ASSISTANT MANAGER - CONTRACT MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Reviewing and summarizing low to high-complexity commercial contracts with third parties/service providers such as (including but not limited to) - Master Services Agreements, Procurement Agreements, Manufacturer Agreements, Distributor Agreement, Software Licensing Agreement, NDAs
• Risk and obligation assessment of contracts and, identification of risk mitigation strategies on behalf of legal and contracts/procurement governance structure
• Working on the contracting process from contract drafting to execution and post-execution per client requirements.
• Understanding the commercial & legal implications of contract clauses, redline changes, etc.
• Proficiency in drawing up and suggesting alternatives to contractual clauses like - Terms, Terminations, Renewals, Payment terms, Pricing, Royalty and Profit share, Purchase obligation, Price match clause, Non-compete clauses, Assignment and change of control, Exclusivity, Indemnification, Limitation of Liability, Governing Law, Jurisdiction
• Negotiating the clauses in contracts to ensure adherence to legal & regulatory compliances.
• Managing contracts with various consultants/individuals. This includes reviewing & checking the scope, cost& other deliverables.
• Finalization of contracts by discussions with internal & external stakeholders.
• Ensuring accurate & timely delivery of project deliverables. Oversight on project SLAs.
• Managing a team of contract attorneys and paralegals to ensure adherence to client requirements
• Ideating and implementing process improvements programs
• Overseeing the team training and onboarding of newbies
• Transition of new projects from pilot to BAU phases
• Creating and keeping up-to-date project documentation and project health Client management for daily operations and reporting
• Proactive and reactive client communications, owning the processes for communication with internal and external stakeholder.
• Working and administrator knowledge of CLMs (any 1platform preferred)

DESIRED CANDIDATE PROFILE:

• 4. 1+ years experienceinbeing a project member in the legal domain of which at least 2 years should be in managing or leading contracting projects
• Exposure to client handling of day-to-day matters, governance, team supervision, quality reviews, and management of deliverables, SLAs
• Experience in setting up and/or managing contracts, review, and abstraction processes, including drawing of contract playbooks, SoPs, process health reporting, audit reports
• Clear fundamental understanding and technical competence in contract review and redlining to be able to provide guidance to the team and engage with vendors and business owners on the client side
• Should have a legal background & strong holdover the understanding of legal implications of contract clauses.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Mind-set for client service and performance improvement
• Exposure to commercial functions would be an advantage
• Strong analytical skills with a high level of attention to detail
• Openness to new ideas and ability to understand others points of view and adjust your approach accordingly. Good understanding and experience of dealing across cultures shall be added advantage.