Senior Technical Writer (Contract Administration Consultant) - Hybrid R0045102

Senior Technical Writer (Contract Administration Consultant) - Hybrid R0045102 

Job Description

We are looking for a Contract Administration Consultant to join our Americas Sales Team supporting the Audit & Assurance solutions in the Americas and EMEA to perform contract reviews and help write/respond to RFP’s.

If you have a passion for both sales and working with software solutions; if you are passionate about winning new customers and continually working to find new ways to do things; if you think "out of the box" and enjoy achieving a goal in a sustainable and consistent manner……then join our Americas sales team! 

Hybrid: Eight days a month we come together in our office to experience the value of connecting with colleagues. This will be an office-based role that will work on a Hybrid schedule (approximately 2 days a week in the nearest Wolters Kluwer Office). You will report to the Director, Sales, CP & ESG TeamMate and work under the leadership of the SVP, General Management Global Audit Solutions (IA) (+).  This role is a part of Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, Inc. | BU - CPESG TeamMate

Required Job Qualifications (minimum):

• Limited Travel to Sales meetings will be required (10% or less).   
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Strong legal background in contract negotiations
• Practical experience and solid understanding of SaaS enterprise software solutions, and security considerations.
• Two or more years negotiating SaaS legal contracts.
• 3+ years of Legal/Contract background and experience with enterprise software.
• Must possess excellent time and project management skills to ensure that contracts and proposals are submitted accurately and on time.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Suite for Word, Excel and PowerPoint is required

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• Paralegal experience a major plus
• Experience with proposals for contract management or service desk software is a major plus.
• Knowledge of CLM and Proposal SW tools (i.e. Qvidian) is a plus.
• Experience responding to technical RFPs preferred.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to manage deadlines efficiently.
• Strong critical thinking skills
• Go-getter mentality
• Ability to work independently yet collaboratively with other departments (i.e. Sales, Legal, Technical Services, Product Management, Marketing, etc.)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for or assisted in responding to technical RFPs, coupled with strong writing, organizational, and communication skills.
• Determine if edits provided by customer/prospect are in line with organizational policies by taking a “first pass” prior to forwarding to legal counsel.
• Ability to suggest alternative language in a contract to align to organizational policies and accomplish the end-goal for customer/prospect and TeamMate.
• Identify and clarify business, legal, and technical requirements/issues/objectives in a contract or RFP and properly coordinate with sales lead to turn around timely.
• Communicate and coordinate internal meetings with stakeholders to obtain information (business and technical decisions), finalize contract review, and respond successfully to an RFP with quality answers and information, including readability, consistency, and tone.
• Attend customer/prospect meetings to discuss, ask/answer questions, negotiate, etc. certain business, legal, and technical items.
• Obtain approvals and submit completed contract or proposal to the requester/business stakeholder.
• Partner with business stakeholders to prioritize contracts and RFP’s and target dates to ensure timely responses.
• Maintain records of all contracts/proposals received, reviewed, and submitted.
• Gather and store feedback on contracts/proposals to help improve responses and increase efficiency and effectiveness.

Additional Information:

Wolters Kluwer offers great benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including: Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave. Full details of our benefits are available -