Contract Specialist

Elevate is recruiting a Contract Specialist to be a member of Elevate's Managed Contracts Services Team, working closely with in-house law departments and their internal business clients. The Contract Specialist will be key to delivering high quality contract review and negotiation services in a responsive and timely manner. Professional proficiency in German or French is required. Specifically, you will * Intake, triage, assign, prepare or review, collect signatures and data, and store corporate contracts. * Review, negotiation and management of vendor and merchant contracts on a global basis. * Work closely with the customer's legal team, procurement, and business units to complete requests independently. * In-scope contracts for vendor support would include low to medium complexity master services agreements, consulting arrangements, professional services agreements, software licenses, hardware purchase agreements, SaaS agreements, Data Privacy agreements, statements of work and other routine procurement agreements. * In-scope contracts for merchant support would include low to medium complexity pricing amendments, merchant accession agreements, guarantees and NDAs. Experience * 3 or more years of relevant experience in transactional contracts support, including reviewing, interpreting and negotiating commercial contracts relating to procurement, sales, IT, Data Privacy and real estate agreements. * Proven track record of responsiveness and dependability in a deadline driven environment. Skills for Success * Organizational and time management skills. Ability to prioritize and coordinate multiple project activities and competing work demands. * Detail oriented but possessing the ability to see the big picture. * Positive interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish and maintain cooperative, courteous working relationships with others. * Excellent verbal and written communication skills. * Have a sense of urgency, self-motivated, and accountable. * Ability to perform QC on self and others. * Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or Google applications. Proficiency in, or exposure to contact management, reporting, and workflow tools, helpful but not required. Technical Skills * Experience with Microsoft products like Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint. * Experience with contract management, reporting, or workflow software tools is a plus. Qualifications * Professional proficiency in German or French is required. * Additional professional proficiency in one or more of the following languages is preferred: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Mandarin, Hebrew, Russian and Japanese. Compensation * US national salary range: $75,000-95,000, based on job-related skills, experience, level, and location. In addition, Elevate offers full-time employees a comprehensive benefits package and PTO. Company Information Elevate is a law company. We provide software and services for the intersection of business and law. Our legal, business, and technology professionals offer practical ways for global law departments and law firms to improve efficiency, quality, and business outcomes.Our most recent achievements and distinctions include: * For the ninth consecutive year, in 2024, Chambers & Partners named Elevate as a Top global services provider, ranking us as Band 1 (highest ranking) in all applicable categories (Contract Lifecycle Management, Litigation Services, and Flexible Legal Staffing) and as an Alternative Legal Service Providers in Asia-Pacific * For the fourth year in a row, Elevate’s integrated law firm has been designated as a top law firm in Commercial Litigation in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers/US News & World Report Best Law Firms * Newsweek awarded Elevate the highest rating in the annual ‘America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity’ and ‘America’s Greatest Workplace for 2024’ lists * Elevate was named a top ALSP in Asia by Thomson Reuters’ Asian Legal Business in 2024 * Winner, Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, and 2016 * Co-winner, 2022 Financial Times Collaborative Innovation Award for Industry Impact. * Named by ALM Intelligence as the only Pacesetter in the Legal category in its 2021-2022 Legal Department Legal Operations report * The first non-lawyer-owned global legal services provider to receive an Alternative Business Structure (ABS) License to provide legal services in the US Learn more at https://elevate.lawSee more jobs at https://elevate.law/careers/ Follow us on social media https://www.linkedin.com/company/elevate-servicesFollow our Flexible Legal Resourcing Community https://www.linkedin.com/company/elevate-flexible-legal-resourcing/ All qualified applicants will be considered for employment and will be treated equally during the process, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.