Contract Manager – OFCI Procurement (Data Centers)
Job description
Contract Manager – OFCI Procurement responsible for the commercial strategy, negotiation, and administration of OFCI equipment contracts for data center projects, protecting the owner's commercial position across high-value, long-lead equipment packages. The role partners with procurement, legal, finance, and project teams to manage supplier contracts from tender through close-out.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote
What you'll do
- Develop commercial and contractual strategies for OFCI equipment packages
- Lead commercial negotiations with equipment suppliers and manufacturers
- Draft, review, and finalize supply agreements, purchase orders, and amendments
- Ensure clear allocation of risk related to delivery, performance, escalation, and force majeure
- Align contract structures with project cash flow and financing requirements
- Negotiate pricing models, payment milestones, retention, and security instruments
- Manage price escalation, indexation, currency exposure, and tax considerations
- Support cost forecasting, cash flow planning, and budget compliance
- Review and approve supplier invoices and payment applications
- Define and enforce liquidated damages, delay remedies, and performance guarantees
- Manage contract variations, change orders, and commercial impacts
- Support claims avoidance and resolution with suppliers
- Coordinate dispute resolution activities where required
- Administer OFCI contracts throughout engineering, manufacturing, and delivery phases
- Issue contractual notices, correspondence, and approvals in line with contract terms
- Ensure compliance with internal procurement policies and approval authorities
- Maintain accurate and auditable contract records
- Act as the primary commercial interface with OFCI equipment vendors
- Support procurement and project teams during bid evaluations and award decisions
- Coordinate with legal, finance, tax, and insurance stakeholders
- Participate in supplier performance reviews and escalation meetings
- Monitor contractual delivery milestones and long-lead commitments
- Support mitigation strategies for supplier delays or capacity constraints
- Ensure commercial alignment between OFCI supply contracts and installation contractors
- Manage contract closeout, final settlements, and release of securities
What we're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Law, Engineering, or related field
- 8+ years of experience in contract or commercial management on capital projects
- Strong experience with supplier negotiations and contract administration
- Proven track record managing high-value, long-lead equipment contracts
- Experience in data center or mission-critical infrastructure projects
- Experience with NetSuite and procurement workflow tools — PR/PO lifecycle, vendor setup, item/category master data
- Comfortable working with large procurement datasets and reconciling figures across multiple systems (ERP vs procurement tool vs vendor records)
- Commercial negotiation and risk allocation
- Contract drafting and administration
- Cost control and cash flow management
- Claims and change management
- Strong stakeholder communication
Nice to have
- Experience with international procurement and multi-currency contracts
- Familiarity with standard contract forms (FIDIC or equivalent)
- Exposure to large-scale, owner-led or EPCM project models
Your team
OFCI Procurement
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Career growth and learning opportunities
- Flexibility and ownership
- Collaborative and innovative culture
- Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects
- International environment and talented teams
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About Nebius
Leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy
Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy. We are building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of building large in-house AI/ML infrastructure. Built by engineers, for engineers. From large-scale GPU orchestration to inference optimization, we own the hard problems across compute, storage, networking and applied AI.
Mission
Building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of building large in-house AI/ML infrastructure.
Key facts
- 1,500+
- Amsterdam
- AI cloud infrastructure
- Listed on Nasdaq (NBIS)
- Headquartered in Amsterdam
- Global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, the UK, North America and Israel
- Team of 1,500+ includes hundreds of engineers with deep expertise across hardware, software and AI R&D
What they value
- Fast moving
- Bold thinking
- Constant growth
- Meaningful impact
- Trust and real ownership
- Opportunity to shape the future of AI