Senior Contract Specialist LOOKING FOR Senior Contract Specialist JOB AT Remote

Senior Contract Specialist – Information Technology Department

(Consulting Opportunity)

The Contract specialist will manage complete lifecycle of the vendor contracts for the Information Technology department . Will partner closely with the Legal, Finance, Strategic Sourcing and Procurement departments, he/she ensures that all contracts and are executed.

• Analyze, redline, draft, and negotiate complex, large-spend agreements
• Negotiates MSA’s, MLA’s &complex statements of work

• Under leadership’s direction , negotiate business and legal terms
• Review statements of work, quotes, schedules, ordering documents, etc.
• Negotiate and recommend terms for governing (i.e.master, framework) agreements
• Review, address, and correct as required, all bids/or contracts. Work with the Legal department to draft and modify licensing and service contract terms in accordance with policies, customer specification & legal requirements
• Administers the contract management process under the direction of their supervisor.

• Reviews incoming contract /SOW review requests for completeness and accuracy

• Oversees the maintenance and integrity of all contract and statement /quotes files
• Oversee the filing of all final contracts and completes the meta (key word) data for each agreement filed
• Works with finance to verify funding for proposed requests
• Works with compliance unit of legal to ensure all BAAs are filed in files and also in compliance files

• This includes BAA’s embedded in master agreements as well as the stand alone riders
• Negotiates and recommends terms for non-standard BAAs
• Oversees the execution of signatures by vendor and internally for approved agreements

• Corresponds with vendors to get signatures on approved agreements/SOWs
• Keeps the Intake requisition status current
• Informs requester of major status changes as needed
• For masters or amendments that require CIO approval prepares the summary sign off package and verifies the completeness and quality of the sign off package.
• Files and distributes the countersigned agreements

• Keys in the data to the Contract file for each agreement. This involves pulling information from the agreement such as the start and end date and other characteristics
• Interact with requesters throughout the approval process
• Negotiate and manage amendments /changes to contractual terms with vendors as required

• With oversight by Manager, draft and modify licensing, service contracts’ terms in accordance with polices, customer specifications and Legal’s guidance.

Education and minimum qualifications:

Minimum of college degree in English or a legal related field and a minimum of 6 years relevant work experience or equivalent combination.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $120,000.00 – $130,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Life insurance
• Relocation assistance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Remote