Contracts Manager (m/w/d)

Job Description

Position: Contracts Manager

Location: Nashville, TN

Overview: Silicon Ranch develops, builds, owns, and operates utility-scale solar energy projects, and the agreements behind those projects are how our work gets done. As Contract Manager, you are the commercial owner of the contracts that bring our projects to life. This includes EPC and construction services agreements, consulting agreements, and professional services agreements. You will lead sourcing and negotiation, manage supplier relationships and performance, and identify and mitigate commercial risk, all in close partnership with our Legal, Engineering, Finance, and Delivery teams.

This is a hands-on commercial role for someone who enjoys both the deal and the disciplined follow-through that makes a contract perform.

Main Responsibilities

Sourcing & RFP process

• Lead the RFI/RFP process end to end: build bid/solicitation packages with engineering, finance, project management, and development, and ensure complete, accurate bid documents.
• Facilitate pre-bid meetings and manage communication with bidders throughout the solicitation.
• Drive competitive sourcing that delivers cost savings and maximizes the value of spend.

Bid evaluation & award

• Coordinate cross-functional bid evaluation and lead bid analysis across price, schedule, scope, and commercial risk.
• Coordinate and lead internal and external bid review meetings and present award recommendations to leadership.

Negotiation & contracting

• Serve as the external communicator in negotiations with contractors and suppliers, leading negotiations and making commercial recommendations.
• Identify and mitigate commercial and contractual risks.
• Draft, redline, and negotiate commercial terms and conditions partnering with Legal and other departments.
• Maintain a library of standard templates, fallback positions, and a negotiation playbook in coordination with Legal.
• Coordinate contract execution: signature routing, execution, and distribution of fully executed agreements.

Supplier & risk management

• Identify, prequalify, and onboard new vendors; maintain qualification and approved-supplier status.
• Manage EPC/supplier performance through scorecards and periodic business reviews.
• Identify and mitigate commercial and contractual risk across the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of contract management, commercial, or procurement experience, including at least 2 years working directly with EPC or construction contracts.
• Experience in utility-scale renewable energy, power, infrastructure, heavy civil, or large construction/EPC; utility-scale solar or renewables preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading commercial negotiations of high-value EPC, construction, or supply agreements.
• Hands-on experience drafting, redlining, and administering commercial agreements, with working command of key commercial terms (payment/milestones, LDs, warranties, indemnification, limitation of liability, insurance, change orders, termination).
• Familiarity with EPC/construction services agreement structures.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with delivery, engineering, finance, development, and legal teams.
• Bachelor's degree in construction management, business, finance, supply chain, engineering, economics, or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Preferred: relevant certification (NCMA CPCM/CFCM, ISM CPSM, or PMP).

Our interview process

A typical interview process at Silicon Ranch might include the below stages. Please note that we may make changes to these steps as needed, and details will be provided to you early on in the process.

1. Introductory Interview with our recruiter
2. Hiring Manager Interview to dive into technical skills and behavioral questions
3. Panel Interview to assess cross-functional skills and dive deeper into technical skills
4. Executive Interview to answer high-level questions about SRC and the team