Job Description Contract Management Specialist

Commercial Strategic Planning & Operations

Boston, MA Contract

Job Description

Contract Management Specialist G&A

The Contracting Specialist will manage life cycle of contracts from initial request to full execution, ensuring processing fluidity to meet business needs. This role will work cross-functionally with Legal, Sourcing, Compliance, Finance, Purchasing, GIS, and AP, as well as external vendors to execute contracts timely and compliantly.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review and process requests for CDAs, Service Statements, Master Agreements, Amendments, Termination Letters and License/Subscription agreements, ensuring adequate functional reviews are completed
• Actively manage contract requests, ensuring prompt transition through all the contacting stages, from initial review to full execution
• Support functional teams on the Purchase Order and invoice issue resolution
• Assist with onboarding new groups to the centralized contracting process by updating the contracting tool, researching vendor relationships, optimize templates
• Execute ad hoc projects based on team needs

Minimum Qualifications

• 1 – 3 years’ experience in a contracting role
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong cross-functional collaboration
• Appropriately handles highly confidential document
• Detailed oriented and outstanding follow through skills
• High degree of self-motivation and ability to work independently

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to triage system issues
• Exercise sound, independent judgment to regularly handle new and complex situations
• Proven ability to successfully handle multiple, high urgency, requests in a reliable manner
• Provides excellent customer service to internal and external customers
• Ability to clearly communicate statuses to the appropriate people in a timely manner

Company Information

Our Client Company is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases.