Contracts Manager
Job Type
Full-time
Description
The Contracts Manager will report to the General Counsel & EVP, Compliance and will be responsible for supporting the contracting function across all of Nuvem’s business units, with a focus on supporting the Sales function.. The successful candidate will be able to provide creative, collaborative, and solution-oriented commercial legal support throughout the enterprise. The Contracts Manager will review, draft, and negotiate a wide range of contracts and provide recommendations for attorney review, where applicable. In addition, the person in this role will coordinate with attorneys to advise internal stakeholders on contractual rights and obligations and provide interpretation of terms and conditions. The successful candidate will also have the ability to coordinate with other stakeholders across the organization and identify and resolve collateral contract issues. This is a newly created position and responsibilities may evolve over time as the company grows.
- Independently review, draft, negotiate and manage a wide range of contracts (e.g., confidentiality agreements, consulting agreements, , SaaS agreements, master services agreements, , vendor agreements, business associate agreements, amendments, purchase orders).
- Maintain and periodically update, in collaboration with attorneys, the library of contract templates, legal playbooks, contract clause library, riders and alternative provisions.
- Maintain and track all contracts and applicable files through a contracts database (such as Salesforce) and other legacy systems.
- Administer and track contract lifecycle. Design, develop and maintain ongoing improvements to the contract management process and procedures, in conjunction with sales and operations counterparts.
- Ensures contracts accurately convey business terms while protecting Nuvem’s interests.
- Advise and troubleshoot on existing agreements under the supervision of attorneys.
- Define and prioritize risks and be able to communicate those risks to appropriate internal decision-makers for discussion and resolution.
- Provide support for additional legal task as assigned such as strategic transactions, data privacy initiatives, subpoenas, litigation, RFP responses, and other projects, as needed.
- Support contract operations and enforce data integrity by performing quality check and audits of archived contracts to ensure data is captured and properly tracked.
- Explore and potentially implement new technologies in support of scale and handling of increase in volume.
- Manage contract execution with tools such as Conga and/or DocuSign.
- Clean up and track historical contracts to ensure contract repository is up to date and accessible to all relevant users.
- Develop governance to implement contract template changes and process change requests.
- Partner with relevant internal stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve contracting process effectiveness and efficiency.
- Stay current on legal operations industry trends and developments and identify opportunities to implement best practices.
- Ability to travel on an as-needed basis.
EEO
Requirements
- BS/BA degree and 10 years of relevant contract management and/or legal operations experience.
- Demonstrated experience in contract drafting, negotiation, and contract lifecycle management.
- Strong computer skills with a working knowledge of MSFT Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams), Salesforce, Conga, DocuSign, and Adobe.
A Plus If You Bring Experience
- Implementing a CLM platform to automate, simplify, and streamline contracting processes
- Leveraging technology to streamline cross functional collaboration, or the administration, processing, compliance, and storage of contracts.
- Prior experience at a health care, life sciences, or SaaS company.
- Working knowledge of business and contract law principles and ability to read and interpret the types of contracts.
- Detail oriented with strong organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently, prioritize across a variety of projects and be a team player.
- Flexible and willing to learn new procedures and skill sets.
- Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to create new procedures and workflows.
- Excellent analytical skills and the ability to use data to measure results.
- Ability to earn trust and develop positive, professional relationships.