Senior Contracts Manager

Position Summary:

The Senior Manager, Contract Management plays a critical role in our ability to achieve our goals by creating, managing and maintaining strong relationships with business teams and establishing client and vendor contracts for those business teams. In this role, they will be responsible for contract negotiation, closeout, extension and renewal, and will communicate contractual changes and their context for the particular business to all stakeholders.

Essential functions of the job include but are not limited to:

• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating all the commercial agreements between the business and their clients and vendors, including master services agreements, consulting agreements, independent contractor agreements, confidentiality agreements, work orders, change orders and other client or vendor contracts, and escalating complex issues to the corporate legal
• Providing guidance to business teams, including periodic (in-person or virtual) training programs for business teams, regarding operational implications of contract terms and best practice process.
• Ensuring adherence to company policies, procedures and contracting
• Ensuring that the relevant leadership and business teams are apprised of the status of contract negotiations and execution (via a tracking database or other reporting).
• Coordinating execution of agreements and keeping track of expirations and other
• Assisting in the design and maintenance of contract files and
• Assisting in designing and implementing policies and procedures to effect the timely execution of
• Recognizing where processes can be improved and taking initiative to improve
• Other tasks, as

Qualifications:

Minimum Required:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of 7 years relevant experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, preferably in the life science or pharmaceutical industry

Other Required:

• Strong organizational skills and the ability to multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced environment, working on time-sensitive matters while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail
• Well-developed interpersonal skills
• Good judgment and a proactive and independent work style
• Proven ability to meet deadlines on multiple projects
• Ability to work cross-functionally with various team members at different levels of the organization
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs
• Must be able to read, write, speak fluently and comprehend the English language