Contract Management Enablement Lead

Future Fund Management Agency • Full-time • Melbourne, Australia • 4d ago

About Future Fund

At the Future Fund, we’re for future minds – like yours. The new investors and creators who thrive on different thinking and doing it together. Those who glimpse opportunity before it strikes and step up every day to grab it.

The Future Fund is Australia's Sovereign Wealth Fund, managing over $310 billion across seven public asset funds with the same purpose: growing Australia’s future. We are a global investor and work closely with world leading investment organisations to access the best investment ideas.

Where others see challenges, we see more interesting investment experiences. Every person, every skillset, every mindset is an asset. We’ve got every future generation to consider, yet our approach to investing is incredibly pure: we think about it deeply, and daily. Ours is a culture where great people grow the future together, with the rare ability to work collaboratively, think freely, and make a real difference.

Are you Futureminded? Let’s create what’s next.

The Opportunity

Join the Future Fund’s Procurement team as a Contract Management Enablement Lead for an 18 month Fixed Term Contract. This is a key role within the Risk, Enablement & Finance (REF) Business Unit. This is a unique opportunity to design and embed an enterprise wide Supplier Contract Management (SCM) capability that will materially uplift contract management maturity across the Agency. You will play a central role in strengthening value realisation, compliance, risk management, and supplier performance, while helping position Procurement as a strategic partner that enables the agency to focus on investing. This role is ideal for an experienced procurement or contract management professional who thrives in complex environments, enjoys building capability from the ground up, and can influence across a large organisation without formal authority.

Key Responsibilities

Design, implement, and lead an enterprise wide Supplier Contract Management (SCM) framework, including templates, controls, governance, and enabling systems.
Uplift contract management capability and maturity across business units through practical guidance, standards, and engagement. Directly manage a select number of complex, strategic supplier contracts to demonstrate best practice and deliver measurable outcomes.
Establish and maintain a consolidated view of all supplier contracts and associated metadata Future Fund.
Scope, assess, and support the selection of potential Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) systems.
Work collaboratively with stakeholders across the Agency to understand current ways of working, business objectives, and risk considerations.
Contribute to the broader uplift of Procurement as a strategic function, balancing policy, governance, and commercial outcomes.

About You

Ideally, a qualified procurement professional holding a recognised certification such as CIPS or WorldCC.
Demonstrated experience across procurement functions, including proven leadership capability in complex environments.
Proven experience managing end to end procurement activities, including strategy development, tendering, evaluation, negotiation, and contract execution.
Experience developing and delivering functional procurement strategies or leading significant improvement initiatives across an organisation.
Strong capability in influencing senior leaders and key stakeholders, aligning procurement outcomes with organisational needs.
Extensive experience partnering with internal stakeholders to understand business requirements, solve complex problems, and align procurement solutions.
Demonstrated ability to build strong working relationships with key partner functions such as Legal and Risk to streamline processes and achieve shared objectives.
Experience managing supplier performance and continuous improvement, including developing and maintaining effective supplier relationships.
Proven capability driving process improvement and maturity uplift, embedding best practice procurement approaches across an organisation.
Experience operating in complex environments with multiple, interdependent initiatives, ideally within a government, financial, or investment context.

Please note that this opportunity is only open to Australian Citizens.

We Are For Everyone

At Future Fund, we are better for our differences. Every person, every skillset, every mindset is an asset. We want everyone to feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work. Which is why we’re looking for future minds like yours. Your past experiences help us expand our collective knowledge, add value and create something better. When doing your job means Australia has more money to invest in renewables, education, healthcare and medical breakthroughs – there’s a tangible impact to what we do. And we want you to be part of it.

Are you Futureminded? Learn more about us at our LinkedIn Life page.

The Future Fund acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters on which we live and work. We pay respect to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as we work to create meaningful change for reconciliation.

Job Posting End Date

15/03/2026