Senior Contracts Specialist

Who we are

American International Group Inc. (AIG) is a leading global insurance organization. Building on 100 years of experience today AIG member companies provide a wide range of property casualty insurance and other financial services to customers in more than 80 countries and jurisdictions. These diverse offerings include products and services that help businesses and individuals protect their assets and manage risks.

What you need to know:

In this role you will reach across geographical and functional boundaries to create alliances that further the organizations objectives and market position.

This role reports to the Director of Contract Management and will be a key member of the GS&PS Procurement Operations team. The candidate for this role will bring a proven track-record of working through successful complex programs with a keen eye towards effective stakeholder management strong influencing skills effective reporting capabilities strong communications and partnering skills; a focus on cost efficiency operational excellence and the future of work in partnership with key leadership; and experience working with a third-party partner seamlessly ensuring the investment of the external resources are leveraged adequately to accelerate the successful execution of contract management aiding in overall goals of the GS&PS organization leading to overall AIG success.

Responsibilities:

• Operate as a member of the team to support negotiations and deals as needed.

• Support contract strategy to leverage AIG spend and align the contracting strategy with the category and business strategy.

• Support the creation and implementation of a playbook for standard contractual clauses including pre-approved fallback positions.

• Review early stage deals to flag major contracting issues to ensure early engagement with relevant subject matter expert teams (Legal ISO Tax etc).

• Proactively manage active agreements for assigned key suppliers including renewal/expiration activity and monitoring older agreements for periodic replacement or amendment as AIG standard terms change.

• Ensure compliance with AIG contracting processes and standards.

• Work collaboratively with AIG Legal teams to provide GS&PS feedback and revisions to draft template agreements; ensure templates are prioritized and optimized for GS&PS requirements.

• Support the creation and delivery of training for sourcing managers as needed.

• Partner with the policy and process teams to ensure training materials are current and reflect contract lifecycle practices.

• Support/Lead projects within domain expertise to support AIG/GS&PS G&O.

Qualifications:

• Proven ability to navigate through an organization to get things done.

• Effective in influencing skills in both a remote/virtual and in person (as needed).

• Excited with change and has successful track record in driving change in complex environments.

• Data driven and oriented with ability to focus on key elements that drive difference.

• Collaborate and influence cross-functionally with both internal and external stakeholders including senior executives to drive change and deliver on Transformation and Continuous Improvement vision and objectives.

• Must be proactive in managing issues by anticipating the outcome of the process and ensuring all necessary steps have been taken.

• Model and coach others on Contracting and Risk.

• Identify gaps and facilitate training needs within the organization.

• Experience working across functional organizational and business boundaries ensuring the entire process delivers the desired service level standard. Often this entails client-side leadership to recommend and negotiate improvements or changes in the overall process design or systems design.

• Ability to travel on occasion as needed.

• Bachelors degree focused in a related area (Business Supply Chain Contracts Law).

• Experience drafting contract provisions and Orders/Statements of Work (SOWs) coupled with excellent writing skills and attention to detail.

• Self-motivated and collaborative leader with 7 years of relevant experience.

• Strong issue spotting skills and ability to identify and advocate for different potential positions to resolve those issues.

• Excellent time management skills.

• Deep knowledge of best in class sourcing and contracting processes.

• Demonstrated leadership of complex supplier contracting ideally at Fortune 100 and across multi-entity global corporate structure.

• Advanced experience using Microsoft Software Suite products Ariba SharePoint and DocuSign.

• Must have knowledge of contracts for IT products and services.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a related area such as Business Supply Chain Contracts or Law. Candidates with a JD degree (non-practicing) may also be considered.

• Experience working with complex contracts management and negotiation for the following categories: Licensing Cloud Services Professional Services Managed Services Real Estate Marketing and Human Resources.

• Experience working in a large global highly matrixed company.

At AIG we value in-person collaboration as a vital part of our culture which is why we ask our team members to be primarily in the office. This approach helps us work together effectively and create a supportive connected environment for our team and clients alike.

Enjoy benefits that take care of what matters

At AIG our people are our greatest asset. We know how important it is to protect and invest in whats most important to you. That is why we created our Total Rewards Program a comprehensive benefits package that extends beyond time spent at work to offer benefits focused on your health wellbeing and financial securityas well as your professional developmentto bring peace of mind to you and your family.

Reimagining insurance to make a bigger difference to the world

American International Group Inc. (AIG) is a global leader in commercial and personal insurance solutions; we are one of the worlds most far-reaching property casualty networks. It is an exciting time to join us across our operations we are thinking in new and innovative ways to deliver ever-better solutions to our customers. At AIG you can go further to support individuals businesses and communities helping them to manage risk respond to times of uncertainty and discover new potential. We invest in our largest asset our people through continuous learning and development in a culture that celebrates everyone for who they are and what they want to become.

Welcome to a culture of inclusion

Were committed to creating a culture that truly respects and celebrates each others talents backgrounds cultures opinions and goals. We foster a culture of inclusion and belonging through learning cultural awareness activities and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). With global chapters ERGs are a cornerstone for our culture of inclusion. The talent of our people is one of AIGs greatest assets and we are honored that our drive for positive change has been recognized by numerous recent awards and accreditations.

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