Title: Contracts Manager 

Location: Remote (West Coast Hours)

Duration: 12 months + possible extensions 

Compensation: 63-83hr 

Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.

Skillset / Experience: 

Contract Managers are responsible for contracting across the full lifecycle of a global data center portfolio, including development, design, engineering, construction, connectivity, operations, and maintenance. Core job functions include contract deal formation, contract drafting, contract administration, policy governance, improving business processes, and driving programmatic solutions to emerging industry, market, and program shifts.

• Support the overall contract management function, including deal-to-contract intake, contract drafting, deal negotiation, maintaining contract playbooks, and improving processes and systems.
• Ensure that signed contracts are complete and clearly communicated to all relevant parties, including interpretation to support implementation.
• Examine existing policies and procedures to optimize the end-to-end process from creation of the quote to the completion of signatures with all parties concerned.
• Ensure all approved requests have been properly documented, escalated to the appropriate approval level, and resolved within the applicable Service Level Agreement.
• Partner with business leads to help navigate complex operations and capital improvement initiatives with significant spend and risk; drive cross-functional contract risk and cost containment efforts.
• Develop and continuously improve deal-to-contract strategies and procedures, ensuring compliance with internal policies and business controls.
• Act as a liaison between the business and Legal to drive resolution of business and legal risk issues during contract formation, negotiation, and post-execution contract administration. Coordinate and drive resolution to key business issues with Legal, Risk Management, Corporate Contracts Governance, and Compliance teams.

Minimum Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant work experience in large-scale commercial or industrial construction contract management.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, with a degree or graduate degree in Supply Chain Management, Accounting, Legal Studies (JD), Business Administration, English, Engineering, Construction Administration, or similar.
• Experience using contract management software or systems to prepare, process, and record contract and purchase transactions.
• Experience with Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) contract delivery methods.

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate degree in Law (J.D. or LL.M.), Contract Management, Legal Studies, or a closely related field.
• Familiarity with service categories related to data center project and program management, such as general consulting, engineering, research & development, quality, testing, inspection, building management systems, artwork, furniture, and facility operations & maintenance.
• Experience working in a highly cross-functional environment with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience leveraging AI to improve efficiency in daily workflows, including contract redlining, contract comparisons, contract abstracts, etc.
• Experience with process development and continuous improvement in contract playbooks, deal-to-contract intake/pipelines, and other related procedures and tools.

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