Contracts Enablement - Legal Specialist

Azurity Pharmaceuticals; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is seeking a detail-oriented Contracts Enabler for its Legal team to manage the end-to-end lifecycle of contracts across commercial, vendor, and clinical agreements. The role focuses on CLM platform management (Ironclad), workflows, and strong collaboration with business owners to ensure timely execution and compliance.

You will oversee signatory coordination, template integration with DocuSign, and metadata management while driving process improvements and reporting to

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with CLM tools, preferably Ironclad.
• Ability to review and negotiate MLAs, CDAs, SOWs, and Addenda.
• Manage contract workflows, approvals, and repository in CLM.
• Provide stakeholder training and on-call support.

Responsibilities

• Act as liaison for Ironclad CLM and manage licenses, roles, and notifications.
• Design and update contract workflows and triggers based on department needs.
• Coordinate renewals and upgrades of CLM subscriptions.
• Review, redline, and support negotiation of standard agreements with business owners.

Skills

Ironclad CLM

Contract negotiation

Stakeholder management

Workflow design

Tools

Ironclad

DocuSign

SharePoint

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Contracts Enabler to join our Legal team within a global pharmaceutical company. This role is critical in supporting the end-to-end lifecycle of contracts, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and timely execution across a range of commercial, vendor, and clinical agreements. Our Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platform is Ironclad, and we are specifically looking for a candidate who is well-versed and has hands-on experience with CLM tools, preferably Ironclad. Familiarity with Ironclad will be a strong advantage, as the role involves working directly within the platform to manage contract workflows, approvals, and repository functions.

Responsibilities

Platform Management

• Serve as key liaison for Ironclad CLM.
• Maintain licenses, user roles, and notifications.
• Coordinate subscription renewals and upgrades.

Workflow Oversight

• Design and update workflows (Launch Forms, conditional logic).
• Assign workflows based on department, cost, and triggers.
• Ensure timely completion and accuracy of workflows.

Stakeholder Support

• Provide on-call support, troubleshooting, and training.
• Guide agreement preparation and process overrides.
• Review, red-line, and negotiate Master Level Agreements (MLAs), Child Level Agreements (e.g., Statements of Work, Addenda, Work Orders), and Confidential Disclosure Agreements (CDAs) in coordination with business owners and counterparties. Ensure that negotiated terms comply with Azurity s contracting policies, applicable laws/regulations, and risk-management guidelines. Escalate material deviations to Legal Counsel, recommend alternative clauses, and document negotiation history within the Ironclad CLM platform.

Reporting

• Generate SLA and ad-hoc reports for Finance and stakeholders.
• Analyze contract metrics and processing status.

Tool Process Updates

• Monitor Ironclad updates; attend Academy webinars.
• Enforce PRF approvals and maintain SharePoint resources.
• Create and manage Legal Clause Library and SOPs.

Signatory Coordination

• Ensure correct signatory assignment per policy.
• Support policy updates and compliance.

Metadata Documentation

• Validate metadata and document completeness.
• Create Contract Families and flag inaccuracies.

Training Communication

• Train stakeholders and legal team on Ironclad.
• Manage Contracts inbox and internal communications.
• Maintain intranet pages and Champions Team updates.

Template Integration Management

• Maintain standard agreement templates on SharePoint.
• Integrate Ironclad with DocuSign and other tools.
• Set up auto-email notifications.

Project Leadership

• Lead/assist CLM projects (e.g., restructuring, migration).
• Coordinate contract file migrations during acquisitions.