Contracts Manager, Procurement

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $120.3k - $180.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

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Diverse Lynx is an information technology company specializing in IT staffing and consulting, with services spanning application development, web design and support, quality assurance, technology upgrades, and clinical healthcare staffing. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Princeton, NJ with an offshore delivery center in New Delhi, India, Diverse Lynx provides scalable IT consulting and staffing solutions to enterprise clients, emphasizing customer satisfaction, experienced professionals, and disciplined operations and transitions. The company is certified as a Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise and focuses on delivering reliable, customizable IT services and staffing.

📋 Description

• Manage the end-to-end procurement and contracting process for inbound vendor, supplier, and service-provider relationships, from intake through execution and renewal • Partner with stakeholders on requirements, vendor selection, market research, RFIs/RFPs, demos, and capability, pricing, and risk evaluations • Support vendor due diligence and onboarding, including security, financial, and compliance reviews • Prepare, review, negotiate, and administer SaaS, software license, MSA, SOW, professional services, NDA, hardware, procurement, subcontractor, reseller, teaming, amendment, renewal, and order-form agreements • Serve as primary contact for negotiations with vendors and their legal, sales, and procurement teams • Negotiate pricing, payment terms, multi-year commitments, renewal terms, price-increase caps, auto-renewal provisions, and notice windows • Review vendor terms and flag legal, commercial, operational, financial, security, and compliance risks • Negotiate intellectual property, licensing, warranties, indemnification, liability, confidentiality, data protection, insurance, termination, and service-level provisions • Support purchase requisition and purchase order processes and alignment with budgets, approval thresholds, and company policy • Own renewals, including tracking deadlines, engaging business owners, and driving renegotiation, consolidation, or non-renewal decisions • Monitor vendor performance and service levels; lead vendor business reviews and issue resolution • Track and analyze vendor spend to identify savings, consolidate vendors, and avoid redundant tools and services • Coordinate with Finance, IT, Security, Engineering, Operations, and Legal on agreements and flow-down terms • Escalate significant or non-standard legal issues to the Director of Legal Operations • Manage executed agreements and contractual obligations using LinkSquares CLM for intake, repository, renewal tracking, and reporting • Use AI tools for contract review, redlining, summarization, obligation tracking, and vendor research while protecting confidential information • Streamline procurement and contracting workflows, reduce cycle times, and improve consistency • Assist with due diligence, audits, corporate transactions, compliance initiatives, and other Legal department projects

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience • 3+ years of procurement, strategic sourcing, contracts management, commercial contracting, or comparable experience • Experience preferably within a software, SaaS, technology, or professional services company • Experience managing vendor selection and sourcing processes, including RFPs, vendor evaluations, and competitive bids • Experience reviewing and negotiating vendor or commercial agreements, including working from standard terms and preset fallback positions • Working familiarity with software licensing, SaaS, confidentiality, data protection, warranties, indemnities, and limitations of liability • Experience negotiating directly with vendors, including pricing, renewal, and termination terms • Hands-on experience with contract lifecycle management platforms, preferably LinkSquares • Comfort using AI tools for contracting efficiency, with judgment about accuracy, confidentiality, and human review • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail; ability to manage multiple negotiations, renewal deadlines, and stakeholders simultaneously • Sound judgment about escalating issues to counsel or senior management • Comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment with evolving processes and priorities • Preferred: experience with software/SaaS and professional services procurement, particularly in aerospace and defense • Preferred: experience with government contracting and FAR/DFARS, including subcontract and supplier flow-down requirements • Preferred: experience with spend analysis, vendor management, or procurement and spend management tools • Preferred: familiarity with CLM, electronic signature, and AI-assisted contract review platforms • Preferred: familiarity with CRM and business systems such as Salesforce

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonus eligible • Low-cost Medical / Dental / Vision coverage options • 401K with generous employer match • Responsible Paid Time Off + Paid Holidays • Remote work opportunities based on role • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Career growth and professional development opportunities

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