Contract Engagement Advisor

About the company

At Truven by Merative, we deliver end-to-end analytics and data solutions that empower organizations to improve population health, enhance healthcare program performance, and drive smarter decision-making. With over 40 years of deep healthcare analytics expertise, we turn complex data into clear insights that make a real difference. Our mission is simple: help clients improve healthcare quality and access while controlling costs. We do this by delivering market-leading performance improvement solutions grounded in data integrity, empirical evidence, and trusted advisory. For more than three decades, our work has supported hospitals and clinicians, employers and health plans, government agencies, life sciences companies, and policymakers — giving them the confidence to make decisions that directly impact the health of individuals and communities across the U.S. and globally.

The Truven business unit has multiple products in the portfolio, the largest of those being:

• Truven Health Insights: An employer benefits analytics platform for all markets
• MarketScan: Largest and longest-running proprietary US claims database used for healthcare research
• Flexible Analytics: Data solutions to better manage population health and healthcare program performance

About the role

We're looking for a Contract Engagement Advisor who thrives at the intersection of strategy, analytics, and real-world impact. Your expertise will help turn massive amounts of healthcare data into clear, actionable strategies that drive better outcomes and smarter decisions.

Responsibilities

• Learn and understand Truven's products, business model, strategy, culture, etc. to develop a deep understanding of the business and support its revenue goals through contracting activities.
• Initiate, review, redline, and efficiently negotiate a broad range of transactional contracts including data agreements, SaaS agreements, master agreements, SOWs, BAAs, trial agreements, NDAs, teaming agreements, independent contractor agreements, and vendor agreements.
• Support Truven by efficiently managing standard and complex contracts.
• Drive competitive bid efforts through the evaluation of RFIs and RFPs, identification of issues and provision of subject matter expertise bid response.
• Analyze contract terms and conditions, evaluate prior terms, determine the need for amendments or renewals, and negotiate revisions within guidelines using contract playbooks.
• Coordinate contract review and collaborate with internal SMEs and functional leads (in house counsel, sales, compliance, finance/accounting, information security, etc.) to provide guidance on contract terms and risks.
• Develop strong business relationships with key internal stakeholders including Truven leadership, and external parties such as customers and suppliers.
• Assist with managing playbooks, templates, processes and clause libraries to optimize enterprise contracting processes.
• Work with existing contract management systems