Contracting Operations Specialist
Manages supplier contracting requests from intake and contract preparation through negotiation, legal review, and lifecycle completion. Requires 4–5 years of contract lifecycle experience, a law or related degree, strong contract analysis, stakeholder management, and operational improvement skills.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Answer initial questions and educate stakeholders on risk assessment and supplier contracting processes.
- Conduct initial reviews of contractual terms, assemble appropriate templates, and prepare agreements for legal review.
- Support commercial negotiations where applicable.
- Provide a guided experience for internal requesters throughout contracting transactions.
- Monitor productivity and communications using the Zip procurement tool.
- Engage Legal, Sourcing, Finance, Security, Third Party Risk, and business stakeholders to move third-party engagements through the contracting process.
- Use contract templates and fallback positions.
- Manage assigned engagements in Agiloft and oversee end-to-end contract lifecycle management.
- Resolve contracting inquiries and troubleshoot issues for business stakeholders.
- Analyze processes, internal data, and Agiloft reporting to improve operational performance, scalability, and user experience.
- Support internal and external ad hoc requests, including contract lookups, stakeholder research, and systems reconciliation.
- Help establish the team's operating culture and best practices.
Requirements
- 4–5 years of relevant experience formulating and reviewing end-to-end contract lifecycle management.
- Degree in Law or a relevant field.
- Strong understanding of commercial and legal contract language.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills.
- Strong problem-solving, independent analysis, and investigative decision-making abilities.
- Ability to influence experienced business leaders and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Operational mindset focused on efficiency and continuous improvement.
- Meticulous attention to detail and rigorous decision-making.
- Strong knowledge of Google Workspace and Microsoft Office.
- Experience working with and analyzing contracts and information from multiple data sources.
- Proactive, self-disciplined, diligent, and solution-oriented approach.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of the fintech industry.
- Flexibility in changing environments and requirements.
- Builder's mindset and willingness to challenge assumptions.
- Interest in creating systems and solving problems through infrastructure and automation.
Skills
Contract Lifecycle Management, Contract Review, Commercial Contracts, Legal Contracts, Agiloft, Zip, Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, Process Improvement, Data Analysis, Reporting, Workflow Automation
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