Senior Contracts Manager

Overview

This role supports enterprise-wide contracting operations by providing transactional legal support across multiple service lines, including Brokerage, Procurement, Asset Services, and Global Occupier Services. Responsibilities include implementing contracting operational efficiencies and drafting, negotiating, and managing high volumes of commercial contracts.

The position reports to the Assistant General Counsel and leader of the contracting center of excellence and focuses on improving speed, consistency, scalability, and risk mitigation in commercial transactions.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, draft, negotiate, and manage commercial contracts and related documents (including technology agreements) to ensure contract terms align with business objectives, policies, laws, and regulations.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks in vendor agreements, agency agreements, engagement letters, and other real estate and commercial contracts.
• Leverage artificial intelligence and legal technology tools to transform contracting processes, enhance scalability, improve decision-making, and accelerate transaction execution.
• Monitor legal, regulatory, and internal policy changes; update attorneys and contract templates as needed to maintain compliance with laws, corporate directives, policies, and procedures.
• Contribute to operational improvements and best practices for contract workflows, templates, and efficient contract handling.
• Collaborate with team attorneys to share best practices and align/document negotiation and risk management strategies.
• Advise internal clients regarding policies and contracts.
• Support attorneys with the development and updating of training materials and perform other assigned duties.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, law, real estate, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum 7 years’ experience independently negotiating and managing processes for complex commercial contracts.
• Strong understanding of commercial contracts; experience negotiating commercial real estate industry contracts is a plus.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, with an innovative, flexible, and driven approach.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and willingness to initiate, drive, and support change management for contracting processes.
• Strong ability to multitask and manage competing priorities.
• Expertise managing the contract lifecycle and related systems.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams).
• Proficient in using artificial intelligence tools, including developing prompts and building agents.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leveraging technology and artificial intelligence solutions to transform contracting workflows.
• Experience negotiating technology contracts and related commercial engagements.

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation for the position: $89,250.00 - $105,000.00.
• Benefits generally include health, vision, and dental insurance; flexible spending accounts; health savings accounts; retirement savings plans; life and disability insurance; and paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Pay may vary based on factors such as collective bargaining coverage, geographic area, market pay rates, eligibility factors including date of hire and total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
• The employer will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.

Location

• LI - #Remote