Contract Manager

Tecan; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Flexible working hours

Flexible benefits package

Daily Meal vouchers

30 labour days of annual leave

Private health insurance for you and你的

Job summary

Barcelona, Spain-based Tecan seeks a contract management professional to support global businesses with drafting, reviewing, and negotiating confidentiality, commercial, procurement, consultancy, service, and data protection contracts. You will ensure alignment with risk standards and lifecycle management across the Group.

Join a team focused on continuous improvement of legal operations, CLM processes, and collaboration with stakeholders worldwide to enable effective contracting across Tecan's

Qualifications

• Law degree or equivalent required.
• 2-3 years post-graduate legal experience, ideally with in-house exposure or multinational context.
• Fluency in English and Spanish; German and French are nice to have.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, amend and negotiate Confidentiality Agreements for Group companies worldwide.
• Draft, review, amend and negotiate Sales, Procurement and Commercial Contracts per templates and playbooks.
• Prepare, review and negotiate data processing agreements and data protection clauses.
• Identify and escalate complex, high-risk or material contract issues to the Director Legal.
• Manage contracts throughout their lifecycle using the CLM system and ensure data quality.
• Support CLM system administration and routine tasks as back-up.
• Assist the Legal & Compliance Team and business stakeholders on contract matters.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Contract drafting

Contract management

Education

Law degree

Tools

MS Office

MS Teams

SharePoint

DocuSign

Job description

Barcelona, Spain

Your contribution

In this dynamic and hands-on role, you will be responsible for executing procurement initiatives In this dynamic and collaborative role, you will provide contract management and legal support across Tecan's global businesses, functions, and legal entities. You will be responsible for drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing a wide range of agreements, with a particular focus on confidentiality agreements, commercial contracts, procurement agreements, consultancy agreements, service contracts, and data protection-related documentation. You will work closely with business stakeholders and the Legal & Compliance team to ensure contracts are handled efficiently, consistently, and in line with Tecan's risk management standards.

You will play a key role in supporting contract lifecycle management processes, maintaining high-quality contract records, and contributing to the continuous improvement of legal operations and contract management tools. Working alongside the Director Legal and Legal Counsels, you will help facilitate effective contracting processes while identifying and escalating complex legal matters when required.

The objective of this role is to provide contract management and legal support to the Tecan Group across its businesses, functions, and legal entities, ensuring efficient, consistent, and risk-aware contracting practices.

The role focuses on managing a broad range of contractual matters, including confidentiality agreements, commercial contracts, procurement agreements, consultancy agreements, service agreements, and data protection-related documentation. In addition, the position supports Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) processes and contributes to the continuous improvement of legal operations, enabling effective collaboration between Legal & Compliance and business stakeholders worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Confidentiality Agreements: Draft, review, amend and negotiate confidentiality agreements for Group companies worldwide.
• Sales, Procurement and Commercial Contracts: Draft, review, amend and negotiate sales, procurement and other standardized commercial agreements, including framework procurement agreements, call-off contracts, beta-test, key opinion leader, consultancy, service and co-marketing agreements, in accordance with approved templates, playbooks and escalation guidelines.
• Data Protection related Contract Management: Prepare, review and negotiate data processing agreements and data protection clauses for the LSB and R&D divisions, using approved templates and guidance and escalating non-standard or complex issues as appropriate.
• Contract Escalation and Legal Collaboration: Identify and elevate complex, non-standard, high-risk or material contractual issues to the Director Legal and collaborate closely with all members of the Legal & Compliance Team to ensure consistent legal support and alignment across the Group.
• Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM): Manage assigned contracts throughout their lifecycle using the CLM system, ensuring accurate records, documentation, workflow execution and data quality.
• CLM System Administration: Support the Legal Operations Manager in the administration, maintenance and continuous improvement of the CLM system, including acting as designated back-up for routine administrative tasks, user support and troubleshooting.
• Legal & Compliance Team Support: Support the Director Legal and other members of the Legal & Compliance Team on contract-related matters and other assigned legal and compliance activities, working closely with business stakeholders across the Group.

Your background

We’re not just looking for hard skills - we’re looking for people who bring their passion and talent to work.

• Education: A degree in Law, equivalent education or relevant work experience.
• Must experience:
• 2-3 years of relevant post‑graduate legal experience, ideally with in‑house exposure or multinational context
• Languages:
• Fluency in English and Spanish
• German and French are nice to have
• Technical Knowledge and skills:
• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools, MS Teams, and SharePoint, and electronic signature platforms (e.g. DocuSign)
• Familiarity with, and keen interest in, emerging legal technologies and digital tools, including AI-driven contract automation tools
• Experience working with contract lifecycle management solutions
• High integrity, honesty, and trustworthiness. Interest in understanding Tecan’s various businesses
• Collaborate proactively with colleagues within Legal and business
• Ability to prioritize effectively, confidently advocate positions and drive topics to resolution
• Pragmatic approach and efficient task execution
• Keen interest in negotiation

What makes working at Tecan unique

The chance to make it count and to have an impact on the world of tomorrow

• Working in an international and diverse environment
• The chance to grow your career within the company
• Feel empowered by our strong and unique company culture
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits package

Join Tecan, a great place to work!

Read about our recent certification from Great Place to Work.

Our purpose.

At Tecan we are driven to improve people’s lives and health. We do this by empowering our customers to scale healthcare innovation globally from life science to the clinic. We collaborate with our customers from early-stage innovation through project implementation and beyond. We deliver the products, services and solutions that make lab processes and medical procedures precise, reproducible and compliant.

Stay unique and make it count.

Our values - trust, highest standards and ambition - are the cornerstones of our business and provide the framework for Tecan's culture. We foster a positive and empowering environment where our rarest assets, our unique employees, can grow and bring their passion and talent to work.

We offer

Enjoy a great work-life balance with benefits designed around you!

• Hybrid working model
• Flexible working hours
• Flexible benefits package
• Daily Meal vouchers
• 30 labour days of annual leave
• Private health insurance for you and your family