Lead Contract Specialist (Remote)

What you will do:

As the Lead Contract Specialist you will play a critical role in enabling commercial growth while protecting the companys legal and business interests. Youll serve as a trusted contracting partner to sales leadership and legal counsel owning complex agreements from initial drafting through negotiation and execution across your assigned business and/or geographic region.

Working cross-functionally with Legal Sales Finance and Operations you will guide internal stakeholders through high-impact contracting decisions identify and mitigate legal and business risk and deliver practical solutions-oriented outcomes in a fast-paced this role youll exercise sound judgment influence without authority and represent Stryker professionally in all internal and external engagements.

You will also act as a subject-matter expert and mentor within the contracting team supporting the development of less-experienced professionals while helping to elevate contracting best practices across the organization.

• Draft edit review and negotiate complex agreements with minimal supervision in a manner that manages business and legal risk while effectively supporting our internal and external customers in a timely manner in a fast-paced environment;

• Provide excellent time-sensitive solutions-oriented strategic contracting support to internal and external stakeholders;

• Exhibit solid negotiation skills including comfort in negotiating contract terms with customers;

• Build and maintain strong relationships with sales finance operations and attorney stakeholders across the decentralized organization (as applicable);

• Serve as a contracting and negotiating expert to other areas within the organization as required;

• Supervise and set direction for other Contract Specialists (if applicable).

• Lead and mentor less-experienced contracting professionals including provision of subject matter expertise on complex contracting issues;

• Exercise excellent judgment in identifying and escalating issues to management and/or for legal review in a timely manner;

• Maintains a comprehensive knowledge of Strykers product lines competitive environment and customers to better support functional initiatives and provide recommendations to internal stakeholders;

• Monitor and track status of contract-related matter and proactively provide updates as requested.

What youll need

Required

• A Bachelors Degree is required for this role however in lieu of a degree an additional 6 years of work experience will be considered.

• 4 years of work experience with contracts

• 4 years of experience drafting and reviewing documentation

• 3 years of experience with direct contract negotiations

Preferred

• 3 years of work experience working in healthcare contracts

• Paralegal certification strongly preferred

• Experience working with the Uniform Commercial Code is strongly preferred

• Salesforce experience

$89300 - $193400 salary plus bonus eligible benefits. Actual minimum and maximum may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills experience and other relevant factors.