Vice President, Strategic Contracts

Job Description:

Vice President, Strategic Contracts

The Role

The Vice President, Strategic Contracts manages large-scale contracting projects related to complex research, amendment, and/or MSA drafting that are received throughout the organization; and provides industry specific expertise and strategic and tactical direction in the development, negotiation, management and administration of complex supplier contract negotiations and relationships.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree
• JD strongly preferred/preferred
• 10+ years of substantive transactional contract negotiation experience required
• Expert ability to handle highly complex negotiations and varied contracts with Fidelity's most strategic vendor relationships independently
• Oversee work product of all members of assigned team
• Attend and represent contracts leadership at stakeholder meetings
• Create, oversee, and manage reporting and analytics for assigned project
• Top-quality presentation, interpersonal and diplomacy skills, including ability to simplify complicated issues and build consensus among competing interests
• Excellent strategic, tactical thinking, judgment, and decision-making skills, which you will
• readily use to simplify sophisticated contract and business issues for straightforward, practical analysis and resolution.
• Executive-level confidence, presence, initiative and influencing skills
• Ability to simultaneously manage multiple, large-scale projects at various stages both alone and delegating to others as needed.
• Proactive management of multiple Supplier relationships and ability to work well under pressure.
• Excellent negotiation skills and knowledge of business terms and conditions
• Proven commitment to drive quality and process improvements
• Excellent project management skills
• Consistent ability to problem solve and work autonomously
• Positive and collaborative approach forging pragmatic and creative solutions across a variety of contract issues in a dynamic environment

Note: Fidelity is not providing immigration sponsorship for this position

The Team

We are an organization of professionals who own the contractual framework and contract process for most procurement-related transactions across the firm. The VP, Strategic Contracts will manage the process for Fidelity’s most strategic and large complexity relationships and ad hoc contracting projects, including participating in weekly assessment and strategy meetings, creating and maintaining a pipeline of work, and facilitating communications between Strategic Contracts and its legal, risk, and other business partners. The VP provides industry specific expertise, influencing, strategic and tactical direction in the development, negotiation, management and administration of complex contract negotiations and supplier relationships. The VP will lead the process of analyzing contract issues to identifying and eliminating risks and optimizing value to Fidelity. The VP works independently on both standard and non-standard contracts.

Certifications:

Category:

Legal

Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.