Sr. Legal Contracts Analyst, Contracts Center of Excellence

Job Summary: Provides essential, highly specialized client and attorney support regarding all aspects of legal filings and administration.

Work Schedule: Position is a Hybrid role in Irvine, CA and candidate must live within driving distance from the office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the ECLIPSE program leads, including the ECLIPSE Program Manager and Law Department core team lead, in driving goals, which include: the legal operational needs for the new contracts center of excellence (CoE); implementation of a new CLM platform globally; and analyze, optimize, roll-out and support alignment of global contract processes; and manage contract template optimization efforts globally.

• Participate in key ECLIPSE project meetings, CLM requirement workshops, and coordinate with internal and external service partners to drive overall CLM system implementation success.

• Develop strong business relationships with key stakeholders and implement creative solutions with the focus on simplifying existing processes.

• Partner with the IT team in supporting the legacy/existing CLM system, including the management of template, approval workflow updates or changes and training support for end users,

• Develop and maintain the CoE’s clause library, playbooks, training materials, and learning hub to align with evolving business needs.

• Support training of business partners on the current contracting system and related contract processes.

• Support the development of key contracts management metrics and perform analytics, as needed.

• Support attorneys and paralegals with the review, redlining, and negotiation of a broad range of transactional contracts, as needed.

• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s Degree is required and minimum of 5 years of experience in contracts management.

• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills.

• Excellent computer skills and proficient in the MS Office Suite, including Excel

• Ability to work under pressure and prioritize projects and tasks appropriately.

• Good understanding and a strong knowledge of process mapping, project management principles, and software development lifecycle and projects.

• Strict attention to detail.

• Excellent facilitation and presentation skills.

• Ability to be a team player and a trusted business partner.

• Good written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience working in complex, matrixed and global business environment.

• Ability to adapt to new technologies.

• Ability to adapt to rapidly changing environment.

• Good problem-solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills.

• Possess a strong understanding of processes and procedures relevant to the subject matter of contracts management.

• At least 3 years of experience in the areas of contract lifecycle management, legal and contracts operations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Paralegal or J.D. background or at least 2 years of working in a legal department. 

• At least 3 years of experience in the areas of contract lifecycle management, legal operations, or other enterprise system implementations is preferred.

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California, the base pay range for this position is $86,000 to $121,000 (highly experienced).

The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience).   

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.

COVID Vaccination Requirement

Edwards is committed to complying with the requirements and guidance from our government authorities and to protecting our vulnerable patients and the healthcare providers who are treating them around the world. As such, all Healthcare Interacting positions require COVID-19 vaccination, which includes anyone who directly interfaces with patients and those who interact with healthcare providers as part of their role. If hired, as a condition of employment, you will be required to submit proof that you have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19, unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement. Thi