4 months contract

The Global Legal Services team supports the legal team on a variety of transactional and substantive tasks. This worldwide team comprises contract management professionals who handle the work for the entire client base and net new accounts. The team manages a high volume of requests and interacts with several cross-functional teams.
 
Responsibilities
? Negotiating, structuring, and/or administrating contractual documents that establish business relationships with vendors, customers and/or partners
? Work with sales and service teams as well as the legal department to structure contracts
? Analyze contracts to ensure compliance to company policy, government specifications and other requirements
? Manage workflow for contract review process for a variety of contract types, beginning with receipt of requests for contract generation through routing for signatures and final distribution
? Assist with maintenance and improvements of contracts management processes and system as well as implementation and enforcement of contract policies
? Coordinate with cross-functional teams during contract review, acting as a key contact for the legal department by providing guidance on commonly requested edits, non-standard terms, policies, questions, etc.
? Review proposed modifications to contracts and work with internal business partners and third parties to negotiate terms and acquire approvals for modifications as required
? Draft and revise contract wording to address various situations as they arise
? Maintain processes between the legal department and other groups, collaborating to continually improve the contracts administration process
? Provide administrative and other support to in-house legal staff, including research, correspondence and record-keeping
? Complete assigned projects as determined by needs of the business and department
 
Requirements
English advanced B2+ 85-90%
3+years of experience managing contracts (including drafting and negotiation) in a corporate environment
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent 
Experience in a legal department or a law firm is a strong plus
Proficient in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Experience with a contract management system, i.e. Apttus
Experience with electronic signature software, i.e. EchoSign, Docusign
Ability to set priorities, be flexible and handle multiple tasks, and to track and follow up on projects
Detail oriented, meticulous and strong organizational skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills while working collaboratively in a team environment
Ability to work independently with minimum supervision, shift focus, adapt to
changing priorities, maintain patience in high pressure situations and take initiative where appropriate
Ability to work on short and long-term projects
Able and comfortable working with contract redlines
Excellent customer service skills
Courteous, flexible, highly organized, competent and reliable, proactive and uses independent judgment
A third language in addition to English and Spanish is a plus.