Hybrid Partner Contracts Manager

at Optiv

• Job title: Partner Contracts Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Kansas City, United States

About the role

• Partner Contracts Manager focusing on legal documents and contracts for Optiv. Responsibilities include drafting, negotiating, and ensuring compliance with company policies.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for contractual drafting, analysis, editing, negotiating, and execution of all types of moderate and mid-level information technology and services contracts to ensure each document precisely reflects Optiv’s intent and complies with Optiv policy.
• Possess a complete understanding and application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards used to minimize Optiv’s risk and liability in contractual relationships.
• Use proper document change management practices to ensure transparency and trust with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify and implement improvements to documents and processes that increase efficiency and reduce Optiv’s risk.
• Ability to perform work under general direction and participate in determining objectives of special projects as assigned by management; work is reviewed upon completion for accuracy in meeting objectives.
• Plan, schedule, and arrange own activities in accomplishing objectives and work assignments
• Responsible for timely execution of tasks.
• Assist in maintaining a complete and accurate centralized repository of legal documents.
• Effectively communicate Optiv’s position directly with internal stakeholders and external customers and vendors.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Paralegal or contracts administration experience, including contract review and negotiation, preferably in private sector settings.
• BS/BA/paralegal degree
• Strong understanding of common commercial contracting concepts, including: limitation of liability, indemnity, product licensing, warranty, assignment, and confidentiality.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, negotiation and persuasion skills, including the ability to weigh and articulate the risk and benefit of various scenarios and propose effective resolutions
• Willingness to take on additional duties in a growing company.
• Experience with federal contracting would be a plus.
• Familiarity with information security and compliance regulations.

Benefits

• A company committed to our inclusive value through our Employee Resource Groups
• Work/life balance
• Professional training resources
• Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects
• Volunteer Opportunities
• “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.
• The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)