Sanofi

Sanofi

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Contract Manager IFF all genders

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Posted Oct 15, 2026

Role at a glance

Job function
Construction & Architecture Construction Administration & Project Controls
Salary
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Location
Frankfurt am Main
Employment
Full-time
Experience
Proven contract management experience on large-scale construction or capital projects (pharma, EPC, or comparable regulated industrial environments), ideally on the owner's side overseeing an EPCM or main contractor; comfortable dealing with both German and international construction contractors
Education
Bachelor's/Master's Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Construction Management or a related field...

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Role Summary

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The Contract Manager provides owner-side commercial and contractual oversight for a construction project, working with the EPCM partner, quantity surveyors, and project controls. The role supports the project from construction through commercial close-out.

What You'll Do

  • Provide governance and assurance over the EPCM partner’s contract management and assess its commercial positions, decisions, and reporting.
  • Work with owner-side quantity surveyors on measurement, valuation, cost checks, and independent assessment of contractor applications...
  • Review variations, change orders, and claims, and support negotiation and settlement.
  • Ensure contract commitments, changes, and payment milestones are reflected in project cost forecasts and change registers.
  • Monitor contractor performance and obligations, notices, warranties, securities, and insurances through contract close-out.
  • Identify and mitigate commercial and contractual risks, escalating significant exposure.

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Qualifications

A bachelor's or master's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Construction Management, or a related field is required, along with proven contract management experience on large-scale construction or capital projects in pharma, EPC, or comparable regulated industrial environments. The role calls for commercial and contractual judgment; change, claims, and negotiation capability; familiarity with German and international construction contract forms such as VOB/B and FIDIC; and fluency in German and English.

Required

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Construction Management, or a related field
  • Proven contract management experience on large-scale construction or capital projects in pharma, EPC, or comparable regulated industrial...
  • Comfort dealing with German and international construction contractors
  • Strong commercial and contractual judgment with a partnering mindset
  • Effective change, claims, and negotiation capability
  • Ability to work with quantity surveyors and project controls
  • Familiarity with German and international construction contract forms, such as VOB/B and FIDIC
  • Fluency in German and English

Preferred

  • Owner-side experience overseeing an EPCM or main contractor
  • Additional languages

Original job description

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About the job

Be part of a once-in-a-generation project that’s shaping the future of insulin. 

Sanofi is building a cutting-edge, fully automated insulin drug substance facility in Frankfurt – a bold investment that builds on our legacy of excellence in insulin manufacturing. This sustainable, next-gen biologics site will support the entire portfolio of insulins, from development to delivery. 

Join us at the forefront of this global transformation. As part of a cross-functional program team, you’ll help bring this facility to life – from early design and construction through to readiness for commercial manufacturing. Your work will help turn the miracles of science into reality for millions living with diabetes. 

Main responsibilities

  • Act as the owner's commercial and contractual authority across the construction lifecycle, providing governance and assurance over the contract management performed by our EPCM partner.
  • Build and sustain a strong, constructive partnership with the EPCM — challenging and validating their commercial positions, decisions, and reporting rather than duplicating their work.
  • Work closely with the owner's-side quantity surveyors on measurement, valuation, cost checking, and the independent assessment of contractor applications and claims.
  • Oversee change and claims management: review and test variations, change orders, and contractor claims to protect Sanofi's position, and support negotiation and settlement.
  • Ensure commitments, change orders, and payment milestones flow correctly from the contracts into the project cost forecast and change register, in step with project controls.
  • Provide owner assurance over contractor performance, obligations, notices, warranties, securities, and insurances, through to clean contract close-out.
  • Identify and mitigate commercial and contractual risk to the owner, escalating early where exposure warrants.

About you

  • Education/Experience: Bachelor's/Master's Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Construction Management or a related field is required; Proven contract management experience on large-scale construction or capital projects (pharma, EPC, or comparable regulated industrial environments), ideally on the owner's side overseeing an EPCM or main contractor; comfortable dealing with both German and international construction contractors
  • Soft and technical skills: Strong commercial and contractual judgement with a partnering mindset; effective change, claims, and negotiation capability; the ability to work hand-in-hand with quantity surveyors and project controls; familiarity with German and international construction contract forms (e.g. VOB/B — Vergabe- und Vertragsordnung für Bauleistungen, the German construction-contract standard — and FIDIC, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers forms); the confidence to hold a contractual line while keeping delivery moving.
  • Languages:Fluency in German and English (project language); additional languages welcome

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!

The salary range for this position is :€88.800,00 - €133.200,00

Final compensation will be determined based on demonstrated experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs.

Sanofi

About the company

Sanofi

Large Enterprise

Sanofi is a global healthcare leader committed to promoting health and well-being through the development of innovative medicines, vaccines, and therapeutic solutions. With a diverse portfolio that spans multiple therapeutic areas, including diabetes, oncology, and immunology, Sanofi is dedicated to addressing pressing health challenges and improving patient outcomes worldwide. Headquartered in France, the company employs over 100,000 individuals across more than 100 countries, fostering a culture of collaboration and scientific excellence to drive advancements in healthcare.