Contract Negotiation & Operations Lead

Ralliant Corporation; Plainville (CT); Hybrid; USD 58,500 - 108,500; Full time

Job summary

Ralliant Corporation in Plainville, CT is seeking a Contract Administrator with strong commercial contracting experience and solid legal operations skills to support customer, partner, supplier, and other business-facing agreements. Hybrid role requiring in-office presence at least three days weekly.

You will review, negotiate, and manage contracts per corporate playbooks, coordinate with sales, finance, operations, compliance, and legal teams, and maintain templates and playbooks across the

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in commercial contracting or contract administration.
• Experience with contract lifecycle management tools.
• In-house experience preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple projects and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Review assigned commercial contracts, identify legal and business risks, and lead negotiations on routine to moderately complex customer, supplier, partner, and services agreements.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for contract negotiations, coordinating with sales, finance, operations, compliance, and legal stakeholders to resolve open issues and support deal velocity.
• Apply and maintain negotiation playbooks, clause guidance, and escalation frameworks for key commercial terms, including payment, liability, indemnity, warranty, confidentiality, data protection, compliance, and order of precedence.
• Support negotiation and administration of partner, distributor, reseller, and other channel agreements, including tracking approvals, renewals, amendments, and commercial obligations.
• Provide timely, practical communications to sales teams on matter status, contract requirements, and negotiation next steps.
• Receive, triage, and respond to legal matter inquiries, coordinating with other departments as needed.
• Perform due diligence tasks and coordinate post-acquisition integrations.
• Support contract lifecycle management tools, AI contract review tools, and Sensors & Safety Systems legal matter intake processes.
• Track legal KPIs and recommend process or system improvements to increase efficiency.
• Maintain global legal templates and playbooks in coordination with Ralliant Law & Compliance team members.

Skills

Commercial contracting

Negotiation

Legal operations

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/finance or related field

Paralegal certification considered

Tools

Microsoft 365

SharePoint

Power BI

AI contract review tools

Job description

Ralliant Corporation in Plainville, CT is seeking a Contract Administrator with strong commercial contracting experience and solid legal operations skills to support customer, partner, supplier, and other business-facing agreements. Hybrid role requiring in-office presence at least three days weekly.

You will review, negotiate, and manage contracts per corporate playbooks, coordinate with sales, finance, operations, compliance, and legal teams, and maintain templates and playbooks across the