# Contracts Manager **Company**: LexisNexis Risk Solutions **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $71,600 - $119,400 **Category**: Legal **Industry**: Consulting **Apply**: https://relx.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/RiskSolutions/job/Mclean-VA/Contracts-Manager_R118558?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_50c5848d-1ae ## Description We are seeking a Contracts Manager to support the development, negotiation, execution, and ongoing management of government contracts related to the purchase and delivery of data and services. The ideal candidate brings strong commercial judgment, advanced negotiation skills, the ability to solve complex problems independently, and the confidence to serve as a trusted resource for stakeholders, customers, and less experienced team members. Responsibilities: - Evaluate contract compliance and advise internal stakeholders on contractual rights, obligations, risks, and required actions. - Independently negotiate, draft, execute, and manage contracts in alignment with team guidelines, workflows, and approval processes. - Partner with Sales, Account Management, Legal, Finance, Operations, and other stakeholders to develop negotiation strategies that balance customer objectives with business priorities. - Build and manage strong internal and external relationships through timely communication, clear expectation setting, and professional stakeholder engagement. - Collaborate cross-functionally to influence commercial strategy, secure required approvals, resolve issues, and support contract execution. - Clearly articulate contractual risks, trade-offs, options, and exceptions to support informed decision-making by business stakeholders. - Identify, escalate, and document exceptions to standard contracting language in accordance with defined processes. - Manage workload and priorities effectively to meet deadlines while delivering accurate, high-quality work. - Drive process improvements by developing and maintaining documentation, educating team members, and supporting consistent contracting practices. - Support business goals by contributing to strategic initiatives aimed at achieving or exceeding revenue targets. Requirements: - Bachelor’s degree required; Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent legal experience preferred. - 3+ years of experience contracting, negotiating, drafting, and managing federal, state, and local government contracts. - Demonstrated ability to independently negotiate, draft, execute, and manage complex commercial contracts and service orders. - Strong understanding of contracting workflows, policies, approval processes, exception management, and commercial risk evaluation. - Ability to manage complex, high-value negotiations and contribute to commercial strategy. - Proven ability to clearly communicate contractual risks, options, and recommendations to internal and external stakeholders. - Ability to lead projects or key initiatives, contribute to team development, and support process improvement efforts. - US citizenship and ability to obtain clearance required. - Demonstrated proficiency in leveraging AI-enabled tools and technologies to support contract management activities, including contract review, drafting, analysis, workflow efficiency, and process improvement. Benefits: - Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits - Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan - Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs - Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity - Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits - Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts - In addition to annual Paid Time Off, we offer up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice ## Skills ### Required - contract management - negotiation - commercial strategy - contract compliance - AI-enabled tools ### Nice to have - Juris Doctor (JD) - legal experience - government contracting --- Source: [Apply at relx.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com](https://relx.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/RiskSolutions/job/Mclean-VA/Contracts-Manager_R118558?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)