Assistant Manager - Contract Management

You will be responsible for reviewing and summarizing a variety of commercial contracts with third parties/service providers, ranging from low to high complexity. This includes contracts such as Master Services Agreements, Procurement Agreements, Manufacturer Agreements, Distributor Agreements, Software Licensing Agreements, and NDAs. Your role will involve assessing the risks and obligations within these contracts and identifying strategies to mitigate these risks on behalf of the legal and contracts/procurement governance structure. You will be involved in the entire contracting process, from drafting contracts to their execution and post-execution according to client requirements. It will be important for you to understand the commercial and legal implications of contract clauses, redline changes, and negotiate these clauses to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Additionally, you will be responsible for managing contracts with various consultants and individuals, which includes reviewing the scope, cost, and other deliverables. As part of your responsibilities, you will finalize contracts through discussions with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring the accurate and timely delivery of project deliverables and overseeing project SLAs. You will also be managing a team of contract attorneys and paralegals to ensure compliance with client requirements, as well as ideating and implementing process improvement programs. Your role will also involve overseeing team training and onboarding of new hires, transitioning new projects from pilot to BAU phases, creating and maintaining project documentation and project health, and managing client relationships for daily operations and reporting. You will be responsible for proactive and reactive client communications and owning the processes for communication with internal and external stakeholders. Additionally, you will need to have working knowledge and administration skills of Contract Lifecycle Management systems (any 1 platform preferred) to effectively carry out your responsibilities.,