Contract Specialist – AMC Segment

Overview

This role supports commercial contracting within the Automation & Motion Control (AMC) segment, partnering with Legal and cross-functional business teams (commercial, sales, supply chain, sourcing, finance, operations, and quality). The position owns agreements end-to-end—from intake and drafting through redlining, negotiation, and execution—while providing practical, risk-based guidance.

A significant focus is supporting AMC customers and suppliers serving the data center market, including hyperscalers, data center developers and builders, project and construction managers, OEMs, and engineering partners. These agreements often involve sophisticated counterparties, shifting leverage, and complex risk that must be managed across the full project lifecycle.

This is not a contract administration position. The Contract Specialist independently develops risk allocation and mitigation approaches, exercises judgment on when to hold, trade, or escalate positions, and communicates the broader risk picture to Legal and business leadership.

Work Model

This role can be performed remotely from an approved location, with flexibility based on business needs and applicable requirements.

Responsibilities

Commercial Contracting

• Draft, review, negotiate, and support execution of customer, supplier, distributor, nondisclosure, services, and other commercial agreements.
• Advise on contract structure, commercial terms, and risk allocation, including pricing, liability, warranties, quality, delivery, indemnification, and termination.
• Support contract interpretation, amendments, change orders, and renewals throughout the agreement lifecycle.
• Help business teams identify contractual risk and escalate significant issues to AMC attorneys with practical solutions and recommendations.

Project & Supply Chain Risk Connectivity

• Elevate and manage contractual risk across project scope and schedules, including milestones, delivery, acceptance, liquidated damages, changes, and performance obligations.
• Align customer commitments with supplier obligations and identify gaps that create supply chain exposure.
• Coordinate customer- and supplier-side positions with Strategic Sourcing and supply chain teams and apply enterprise standards.
• Manage multiple agreements efficiently, balancing speed and risk.

Risk Advisory & Business Partnership

• Summarize commercial, operational, delivery, and legal risks to support informed leadership decisions.
• Negotiate with sophisticated counterparties, recognizing when to hold, restructure, or escalate a position.
• Develop practical risk mitigations through scope, caps, carve-outs, insurance, supplier flow-downs, controls, or commercial trade-offs.
• Explain contract positions clearly and support customer discussions, pricing, and deal structuring.
• Collaborate globally with sales, operations, finance, quality, supply chain, cybersecurity, and Legal.

Process Improvement & Team Support

• Maintain and improve contract templates, playbooks, fallback positions, escalation guidance, and standard processes.
• Support contract lifecycle management tools, records, and reporting while managing multiple matters through completion.
• Identify recurring risks and recommend scalable solutions to help the business recognize issues earlier.
• Support training on contracting fundamentals, company policy, and when to engage Legal.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, legal studies, or a related field.
• Seven years of experience in commercial contracting, contract management, or negotiation in a corporate, customer-facing environment (a law degree is not required).
• Proven ability to independently negotiate and close commercial agreements with sophisticated counterparties, including in situations with uneven leverage.
• Strong business acumen and a practical, solutions-oriented approach to structuring positions, trade-offs, and risk mitigation.
• Sound judgment and confidence in negotiations, including the ability to hold, adapt, or escalate a position as appropriate.
• Ability to summarize commercial, operational, and legal risks clearly and explain contract positions to legal and non-legal stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of core commercial terms, including liability, indemnification, warranties, delivery, performance commitments, intellectual property, and confidentiality.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and multiple agreements in a fast-paced, fast-moving, high-risk environment.
• Collaborative, approachable, and proactive self-starter with the ability to work independently with accountability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Data center experience supporting or contracting with hyperscalers, colocation providers, data center developers, builders, project managers, OEMs, or engineering partners serving them; familiarity with how these organizations approach agreements and negotiate.
• Project-based contracting experience involving construction schedules, capital equipment, or long-lead manufacturing.
• Experience with both customer- and supplier-side contracting, including aligning obligations across agreements.
• Experience in industrial manufacturing and in global, matrixed, decentralized, or highly regulated environments.
• Experience with contract lifecycle management platforms and AI-enabled contract tools.
• Professional certification, such as CPCM, CCCM, or CFCM, and interest in broader contract management or commercial responsibility.

Compensation & Benefits

Pay Transparency

• Expected Base Salary Range: $80,000-$100,000
• Actual salary will depend on factors including physical worksite location, geographic market, candidate skills and experience, education, and internal peer compensation comparisons.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Coverage
• Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA, and Dependent Care FSA)
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Paid Leaves
• Tuition Assistance

Eligibility & Compliance

Export Controlled ITAR/EAR Compliance

Restrictions under federal export control laws may limit this opportunity to candidates who are a “U.S. Person,” including U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted asylum in the United States, and refugees in the United States, or who otherwise qualify for a license permitting them to hold the position.

Sponsorship

Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States without requiring company sponsorship to obtain or maintain U.S. work authorization.

Location

Remote from an approved location, with flexibility based on business needs and applicable requirements.