Senior Contract Marketing Analyst

Position Summary 

The Senior Analyst, Contract Marketing is a key commercial role in the US Contracting Organization.  This role serves as the lead interface between US Contracting and the Corporate Legal team and is a key member of the Commercial Negotiation team for key IDN and GPO contracts.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead interface between US Contracting and Corporate Legal Team
• Responsible for authoring Commercial Contracts and Contract Amendments
• Key member of the Commercial Negotiation team for GPOs and/or Acute Care Hospital Contract Negotiations 
• Point person for initial redlines of Commercial Contracts (both standard templates and customer provided templates) including Business Associates Agreements and Technology Agreements; 
• Provide ongoing guidance to managers and analysts during contract development and redlining including owning the drafting and document control for key negotiations.
• Maintain and follow Contract Management System / Process to ensure documents are stored, tracked and maintained
• Primary interface between Contracting team and other key functional areas including Quality, Regulatory, Treasury, Supply Chain to support contract negotiation 
• Effective communicator that can support customer and sales facing calls to negotiate contract terms
• Responsible for on-going process improvements designed to support the Commercial business, including review and improvement of templates to drive Commercial efficiencies
• Work on special projects as assigned

Knowledge & Skills

• Extensive understanding of both the Commercial Business and Contract Language and Development
• Prior experience with medical device and GPO contracts
• Strong Customer-facing negotiation skills; Effective internal collaboration skills
• Strong problem solving skills; ability to translate Customer needs to workable solution that aligns with Corporate strategy/policy
• Good time management and prioritization skill set
• High degree of collaboration; ability to work cross-functionally to drive for results
• High-level understanding of contract language; strong contract redlining skillset
• Strong team player

Minimum Qualifications, Education & Experience 

• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, economics or related field or equivalent experience. 
• Paralegal experience preferred
• 5+ years’ experience in Contracting preferred with a minimum of  2 years of experience in the Medical Industry

Work Environment

• This is largely a sedentary role. 
• This job operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment.
• Typically requires travel less than 10% of the time