Commercial and Enabling Contract Management, Senior Manager

Job Description

The Sr. Manager, Contract Management is responsible for leading the contract management function that supports Commercial and G&A functions in North America. They lead a small team who supports contract management for Commercial and G&A organizations, ensuring that all projects are kicked off quickly and compliantly, while working cross functionally with many groups including Strategic Sourcing, Third Party Risk Management Office (TPRMO), OBIE, Finance, Legal, Procurement and our external partners (vendors) to meet the needs of the NA organizations.

Owns the contract management process across all the organizations in scope for support. Collaborates with International Legal, TPRMO, OBIE, Strategic Sourcing, Legal Operations and Finance leads to ensure all contracting related processes and initiatives align across functions.

Responsibilities:

• Own accountability for  delivery of timely and compliant contracts with suppliers and Health Care Entities to all of the Commercial and G&A organizations, amounting to ~4,500 contracts a year
• Ensure effective business operational support by the team
• Lead a team of outsourced resources, including responsibilities to onboard, train, set goals and monitor objectives and projects for the team
• Serves as point of escalations for concerns related to all contracts in scope
• Collaborates with TPRMO to ensure that all contract management processes are aligned with the risk management process
• Develop and execute strategic staffing plans to align team’s operational capabilities with increasing contracts volume and current contracting policies
• Partner cross functionally with colleagues in Legal, Sourcing, OBIE, AP and Procurement to identify and implement contract management process improvement opportunities that reduce complexity and drive efficiencies
• Drive contracting process excellence by regularly reviewing the contracting processes and support to ensure optimal calibration to specific business needs
• Serve as the contracting lead on special cross-functional projects triggered by new laws, regulations or company procedures
• Develop, organize, and conduct function-specific group trainings
• Executes contract management assurance and quality control related to risk reviews, redline management and execution to ensure adherence to related policies and SOPs
• Identifies and escalates third party risk issues and concerns as necessary
• Provides guidance and support to the business in all contract management related issues and questions

Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in relevant discipline from a 4-year College or University
• MBA degree a plus

Required Experience:

• 10 years of experience in a Contract Management, Sourcing or Procurement role
• 3-4 years of experience managing a team
• Pharmaceutical Industry experience a plus
• Detailed oriented with outstanding follow through skills to provide excellence customer
service.
• Proven ability to successfully handle multiple, high urgency requests in a timely and
effective manner.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Flex Designation:

Hybrid-Eligible Or On-Site Eligible

Flex Eligibility Status:

In this Hybrid-Eligible role, you can choose to be designated as: 
1.    Hybrid: work remotely up to two days per week; or select
2.    On-Site: work five days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility.

Note: The Flex status for this position is subject to Vertex’s Policy on Flex @ Vertex Program and may be changed at any time.

Company Information

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.

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