Contracts Lead (Legal)

Momentum is a collection of fast-growing service and technology companies built to power digital commerce for the world's largest brands. Our portfolio of companies are led by the brightest minds in the industry and are driven by technology, data, and insights.  Momentum Platform Services (MPS) is a strategic shared services group that is tightly integrated across the full Momentum portfolio providing shared systems, processes, and best practices to enable our portfolio companies to move quickly and gain competitive advantage - wherever it exists. 

We are currently hiring a Contracts Lead in our Dallas office. The Contracts Lead will support the Momentum group of companies which includes PMG Worldwide, Koddi, Further, Momentum Commerce, and Shipyard (www.momentum.com).   This position reports to the Director of Contracts.  The successful candidate will be an experienced and highly driven contracts professional that is looking for a high volume, fast paced role in a high growth, dynamic environment.  In this position you will draft, negotiate, and administer a wide variety of contracts and assist in developing contract processes and procedures. 

Candidates must have at least 5 years of experience reviewing, drafting, and editing a diverse range of contracts. Experience with media and advertising contracts a plus.

Position is based in Dallas, TX, and can be either fully on-site or hybrid (at least 3 days per week in-office).  

Responsibilities:

• Review, draft, and edit a variety of commercial contracts including confidentiality agreements, insertion orders, procurement contracts, consulting agreements, marketing partner agreements, professional service agreements, and SAAS Agreements
• Help to manage contract lifecycle management system
• Support research and analysis requests from other legal colleagues, as well as M&A due diligence
• Respond to questions regarding contract interpretation and provide clear, concise, and thorough analysis and escalate to senior legal colleagues where appropriate.
• Manage and support of templates, policies, procedures, and various projects in support of the legal team's strategic goals and needs
• Delivery of contracting services to the business units in compliance with agreed service levels

Skills & Experience:

• 5+ years of relevant work experience
• Experience with technology and/or digital media contracts a plus
• Ability to work with a variety of business stakeholders across legal, finance, sales, and client services
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Strong drafting skills, with the ability to turn routine, standard commercial concepts into contractual language
• Experience working in a high volume contracts environment balancing speed with quality of output 
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment and under time constraints and deadlines
• A high level of discretion, integrity, and confidentiality
• A team player with strong interpersonal and collaboration skills
• Prior experience working within a CLM
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, Outlook, and Excel
• J.D. a plus
• Eager to grow and learn

In alignment with our core values to be inclusive and always change for the better, MPS is committed to creating a more diverse and inclusive culture, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe we only change for the better by bringing different people to our company. MPS recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.