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Bristol Myers Squibb Company (“BMS”) is looking for an experienced individual to join its Law Department. BMS is a global BioPharma company firmly focused on its mission to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. We focus on the needs of health care professionals, patients, employees, shareholders and our communities, giving maximum priority to developing innovative medicines, accelerating pipeline development, delivering solid growth, continuing to manage costs, and adhering to high standards of business conduct and ethics. We are looking for an experienced individual who can be successful within our fast-paced, adaptive and focused culture.
Position Overview:
Position will report to the Sr. Manager, SCT, Contract Management
The Contract Manager is a non-attorney position within the transactional law department. In this role you will collaborate closely with the attorneys in your aligned category(ies) to understand and support client contracting needs and priorities. You will be the first legal escalation point for contract facilitators for your aligned contract types &/or client groups. You will review and respond to third party redlines, and support business stakeholders in understanding potential risks. You will alleviate demands on transactional attorneys by conducting redline reviews, answering questions, and providing appropriate guidance and training to facilitators and other internal stakeholders, including on contracting process and template selection.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct legal review, redlining, and negotiation of routine contracts with minimal supervision for assigned categories.
- Conduct first-line legal review, redlining, drafting, and negotiation of more complex contracts under the guidance of transactional attorneys for assigned categories.
- Provide guidance and explanation of risks on contract matters to internal stakeholders including procurement and business clients.
- Partner with transactional attorneys, commercial law and compliance attorneys, and other SMEs to draft and update contract templates.
- Develop and maintain fallback guidance and other internal contract legal support guidance documents.
- For legal-led transactions without dedicated contract facilitation support, serve as primary point of contact for external parties, engage internal stakeholders in negotiation decisions, and manage contracts through the negotiation process.
- Project management and operational support for various contracting initiatives, including SCT-driven template maintenance and updates.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- 3-6 years prior work experience in contract management at a large company or contracts service provider.
- Experience in the pharmaceutical industry is a strong plus.
- Strong understanding of key contract provisions and ability to review and respond to redlines.
- Experience in applying organizational standards when drafting contracts and negotiating terms.
- Ability to systematically analyze complex problems, draw relevant conclusions and implement appropriate solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to meet aggressive deadlines and complete multiple assignments in a timely and professional manner.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with a strong client focus, and comprehensive understanding of contracts and ability to convey complex information in a way that others can readily follow.
- Excellent negotiating and persuasive skills, both in one-on-one and group situations.
- Ability to listen to and understand internal client needs, communicate cross functionally with confidence and diplomacy.
- Strong character and ethics; attention to detail and ability to self-prioritize work on an ongoing basis.
- Proven time management skills and the ability to handle situational pressures.
- Ability to sustain high levels of performance in a constantly changing environment.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to self-prioritize work on an ongoing basis.
- Excellent administrative and organization skills.
Around the world, we are passionate about making an impact on the lives of patients with serious diseases. Empowered to apply our individual talents and diverse perspectives in an inclusive culture, our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.
Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.
Physical presence at the BMS worksite or physical presence in the field is an essential job function of this role which the Company deems critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, employee well-being and engagement, and enhances the Company culture.
To protect the safety of our workforce, customers, patients and communities, the policy of the Company requires all employees and workers in the U.S. and Puerto Rico to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless they have received an exception based on an approved request for a medical or religious reasonable accommodation. Therefore, all BMS applicants seeking a role located in the U.S. and Puerto Rico must confirm that they have already received or are willing to receive the full COVID-19 vaccination by their start date as a qualification of the role and condition of employment. This requirement is subject to state and local law restrictions and may not be applicable to employees working in certain jurisdictions such as Montana. This requirement is also subject to discussions with collective bargaining representatives in the U.S.
Our company is committed to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request an approval of accommodation prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application or if you are applying to a role based in the U.S. or Puerto Rico and you believe that you are unable to receive a COVID-19 vaccine due to a medical condition or sincerely held religious belief, during or any part of the recruitment process, please direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.
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