Senior Contract Specialist

Overview

This role supports contract review, negotiation, and execution processes to help meet business needs while managing legal and business risk. The position also provides contract-related content support across functional teams and ensures adherence to internal legal requirements and processes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely contract review to meet the needs of business units.
• Prepare, review, and interpret contracts for adequacy, appropriateness, and completeness, including (as applicable):
  • indemnity
  • liability
  • confidentiality
  • intellectual property
  • payment terms
  • other issues that may pose legal or business risk
• Confirm that required internal processes and requirements are adhered to.
• Explain the impact of legal terms and conditions to managers, directors, senior management, and other interested parties through an organized routing, review, and approval process.
• Interact with clients and vendors as appropriate.
• Negotiate contracts and subcontracts.
• Gather and maintain approvals for applicable contracts.
• Coordinate contract execution.
• Escalate concerns and needs to the legal group; work clearly within defined processes and adhere to Corporate Legal process.
• Collaborate with procurement and legal teams to modify and evaluate template contracts and other tools to standardize and simplify contracting.
• Work with functional corporate, divisional, and regional subject matter experts (Business Units, Operations, Legal, Finance, and IT) to provide content and context response integrity for consistency, reliability, and up-to-date information used in responses to customer contract requests, information requests, and presentations as applicable.
• Use performance-based compliance tools, reports, and scorecards to support compliance monitoring and contract performance visibility.
• Manage and resolve content and context inconsistencies to maintain an accurate flow of information for incoming contracts, bids, requests for information, requests for proposals, and pertinent pricing structures.
• Ensure adherence to internal legal requirements, as well as legal and financial SOPs and training.
• Provide the “order entry” function as it relates to executed agreements.
• Assist with development of content library loading processes in corporate database programs.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree (four year) in fields such as business administration, accountancy, legal, sales, marketing, computer sciences, or similar, obtained through completion of a four year program; or comparable on-the-job training and administrative work responsibilities.
• Direct experience in a contracting environment of at least three to five (3–5) years.

Minimum Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Understanding of legal and health system trends and operating assumptions.
• Legal background: 1 to 2 years work experience as law clerk/training/certification preferred but not required.
• Ability to work independently and confidently manage negotiations.
• Ability to provide advice to Operations and staff to drive performance and contract compliance.
• Experience drafting and reviewing contracts.
• Analytical skills related to contract information and related matters.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to balance business objectives and opportunities against legal and other risk/requirements.
• “Can do” attitude and customer-service orientation.
• Strong attention to detail; ability to spot issues and/or errors.
• Ability to multi-task with strong time-management skills and proven ability to work efficiently.
• Ability to thrive in a high-pressure environment and work with tight deadlines.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
• Excellent integration and implementation skills.
• Excellent internal skills.
• Working knowledge of computers and software programs necessary to operate effectively with company systems and programs, especially Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Law clerk/training/certification experience (1 to 2 years) is preferred but not required.

Compensation & Benefits

• Full-time position.
• Salary Range: $76,200 CAD - 119,460 CAD
• Benefits include medical, dental, and vision care, plus a comprehensive benefits suite focused on physical, emotional, financial, and social wellness.
• Family support may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave.
• Training programs, professional development resources, mentorship opportunities, employee resource groups, and volunteer activities.

Location

Not specified. Minimal travel may be required as needed.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The employer is committed to equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or membership in any other class protected by federal, state, or local law.

Accessibility

The employer is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process, consistent with legal requirements.

Additional Notes

This posting is intended to fill an existing vacancy for the Senior Contract Specialist role.