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Harbor · 20 hours ago

Vendor Contracts Counsel

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

4+ years exp

Harbor is seeking a Contracts Lawyer to join their growing consulting delivery team. The role involves reviewing vendor contracts, supporting negotiations, and ensuring adherence to contract administration processes to mitigate risk and create value for clients.

Business DevelopmentConsulting

Responsibilities

Apply playbook standards to redline and edit contract language while incorporating client-defined standards and additionally suggest alternate terms based on the services and products related to the engagement

Identify terms and conditions options, and/or carve-out strategies, to VGS personnel and client stakeholders to resolve contract negotiation roadblocks while limiting risk

Liaise with client’s in-house legal counsel in the review and final approval of initial contracts and renewals

Engage with Harbor’s client leads and department leaders to discuss upcoming contract renewals

Facilitate contract terms negotiation process and act as liaison between internal and external personnel throughout process including identifying points of escalation

Communicate pertinent information in the terms and conditions of each contract to appropriate end users and stakeholders

Effectively manage pipeline of work including tracking status of reviews, providing proactive updates to external stakeholders and internal client leads, and timely follow up with both internal and external stakeholders

Assist with the contracts administration process by updating any contract status and newly signed documents into our system

Act as key point of contact for any questions / needs regarding contracts assigned to you

Develop, update and administer standard agreement templates and related playbooks

Support Vendor Governance processes including on/off boarding of vendors, risk management, and relationship management

Facilitate and attend proactive planning and contract management meetings with key stakeholders

Perform any other contracts related duties as necessary

Qualification

Juris Doctorate (JD)Contract developmentContract negotiationsVendor AgreementsUS commercial contracts lawsData privacy lawsLegal terms reviewContract managementRisk mitigationLaw firm practices

Required

A Juris Doctorate (JD) and a license to practice law in any US State is required

4+ years of work experience in contract development, redlining, legal terms review, negotiations, contract management. Law Firm background preferable but not necessary

Strong familiarity with Vendor Agreements including, Professional Services Agreements, Software as a Service Agreements, Data Privacy Agreements, Software License Agreements, Event and Sponsorship Agreements

Experience with US commercial contracts laws for contract review is required

Proven ability to interpret complex policies and legal language and assess business risk and help plan a risk mitigation approach