioritising and driving delivery to deadlines
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in an agile setting
• Proactive attitude and a drive to excel
• Good understanding of, and experience with agreements with a heavy emphasis on intellectual property rights is desirable
• Experience in a rapidly evolving company or on pre-commercialisation projects is desirable

• Salary dependent on skills and experience and will be discussed from the outset

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Discretionary 3-day festive break depending on business needs
• Eligible for discretionary performance related bonus
• Share options scheme
• Pension scheme
• Financial benefits – including; group life insurance, critical illness, health cash plan and discount scheme 
• Innovation and Merit bonuses
• Investment in training and development to support career progression
• Opportunity to work on and contribute to world class innovation

Company background

What if there was a limitless, safe, clean, low-cost energy source, providing much needed global energy security?  What if that energy source could also help address climate change?  The answer is fusion energy – the power of the stars. Tokamak Energy is a leading global commercial fusion energy company based near Oxford with have an unrivalled track record designing and operating spherical tokamaks; the optimal route to commercial fusion.

In addition to fusion, Tokamak Energy is recognised as a world leader in transformative High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) magnet technology. Our dedicated HTS magnet team, in collaboration with key manufacturing partners, is focussed on enabling new levels of performance and becoming the leading supplier of HTS magnets to multiple markets, including renewable energy, medicine, science and propulsion in water, land, air and space. 

The company, founded in 2009 as a spin-off from UK Atomic Energy Authority, currently employs a growing team of over 260 people with experts from the UK and around the world.  It combines world leading scientific, engineering, industrial and commercial capabilities.  The company has more than 75 families of patent applications and has raised $335 million, comprising $275m from private investors and $60m from the UK and U.S. governments.  Our U.S. subsidiary, Tokamak Energy Inc, was established in 2019.

Come and be a part of a dynamic and innovative team striving to provide a solution to one of humanity’s greatest challenges: clean and sustainable fusion energy for all.

Important information for candidates

Pre-employment screening

Please note that the appointment of the successful candidate will be subject to standard pre-employment screening, as applicable to the post. This will include right-to-work, proof of identity and references.

Data privacy

Please note that any personal data submitted to Tokamak Energy as part of the job application process will be processed in accordance with the GDPR and related UK data protection legislation, for more information regarding GDPR please see:  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation

Equality of opportunity

Entry into employment with the Tokamak Energy and progression within employment will be determined only by personal merit and the application of criteria which are related to the duties of each post and the relevant salary structure. In all cases, ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration. No applicant or member of staff shall be discriminated against because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.