Principal Specialist- Contracts

What You’ll Do

Key Responsibilities

• Independently review and analyze a wide range of commercial contracts including NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, vendor agreements, and licensing agreements.
• Apply contract playbooks to ensure consistent and compliant contract review and negotiation.
• Identify and escalate non-standard terms and risks to relevant functional groups and approvers as required per company policies.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders (e.g., procurement, finance, business units) to ensure contract terms align with business objectives and risk tolerance.
• Manage the contract approval workflow, ensuring timely execution and compliance with internal policies.
• Maintain accurate records of contract reviews, approvals, and negotiations. Assist senior management with strategic decision-making initiatives.
• Support continuous improvement of contract templates and playbooks.
• Adept at learning and working with CLM tools and Microsoft office tools. Capable of conducting training sessions for adaptation of CLM tool.
• Provide legal support for other business initiatives as needed.
• Undertake training and mentoring of junior team members.
  

Qualifications

• Experience Required: 6-10 Years
• LL.B. or equivalent legal qualification from a recognized university.
• 6-10 years of PQE in a law firm or in-house legal department, with extensive experience in review and negotiation of commercial contracts.
  

Skills

• Strong understanding of contract law and commercial legal principles.
• Proven ability to independently review and negotiate contracts.
• Proficiency with CLM platforms (e.g., Icertis, Conga, Agiloft, etc.).
• Experience working with contract playbooks and approval workflows.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced deadline-drive environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and contract management systems.