Contracts Manager Jobs

In the world of energy, no area is more exciting than large-scale energy storage. From a few installations a decade ago to a market Barclays Bank says is “likely to approach the trillions,” energy storage makes wind and solar available around the clock. Invinity is taking a leading role by providing a safe, reliable, and economical alternative to conventional storage solutions.

Invinity Energy Systems, a public company trading on the London Stock Exchange, produces batteries that do not suffer the short life, fire risk and materials scarcity that hold back solutions powered by lithium-ion batteries. Invinity’s flow batteries store energy in a water-based electrolyte using vanadium, a widely available element proven in energy storage for decades. Invinity has commercial projects in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, with significant operations in Bathgate and Vancouver and offices in London and San Francisco.

We are looking for people with a passion for renewable energy to join us. People love working at Invinity because we are empowered to make a meaningful impact. We’re small enough that every team member plays a critical role in our daily business, but large enough that the batteries we build are being deployed at significant scale in landmark clean energy projects around the world.

Invinity is committed to providing equal opportunities in the workplace and follows a comprehensive Equal Opportunities Policy to ensure all employees are valued and can reach their full potential.

The energy transition means, fundamentally, a push toward electrification using renewable energy. Renewable energy’s intermittent nature is tamed by energy storage, and not just any storage, but large-scale, long-duration and robust stationary energy storage. That’s where Invinity comes in. We make flow batteries that store energy in a liquid electrolyte containing vanadium. Invinity’s vanadium flow batteries are highly advanced versions of this proven technology, deployed today in large-scale projects internationally.

Invinity is seeking a Contracts Manager to facilitate and execute our sales contracting process as well as support the execution of other legal agreements regarding confidentiality, grant funding and partnerships, among others. This individual will assist in establishing in-house standards, reviewing, redlining, and negotiation of agreements. The Contract Manager will establish and manage a standardized workflow for legal documents. The individual will be highly organized, detail oriented, and comfortable in negotiating with customers and counterparts.

Responsibilities

• Review, prepare, and negotiate commercial agreements, including contracts for sale and service, reseller agreements, partnerships/JVs, grant funding agreements, and NDAs.
• Inform internal contract performance and risk management processes.
• Establish and maintain a contracting workflow for standardized template documents, managing redlines, contract execution, and document management.
• Coordinate negotiations and redlining of agreements both through verbal and written communications and between Invinity and counterpart representatives.
• Develop and manage relationships with outside counsel.
• Serve as principal advisor on contract-related matters to Invinity’s Commercial group, including Sales, Business Development and Executive teams.
• Develop and implement standardized procedures for hand-off of executed agreements to operations, finance and project management teams within Invinity.
• Manage final execution of agreements.

• Minimum 10 years of experience with the review, preparation, negotiation and monitoring of commercial contracts in a relevant organizational context.
• Ability to manage multiple contracting efforts, in multiple regions, simultaneously.
• Excellent analytical skills, effective written and oral communication skills, effective negotiation skills and strong interpersonal skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Ability to adapt to rapidly changing priorities.
• Ability to support a global Commercial Team.
• Familiarity with a wide array of legal documents and contractual agreements, including NDAs, consulting agreements, contracts for sale and partnership agreements.
• High level of professionalism and motivation, and ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Desirable Experiences and Qualifications

• Experience in working in energy industry and with renewable energy project developers.
• Experience working in a high-growth company in an emerging market.
• Experience with contracting for renewable energy projects or energy equipment sales highly desired.
• Degree in law, business or engineering.