Contractual Deal Strategy, Contracting and Risk Support Senior Manager -National_Office

Risk Manager

The National Office, a key strategic enabler in our new model, is comprised of professionals with various areas of focus that collectively provide mission critical services to support Deloitte's overall success. Whether focused on project financials, quality and risk management, methods and tools, sales excellence, talent, leadership support, or other activities, these professionals ensure that our firm operates efficiently, and our people are able to effectively serve clients every day.

Deloitte Consulting LLP's Quality and Risk Management group is seeking a Risk Manager with extensive experience in supporting deal and contract structuring, drafting customized contractual provisions and risk review, negotiations, operations, and operational aspects of professional services contracts.

Job functions include :

• Deal Support, Contracting, and Negotiations
• Assist with pursuit and contract review activities. Support our sales team with deal and contract structuring, as well as RFI / RFP / Proposals. Support the contracting cycle by drafting custom provisions and participating in negotiations.
• Intersect with various functions including sales, legal, finance, and delivery to act as a strategic advisor to help manage deal flow and to optimize sales and contracting cycles while navigating the firm's policies and requirements.
• Work closely with deal teams and legal in reviewing, advancing, and negotiating agreements such as master agreements, confidentiality agreements, subcontracts, and teaming agreements.
• Ongoing and Post Execution Risk Management and Contracting Support
• Assist with ongoing contracting, risk management, and mitigation support for ongoing contracting requirements - SOWs, change orders, amendments, renewals, and issue / dispute resolution.
• Work actively with account leadership and other stakeholder groups including the quality team to identify and help mitigate post-signature delivery and engagement risks.
• Promote and facilitate leadership discussions as needed beyond pursuit / engagement leaders in order to raise awareness and drive alignment at a more senior leadership level : Sector Lead, Offering Portfolio / Offering Lead, and Finance Leadership.
• Knowledge Management and Training Support
• Provide authoritative guidance to business teams around professional services contracting (including technology, managed services / outsourcing) and issue / risk resolution during delivery - all in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Proactively pursue, assess, and, where appropriate, advance firm's initiatives including in the areas of software, cloud, data analytics, operate services, generative AI, and privacy and security.
• Support strategic initiatives pertaining to development / updating of processes, tools, and templates to improve overall risk management and contracting practices and to help drive adoption of such processes, tools, and templates.

A successful candidate will possess these skills :

Qualifications required :

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $175,300 - $322,900. You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.