Contract Specialist

Talent Octopusventures; Warr Acres (OK); On-site; USD 54,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with match

Wellbeing program

Disability & life insurance

Family benefits

Paid volunteer leave

Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is seeking a Contract Specialist to identify and engage contract workers and small businesses providing public record data services. You will negotiate terms, support procurement strategies, and manage contracts with service providers, serving as SME on court processes.

The role requires 3–5 years in a related field, a Bachelor’s degree, and strong negotiation, drafting, and relationship-building skills. Location in the U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent related work experience.
• 3–5 years of experience in vendor management, strategic sourcing, or supplier relationships.
• Understanding of negotiation theory and sourcing concepts, strategies, and practices.
• Strong business and financial acumen, including structuring deals and drafting agreements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, analytical and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategies to establish and sustain a service-provider network for public record data and related services.
• Identify and implement cost-containment and cost-reduction strategies.
• Manage procurement processes for contract workers, independent contractors, and small businesses, including RFIs, RFPs, RFBs, bid vetting, negotiations, and contract awards.
• Draft, administer, and manage contracts with SLAs.
• Serve as the primary communications contact between internal stakeholders and service providers.
• Monitor provider performance against SLAs and address non-compliance.
• Manage renewals, renegotiations, recertifications, cancellations, and breach-of-contract processes.
• Act as SME on court systems and procedures, and build relationships with government entities.
• Resolve court-access issues and identify process improvements.
• Maintain state-, county-, and court-specific collection information with templates.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration across departments.
• Travel up to 5%.

Skills

Negotiation

Vendor management

Strategic sourcing

Sourcing concepts

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About the Business

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies, and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at https://risk.lexisnexis.com/.

About Our Team

Our Data Services court operations team supports public record data and document acquisition, verification, and related services. The team works with internal stakeholders, service providers, and government entities to maintain reliable service delivery, address court access issues, and improve collection processes and documentation.

About the Role

As a Contract Specialist, you will identify and engage contract workers, independent contractors, and small businesses that provide public record data and document acquisition, verification, and related services. You will negotiate terms, support procurement strategies, manage contracts and ongoing provider relationships, and serve as a subject matter expert on court systems, processes, and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategies to establish and sustain a service-provider network for public record data and document acquisition, verification, and related services.
• Identify and implement cost-containment and cost-reduction strategies.
• Manage procurement processes for contract workers, independent contractors, and small businesses, including RFIs, RFPs, RFBs, bid vetting, negotiations, evaluation against vendor-selection criteria, bid approval, and contract award in accordance with established department guidelines.
• Draft, administer, and manage contracts, ensuring service-level agreements are met.
• Serve as the ongoing point of contact for communications between internal stakeholders and service providers.
• Monitor service-provider performance against service-level agreements, including service volume, quality, and timeliness, and address non-compliance.
• Manage contract renewal, renegotiation, recertification, cancellation, and breach-of-contract processes in accordance with established department guidelines.
• Act as a subject matter expert on court systems, processes, and procedures, and build and maintain relationships with government entities.
• Resolve court-access issues that inhibit public record collection.
• Identify procedural and system process improvements.
• Compile and maintain state-, county-, and court-specific collection information using established best-practice documentation templates and protocols.
• Build strong cross-functional relationships and collaborate effectively across departments and business units.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
• Travel up to 5%.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent related work experience.
• Three to five years of experience in a related role, such as vendor management, vendor relationship management, strategic sourcing, or supply chain, is strongly preferred.
• Understanding of negotiation theory and sourcing concepts, strategies, and practices.
• Strong business and financial acumen, including experience structuring deals, drafting agreements, mitigating risk, and negotiating.
• Strong coordination, attention to detail, problem-solving, and planning skills.
• High degree of business ethics, accountability, professionalism, and confidentiality.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, judgment, analytical, customer service, interpersonal, group, and project and task management skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Adaptability, willingness to learn new enterprise applications quickly, and ability to support change.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Collaborative team approach and ability to serve as a positive role model and catalyst for change.

Working for You

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
• Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
• Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
• In addition to annual Paid Time Off, we offer up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice

U.S. National Base Pay Range: $53,900 - $89,800. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates.

This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.

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