Contracts Manager

🔥 12 hours ago

🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $100k - $125k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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The Helper Bees

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51 - 200 employees

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

💼 Consulting

Healthcare • Logistics • Consulting

The Helper Bees is a company that offers innovative solutions for aging-in-place, focusing on providing non-medical services that enable older adults to live independently at home. The company has built a comprehensive platform that supports payers and service providers by integrating services such as long-term care insurance claims support, home care, and digital invoicing. With a nationwide network of credentialed service providers, The Helper Bees ensures quality and streamlined care delivery through ongoing monitoring and a seamless payment process. Their platform helps reduce healthcare costs, improve health outcomes, and supports families throughout the claims process by collaborating with Long-term Care Insurance Carriers and Medicare Advantage Plans.

📋 Description

• Review, negotiate, and ensure consistency of customer contracts, vendor agreements, and non-disclosure agreements • Protect margin, manage contractual risk, support deal velocity, and own contract-handling accountability • Partner with Sales, Operations, Implementation, Finance, and Security • Take agreements from Sales after a deal is won and drive them to execution • Manage redline rounds with carrier procurement and legal teams, track versions, maintain timelines, and escalate delays • Track vendor risk reviews, supplier-system registration, insurance certificates, tax and payment documentation, and security questionnaires • Learn each carrier's process to accelerate subsequent deals • Provide Implementation with a documented set of contractual commitments after signature • Negotiate pricing structures, payment terms, service levels, renewal and termination provisions, and performance credits • Establish and consistently apply standard contract positions and walk-away lines • Manage vendor agreements and business associate agreements end to end • Own the vendor renewal calendar and negotiate renewals at least 60 days before expiration • Track vendor spending, usage, seats, and tiers • Own the contract repository and obligation tracker for client and vendor agreements • Determine when non-standard matters require outside counsel • Improve contract cycle time and consistency of contract terms

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required • 5+ years in contracts, procurement, vendor management, or deal operations, including enterprise B2B agreements, required • Healthcare industry experience: health plan, payer, provider, or healthcare services company, required • Experience negotiating with or working inside a large health plan or carrier procurement organization required • Working familiarity with HIPAA and business associate agreements required • Experience owning contracts independently rather than supporting a legal or procurement team required • Experience on the buying side of enterprise procurement preferred • CPSM, CPCM, CCCM, paralegal certificate, or similar credential preferred • Working knowledge of Medicare Advantage and Medicaid program requirements preferred • Demonstrated ability to negotiate directly with enterprise counterparties and hold a position under pressure • Comfort operating inside large-organization procurement processes • Sound judgment about when a question is above your line • Comfort using AI tools in day-to-day work • Curiosity about how emerging technology applies to the role • Exceptional interpersonal skills • Ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment • Strong organizational skills with excellent attention to detail • Ability to maintain strict confidentiality with sensitive client, contract, and company information • Ability to problem-solve • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Ability to work independently and collaboratively • Must be 18 years of age or older • Reliable internet connection and designated work environment conducive to professional phone calls and sensitive data

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work at approved locations within the United States • Flexible remote work arrangement • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities • Potential background check and/or drug screen as part of the hiring process