Contract Manager

About the role

The opportunity involves supporting the customer contracts function in the United States, Canada, and Latin America for UST. Key responsibilities include reviewing, redlining, and processing English language technology contracts, obtaining stakeholder feedback, ensuring compliance with company policies, and managing customer contracts from inception to post-signature.

Responsibilities

• Review, redline, and process English language technology contracts in accordance with company policies
• Obtain feedback on draft contracts from various stakeholders and provide consolidated comments to relevant stakeholders
• Ensure that only fully approved customer contracts are routed for signature
• Process fully approved English language contracts for signature and maintain executed agreements in repository or CLM
• Perform administrative duties including creating, preparing, proofreading, verifying, and editing material for accuracy and clarity
• Understand and provide administrative support work for complex business-related legal documents
• Proactively assist attorneys and/or paralegals/contract managers in responding to various commercial matters as they come in
• Manage and support customer contracts from inception to post signature in the Contracts Legal Management (CLM) tool
• Train internal customers on company contracting processes and procedures
• Establish and maintain filing systems, classify, sort, and file contracts
• Utilize advanced computer skills to review, redline, revise, and finalize a variety of commercial agreements and other forms
• Cook up and support various stakeholders in different departments to ensure compliance with company policy in all customer contracts

Requirements

• At least 5 years’ experience in English language corporate legal department, preferably in customer contracts
• Superior writing and oral communication skills in English
• Experience in corporate legal department supporting the contracting function in the United States and Canada in English is critical
• Experience working with various jurisdictions, such as, the United States, Canada, other Latin American countries, India, United Kingdom, and Spain
• Excellent attention to detail with ability to multi-task
• Self-motivated and able to meet deadlines under pressure
• Able to work as part of a team, as well as work independently
• Work with diverse groups and reach consensus
• Able to multi-task and work under pressure
• Excellent time management skills
• Able to adapt to new technology
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, DocuSign, Adobe, etc.
• Excellent people skills, including good judgment and tact

Qualifications

• Compensation can differ depending on factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, education, and level of experience
• UST provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in various U.S. markets as set forth below

Benefits

• Full-time, regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year, receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year), 10 paid holidays, and are eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty
• Eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching
• Eligible to participate in the Company’s Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance plans
• Eligible to participate in the Company’s Short- and Long-Term Disability benefits
• Eligible to participate in the Company’s Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for healthcare, dependent child care, and/or commuting expenses as allowable under IRS guidelines

Skills

• Contract management
• Contract review
• Contract analysis
• Legal compliance