Delivery Operations Team Lead - Contract Management Specialist

Accenture India Private Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture India Private Limited in Bengaluru seeks a Contract Specialist to lead contract management activities across diverse engagements. You will draft, review, negotiate IT, procurement, and services contracts, manage risk, and guide cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with client policies and laws.

You'll coordinate with client legal teams, handle redlines, and maintain contract repositories while driving timely deal closure and performance measurement across engagements.

Qualifications

• Law degree or equivalent professional qualification with a minimum of 8 years of overall professional experience, including at least 6 years of relevant experience in Commercial Contract Management and Procurement Contracting.
• Be able to identify legal risk in various contract types and explain business implications clearly.
• In-depth experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements and contract execution processes.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate contracts based on client or supplier templates, ensuring compliance with client standards.
• Draft, review, and negotiate IT, technology, procurement, marketing, and HR-related contracts.
• Coordinate contract analysis, redlines, and negotiations with client legal and other stakeholders, including suppliers.

Skills

Contract management

Contract drafting

Contract negotiation

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Law degree or equivalent qualification

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Delivery Operations Team Lead Skill required: Contract Services - Contract Management Designation: Delivery Operations Team Lead Qualifications: Any Graduation Years of Experience: 7 to 11 years

About Accenture Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security.Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services, and Accenture Song— all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 784,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com

What would you do? Accenture is currently seeking a Contract Specialist who is looking for an exciting and challenging career with Accenture – an employer that enables you to make a real difference. The Contract Specialist will facilitate the development and execution of a variety of third-party commercial contracts in accordance with our client’s policies and procedures, applicable laws, and other requirements. The Contract Specialist may provide guidance to the client’s business units and project teams on contract management and policy compliance matters and may lead more than one engagement. Depending on the size and complexity of the agreement, the Contract Specialist may be full-time on a single engagement. This is a non-attorney position. This role will be primarily based in Accenture India

What are we looking for?

What skills, qualifications and competencies do I need?

• Law degree or equivalent professional qualification with a minimum of 8 years of overall professional experience, including at least 6 years of relevant experience in Commercial Contract Management and Procurement Contracting.
• Be able to identify legal risk in various contract types;
• In depth experience working with a variety of contract types (i.e. preparing, reviewing and negotiating) and contract execution processes.
• Must be able to recognize, identify and clearly be able to explain business and convey legal positions;
• Impactful experience working within cross-functional and/or global teams of contracting and / or procurement professionals and aligning with established performance expectations;
• Internal stakeholder management, data/information management, category management, process design and continuous improvement initiatives, project management and performance measurement skills;
• Procurement process knowledge, contract management, market analysis, supplier analysis, supplier diversity, technology utilization, strategic planning, and integrated supply chain experience is an advantage;
• Experience with contract reporting necessary (i.e. total number of contracts, number of suppliers under contract, and other indicators) to assess progress and effectiveness of the contract function;
• Experience responding to inquiries regarding contract obligations and redlines/revisions;
• Demonstrated a results driven approach, in a team setting where team members are not directly located within the same geography;
• Strong client management skills;
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Draft and negotiate contracts based on both client templates and supplier templates, in a timely manner with appropriate legal support to ensure compliance with client standards;
• Strong subject matter expertise in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements, including IT, technology, procurement of goods and services, marketing, professional services, consulting, facilities management, logistics, staffing, and HR-related contracts.
• Coordinate and perform contract analysis, including redlines and negotiations with client legal and other stakeholders, as well as suppliers to: ? Negotiate business terms and collaborate, coordinate, and be able to explain risks and implications of contract terms to the business and other stakeholders. ? Complete gap analyses, review, redline, and understand contract language, risks and implications of such language. ? Draft commercial terms as needed.
• Prepare and disseminate information regarding contract status, compliance, modifications, with the ability to work within cross-functional teams to maintain contracting procedures and ensuring adherence to regional/goal category strategies;
• Consulting and escalating positioning issues which are not solved satisfactorily to the project and client team in a timely manner;
• Act as a contact between the project team and/or business unit and client legal team, ensuring that all business, legal and contractual matters are addressed efficiently and promptly;
• Issue necessary modifications to clarify questions concerning such topics as specification changes, language ambiguities or clarification of contract clause;
• Manage multiple, complex projects independently with the ability to resolve complex negotiation issues in a timely manner, escalating as appropriate and push a deal through to execution;
• Assist with training and coaching to other contract specialists on legal review and interpretation;
• Ensure that all contracts and agreements are filed in the contract repository;
• Manage projects within Accenture’s proprietary or client workflow tools to document each step of the contract formation process.
• Maintain and update contract databases and disseminate information as appropriate