Contract Strategy & Management

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Why does this job exist and why is it critical?​

Overview

Responsible for developing and executing contract strategies for key IT vendors to maximise commercial value, optimise vendor performance, and mitigate contractual risks for Maxis. The role leads the end-to-end contract lifecycle, from tender strategy and contract negotiation to post-contract governance and vendor relationship management, ensuring alignment with Maxis's strategic and financial objectives.

What you'll do

Contract Lifecycle Management

• • Lead end‑to‑end contract management activities including drafting support, negotiation (with Procurement and Legal), execution, renewals, variations, and termination.
  • Manage high‑value, complex, or non‑standard IT contracts, ensuring commercial, legal, and operational risks are appropriately mitigated.
  • Ensure contracts comply with Maxis governance frameworks, delegated authority limits, and applicable Malaysian legal and regulatory requirements.
  • Maintain accurate and timely updates in contract repositories and systems.

Vendor & Commercial Management

• • Act as a key commercial counterpart to strategic technology vendors.
  • Monitor vendor performance against contractual obligations, SLAs, and KPIs, and drive remediation where required.
  • Support vendor governance forums, performance reviews, and escalation management.
  • Identify opportunities for cost optimisation, contract rationalisation, and commercial improvement.

Technology Sourcing & Outsourcing Support

• • Support technology outsourcing and managed services arrangements, ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory expectations.
  • Review and manage change requests, scope variations, and commercial impacts arising from technology delivery programs.
  • Support consolidation, renegotiation, and renewal strategies to maximise value from vendor engagements.

Governance, Risk & Compliance

• • Partner with Legal, Risk, Compliance, and Internal Audit teams on contractual risk management and audit readiness.
  • Ensure contracts meet third‑party risk, data protection, cybersecurity, and regulatory requirements.
  • Support regulatory, management, and audit reporting related to technology contracts and vendors.

Stakeholder Leadership & Reporting

• • Provide clear, structured contractual advice to senior stakeholders and project leadership teams.
  • Develop dashboards, summaries, and reports on contract status, risks, financial exposure, and vendor performance.
  • Influence outcomes through fact‑based, commercially sound recommendations.

What you need for this role:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Law, Procurement, or a related discipline
• Minimum 8–10 years experience in IT contract management, commercial management, or vendor management within a large organisation or complex technology environment.
• Strong exposure to technology contracts, including SaaS, cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, systems integration, or managed services.
• Solid understanding of Malaysian contract law and commercial practices.
• Proven experience managing complex negotiations, variations, and dispute‑related matters.
• Strong stakeholder management, analytical, and communication skills.
• Experience working with contract lifecycle management tools and collaboration platforms.

Added Advantage

• Professional certification (e.g. CCMP, Certified Contract Manager, or equivalent).
• Experience supporting large‑scale transformation or enterprise IT programs.
  

What’s next?

• Once you’ve applied online, our team will carefully review your application. Due to a high volume of applications, we appreciate your patience to allow for a fair and timely review process.
• Should you be shortlisted for the role, we will send you an invitation via email for a digital interview. You can also check on your application status by logging into your candidate account.

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