Contracts Manager

Job Summary

The Contracts Manager is a hands-on, high visibility role that will require extensive experience across the entire spend management life cycle. The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading the development, negotiation, interpretation and administration of complex international procurement contracts and associated governance across the enterprise. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional English communication skills, strong contract interpretation and negotiation experience, sound business judgment, and the ability to operate independently while partnering closely with U.S or EU based legal.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with legal, procurement, HR, and other business stakeholders to manage contractual risk, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive standardized contract practices that support organizational objectives.
• Provide oversight and strategic guidance for the company covering all supplier contracts from a legal and business perspective.
• Partner with sourcing managers to support contract negotiations with suppliers to secure favorable terms and conditions. Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a wide variety of agreements, including Master Services Agreements (MSA), Software, SaaS, and technology agreements, NDAs, and etc.
• Assist with the administration of the CLM tool for all procurement contracts and support any process improvement initiatives around CLM with the procurement contracts council.
• Assist in the development and implementation of contract management policies and procedures. Liaise with the internal legal team as needed for complex legal matters.
• Maintain accurate contract records and manage contracts through CLM tools.
• Lead RFx initiatives which includes requirements development with the stakeholders, preparation of supplier communications/meetings, scoring, summaries, and other documents, and supplier selection/award process.
• Analyze contractual risks and develop practical risk-mitigation strategies.
• Interpret contract provisions and provide clear guidance to internal legal, contracts and business stakeholders regarding rights, obligations, and compliance requirements.
• Cost and Value Optimization - Identify opportunities for cost savings and value optimization through strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Risk management - Collaborate with vendor security and legal/data ethics teams on any supplier or partner party suppliers risks issues. Identify and mitigate risks associated with the supply chain, including potential disruptions and compliance issues.

Requirements

• Foundational knowledge in contract management and 5+ years industry experience working as a contracts manager, commercial counsel or senior paralegal supporting procurement team with legal expertise.
• Working knowledge of Indian contract and commercial law, and comfort handling agreements governed by US, English or EU law with support from local counsel.
• Sourcing expertise: deft negotiator, understands data and spreadsheets, and ability to drive positive change and build strong stakeholder relationships as a trusted advisor.
• Good sense of humor and unflinching attention to detail and willingness to roll-up sleeves and do both tactical and high level strategic work.
• Close partnership with the Legal department.
• Strong written and verbal communication, cross-cultural collaboration and relationship management skills.
• Comfortable working in a hybrid model from our Hyderabad office, with a regular overlap into US Pacific hours.

Bonus Points

• Strong technology background and able to navigate new systems and tools as both a user and administrator.
• Demonstrated experience collecting and analyzing data, applying principles of financial analysis, aptitude in decision making.
• Proven ability to engage and influence senior business leadership in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• High customer centricity, business acumen and ambition to contribute towards enhancing the overall domain of program management for contingent workforce and supplier inclusion project management and process improvement background with exceptional analytical, organization, and problem solving skills; use data to drive recommendations.
• Experience with relevant tools such as IronClad (or other comparable CLMs), Zip, Workday and other specific procurement software.