About the RoleValidity is seeking a commercial contracts manager for a three-to-six-month contract assignment.&nbsp; The role may become a regular full-time role at the end of the initial assignment.&nbsp; The Contracts Manager is a key individual contributor responsible for coordinating and executing all phases of the contract renewal lifecycle.&nbsp; This includes up-front communication with clients, fast review of agreements and transaction documents, revisions of terms and conditions, and assistance with review and revision of contracts. The Contract Manager will establish and manage the effective flow/process serving as an effective project manager for contracts across the organization.&nbsp; Position Duties and Responsibilities<ul>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Manage contract process against business deadlines and priorities&nbsp;including initial review. and triage of all contracts requiring legal review.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Flag and summarize contractual risk and obligations to internal parties.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Establish and implement processes to optimize workflows and utilization of limited resources as well as decrease turn-around times.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Review and administer contracts throughout the contract lifecycle. Validate transaction documents and required ad hoc documentation, manage customer demands, and ensure timely contract closeout. &nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Draft amendments, transaction documents, master agreements, and other related documents from time to time. &nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Review and negotiate customer sales contracts and vendor agreements to ensure they meet the company’s requirements under its policies, including those for risk tolerance.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Collaborate effectively with other business units and at all levels throughout the organization to ensure agreements adequately protect the company’s interest while ensuring that effectively accelerates time to signature.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Respond to questions from internal departments.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Maintain current knowledge of relevant contractual procedures and practices. &nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Manage complex and high-priority escalations with little supervision. &nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Report, summarize, and disseminate trends and status of negotiated contracts. Help identify areas for improvement in the contracting process.&nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Dispatch and track the status of contracts through completion. Ensure auditability, reporting accuracy, and approvals through Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) tool.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Drive continuous improvement of processes, forms, and agreements. Help identify areas for improvement in contracting processes.</li>
</ul> Required Experience, Skills, and Education<ul>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">5-years’ progressive experience in similar contract management roles in a fast-paced, hyper-growth in-house corporate legal department.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Ability to organize, prioritize, multitask, and complete activities within very tight deadlines.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Meticulous attention to detail and extremely high standards for quality of work product.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Strong problem resolution skills.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Effective interpersonal skills with refined ability to cultivate productive working relationships across functions and with multiple stakeholders.&nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Well-developed service ethic – driven to provide excellent service to internal/external clients and ability to enforce legal requirements without alienating internal clients.&nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Excellent communication skills (written, oral, presentation, and&nbsp;active listening).</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Ability to work equally well independently and as part of a team.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Proficiency with computer applications including Windows, Excel, and Word.</li>
</ul> Preferred Experience, Skills, and Education<ul>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Transactional paralegal experience.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) experience, preferably DocuSign.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">BA/BS degree or equivalent business experience.</li>
</ul> About ValidityFor over 20 years, tens of thousands of organizations across the world have relied on Validity solutions to target, contact, engage, and retain customers – using trustworthy data as a key advantage. Validity’s flagship products – <a href="https://www.validity.com/products/demandtools/">DemandTools</a>, <a href="https://www.validity.com/products/briteverify/">BriteVerify</a>, <a href="https://www.validity.com/products/returnpath/">Return Path</a>, <a href="https://www.validity.com/products/trustassessments/">Trust Assessments</a>, and <a href="https://www.validity.com/products/gridbuddy/">GridBuddy </a>– are all highly rated, #1 solutions for sales and marketing professionals. These solutions deliver smarter email campaigns, more qualified leads, more productive sales, and ultimately faster growth. Validity is a truly unique company - massive revenue growth, top-tier investors, 5-star product ratings, proven ability to acquire and integrate top tech companies and welcome them into the Validity family, winning culture, and a work environment that fosters hard work, trust, and fun.Headquartered in Boston, Validity has offices in Tampa, Denver, Indianapolis, London, and Sydney. For more information, visit connect with us on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/validityinc/">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/trustvalidity/">Instagram, </a>and <a href="https://twitter.com/TrustValidity">Twitter</a>.

**About the Role**

Validity is seeking a commercial contracts manager for a three-to-six-month
contract assignment.  The role may become a regular full-time role at the end
of the initial assignment.

  

The Contracts Manager is a key individual contributor responsible for
coordinating and executing all phases of the contract renewal lifecycle.  This
includes up-front communication with clients, fast review of agreements and
transaction documents, revisions of terms and conditions, and assistance with
review and revision of contracts. The Contract Manager will establish and
manage the effective flow/process serving as an effective project manager for
contracts across the organization.

 ****  

 **Position Duties and Responsibilities**

  * Manage contract process against business deadlines and priorities including initial review. and triage of all contracts requiring legal review.
  * Flag and summarize contractual risk and obligations to internal parties.
  * Establish and implement processes to optimize workflows and utilization of limited resources as well as decrease turn-around times.
  * Review and administer contracts throughout the contract lifecycle. Validate transaction documents and required ad hoc documentation, manage customer demands, and ensure timely contract closeout.  
  * Draft amendments, transaction documents, master agreements, and other related documents from time to time.  
  * Review and negotiate customer sales contracts and vendor agreements to ensure they meet the company’s requirements under its policies, including those for risk tolerance.
  * Collaborate effectively with other business units and at all levels throughout the organization to ensure agreements adequately protect the company’s interest while ensuring that effectively accelerates time to signature.
  * Respond to questions from internal departments.
  * Maintain current knowledge of relevant contractual procedures and practices.  
  * Manage complex and high-priority escalations with little supervision.  
  * Report, summarize, and disseminate trends and status of negotiated contracts. Help identify areas for improvement in the contracting process. 
  * Dispatch and track the status of contracts through completion. Ensure auditability, reporting accuracy, and approvals through Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) tool.
  * Drive continuous improvement of processes, forms, and agreements. Help identify areas for improvement in contracting processes.

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**Required Experience, Skills, and Education**

  * 5-years’ progressive experience in similar contract management roles in a fast-paced, hyper-growth in-house corporate legal department.
  * Ability to organize, prioritize, multitask, and complete activities within very tight deadlines.
  * Meticulous attention to detail and extremely high standards for quality of work product.
  * Strong problem resolution skills.
  * Effective interpersonal skills with refined ability to cultivate productive working relationships across functions and with multiple stakeholders. 
  * Well-developed service ethic – driven to provide excellent service to internal/external clients and ability to enforce legal requirements without alienating internal clients. 
  * Excellent communication skills (written, oral, presentation, and active listening).
  * Ability to work equally well independently and as part of a team.
  * Proficiency with computer applications including Windows, Excel, and Word.

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**Preferred Experience, Skills, and Education**

  * Transactional paralegal experience.
  * Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) experience, preferably DocuSign.
  * BA/BS degree or equivalent business experience.

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**About Validity**

For over 20 years, tens of thousands of organizations across the world have
relied on Validity solutions to target, contact, engage, and retain customers
– using trustworthy data as a key advantage. Validity’s flagship products –
[DemandTools](https://www.validity.com/products/demandtools/),
[BriteVerify](https://www.validity.com/products/briteverify/), [Return
Path](https://www.validity.com/products/returnpath/), [Trust
Assessments](https://www.validity.com/products/trustassessments/), and
[GridBuddy ](https://www.validity.com/products/gridbuddy/)– are all highly
rated, #1 solutions for sales and marketing professionals. These solutions
deliver smarter email campaigns, more qualified leads, more productive sales,
and ultimately faster growth.

  

Validity is a truly unique company - massive revenue growth, top-tier
investors, 5-star product ratings, proven ability to acquire and integrate top
tech companies and welcome them into the Validity family, winning culture, and
a work environment that fosters hard work, trust, and fun.

Headquartered in Boston, Validity has offices in Tampa, Denver, Indianapolis,
London, and Sydney. For more information, visit connect with us on
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/validityinc/), [Instagram,
](https://www.instagram.com/trustvalidity/)and
[Twitter](https://twitter.com/TrustValidity).

