Contracts Manager - US

About UnitedLex:

UnitedLex is a leading data and professional services company, delivering outcomes that create value for high-performing law firms and corporate legal departments. We specialize in litigation and investigations, intellectual property, contract solutions, legal operations, and loan settlement. Our team works with top-tier clients, helping them navigate complex legal and regulatory challenges.

Role Overview:

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Contracts Manager to join our team, serving a major financial services client. The Contracts Manager will lead a U.S.-based team  of four responsible for drafting non-disclosure agreements and related contracts in support of our client’s M&A and Leveraged Finance businesses.  

This is a leadership role within the account and you will play key part in managing delivery to the client in a fast-paced environment, presenting to senior leadership, generating key metrics and reports, and serving as the point of escalation for critical contract issues. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership: Manage a U.S. contracting professionals of different experience levels, ensuring high performance and effective delivery of contracting services.
• Client Interaction: Develop and maintain strong client relationships, working closely with stakeholders within the client’s legal department, the end requestors within the client’s M&A and Leveraged Finance businesses, and counterparties to the contracts being negotiated. 
• Metrics and Reporting: Generate or oversee generation of comprehensive reports on volumes delivered and cycle time against defined service level agreements for key stakeholders at regular intervals.
• Documentation and Training: Create documentation, guides, and training materials to cross-train UnitedLex contracting teams to support delivery and create resiliency. 
• Problem Resolution: Serve as the point of escalation for complex contracting issues, identifying potential options for resolution for the client and driving solutions in a timely manner.
• Proactive Risk Management and Value Creation: Spot contracting trends and recommend changes to accepted fallback to improve speed, quality, and throughput of in-scope contracts.

Required Qualifications:

• Educational Background: A JD from an accredited university. 
• Experience: Extensive and demonstrable experience in contract negotiations, including:
  • 5+ years contracts experience
  • Team management experience in a remote environment including training, work assignment, delivery oversight, and scheduling to cover client requirements 
• Presentation skills with the ability to engage and influence senior leadership
• Ability to generate metrics and create detailed reports for leadership
• Experience in creating client-facing documentation as needed
• Language Skills: Strong written and spoken English.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Industry Experience: Experience working in M&A or Leveraged Finance contracting or a financial services institution is a plus.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to work with a dynamic, global team.
• Remote work with flexible working time

Salary Range

The salary range for this role reflects the range of factors that inform case-by-case compensation decisions including education, experience, training, licensure, certification, and geography as well as the business and organizational needs specific to the role. Compensation ranges may be broad, reflecting flexibility within the budget and title to consider candidates of varied experience. A reasonable estimate of the current compensation range for this role is $90,000 to $105,000. Select roles are additionally eligible for Incentive Compensation in the form of our Annual Performance Bonus Program.

Join Our Team!

True to our founding goals, we overwhelmingly hire with a “Remote First” philosophy, maintaining the infrastructure to foster the success of remote employees no matter their location.

UnitedLex believes in a healthy work-life balance and is committed to creating a flexible, results-based environment. In addition to our core benefits (medical, dental, and vision), we offer generous time off policies, 401(k) and Roth 401(k) options including company match, paid parental leave, company-paid short- and long-term disability, company-paid life insurance, as well as an EAP plan that covers employees and household members. Our suite of employee-friendly benefits is evolving annually to meet the needs of our flexible workforce.

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UnitedLex is a data and professional services company delivering outcomes that create value and competitive advantage for legal and the business. Our business is anchored by a passion for innovation brought to life by a global community of diverse individuals determined to deliver on the promise of data mastery, legal acumen, and human ingenuity.