Description
WSP USA is seeking a Contracts Manager for our Ephrata, Pennsylvania location or any other WSP office in the United States. As a Senior Professional, Contract Management, you will collaborate with our Project teams and be a part of a dynamic Procurement organisation that meets our Client's objectives and requirements.
Your Impact
- Interpret Client contracts to identify major contract requirements, insurance, and mandatory required flow downs.
- Quickly identify and prioritise business, legal, and financial risk, and work with business leaders to mitigate that risk.
- Prepare Subcontracts and other agreement types, such as memoranda of understanding, teaming agreements, intercompany agreements, task orders, professional services agreements, non-professional/commercial agreements, and Master Agreements.
- Collaborate with business leaders to ensure accuracy with payment terms and review scopes of work and performance schedules.
- Engage with business leaders and subcontractors to resolve subcontract-related issues.
- Manage completion of subcontracting activities, including identifying and solving problems, proactively challenging the project team to consider new alternatives, and driving critical thinking to optimise results.
- Work on several projects simultaneously, prioritising to ensure all deadlines are met and maximising impact and results.
- Provide training to internal stakeholders, as needed.
CLM / Agiloft
- Manage intake and triage of subcontract and contract-related requests through the CLM system, ensuring accurate routing, prioritisation, and tracking.
- Administer and oversee contracts across the full lifecycle within the CLM system, including request initiation, drafting, review, approval workflows, execution, and renewal/closeout.
- Ensure all subcontract records, documents, and data are accurately maintained and stored within the CLM repository.
- Monitor personal dashboards from the CLM system to track status, cycle times, compliance, and workload metrics.
Who You Are
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or Law or equivalent.
- 5+ years' prior relevant experience in drafting and editing agreements with government and private sector clients and vendors.
- Experience with contract law principles and experience drafting several types of agreements.
- Working knowledge of commercial, federal, state, and local government contracting and practices.
- Attention to detail and problem-solving skills, strong time management skills, and the ability to prioritise work.
- Ability to multi-task and work in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.
- Excellent conflict resolution skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with both internal and external parties at any level of the organisational hierarchy.
- Must be able to work independently, establish priorities, and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
- Ability to influence stakeholders and negotiate for desired outcomes.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
- Retirement savings
- Paid sick leave
- Paid vacation
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalisation proceedings
Compensation
- Expected Salary (all locations): $77,100- $122,700
- Expected Salary (Colorado only): $77,100 - $115,100