Senior Contract Strategist

About the role

We’re an organization that drives change and boasts numerous awards like “Great Place to Work Certified” and “Best Place to Work” For Moms, Dads, LGBTQ, and VETS. At Deluxe, we value our people and offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

• 401(k)
• PTO
• Medical
• Dental
• Paid maternity/paternity leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Pet bereavement

The Senior Contract Strategist role is a hybrid position, offering flexibility to work from home/remote several days per week.

Job Description

Serve as a primary contracting expert for sophisticated financial, pricing, and risk allocation terms (e.g., revenue share, tiered pricing, fee schedules, credits, and limitations of liability).

Work cross functionally with Legal, Finance, Product Management, Marketing, Compliance, Operations, and Sales leadership to shape contracting strategy and deal structures aligned to Deluxe’s business objectives and risk appetite.

Provide executive level recommendations on non-standard positions, precedent setting issues, and trade-offs between revenue, risk, and customer experience.

Own and continuously improve the contract strategy framework for assigned segments, including standard templates, playbooks, fallback positions, exception and escalation processes, and deal governance for their assigned segment.

Evaluate precedent and market trends to recommend changes that support long-term strategic objectives and protect Deluxe’s contractual and financial position.

Enable the use and governance of AI enabled language tools and contract automation technologies to improve speed, quality, and consistency of complex contract drafting.

Design and refine prompts, clause libraries, and review frameworks to help identify risk in sophisticated financial clauses, regulatory commitments, and data/AI-related provisions, and mentor others on best practices.

Partner with Legal and Deluxe Vendor Management, as needed, to align customer and vendor contracting positions and ensure consistency with corporate policy.

Proactively recommend enhancements to Deluxe’s standard forms, clauses (including AI and financial clauses), and contract management processes to improve risk control, efficiency, and deal velocity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in legal or Business Studies
• Minimum of at least 5 years’ experience in drafting, redlining, and negotiating contracts
• Bachelors Degree + Juris Doctorate in Law (JD) or MBA preferred (7-10 years’ experience in drafting, redlining, and negotiating contracts)
• Financial Service industry experience a plus but not required

Benefits

• Healthcare (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Paid Time Off, Volunteer Time Off, and Holidays
• Employer-Matched Retirement Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Infertility Treatment, Adoption and Surrogacy Assistance
• Tuition Reimbursement