Contracts Consultant

Univedge Consulting LLC; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

McGraw Hill is seeking an experienced Contracts Manager to oversee the sale and distribution of digital and print products. You will drive contract strategy, draft and negotiate agreements, and manage execution through renewal or termination.

You will partner with legal, compliance, sales, and product teams to mitigate risk, ensure regulatory alignment, and leverage AI tools to review and improve contract processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, or law.
• 10 years of contract management experience with drafting and negotiating sales and licensing agreements, distribution agreements, rental agreements, confidentiality agreements, statements of work, integration agreements and IT security and data privacy agreements.
• Strong understanding of contract construction, licensing and intellectual property rights.
• Working knowledge of federal and state data privacy regulations.
• Excellent written and communication skills.
• Excellent negotiation and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word and Excel; able to use AI and generative AI tools for contract work.
• Ability to establish strong working relationships based on trust, openness and consensus building.

Responsibilities

• Manage contracts for sale and distribution of McGraw Hill products.
• Lead contract strategy, negotiation, drafting, execution, amending, renewing through termination or expiration.
• Collaborate with cross-functional departments to ensure alignment of contracts with McGraw Hill mission, business and financial objectives and provide guidance on risk mitigation and regulatory compliance.
• Provide guidance with respect to contractual risk mitigation, and compliance with company policies and legal and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Negotiation

Interpersonal skills

Analytical thinking

Writing

Communication

Regulatory compliance

Risk assessment

AI tools proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/finance/law

Juris Doctor

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

AI tools

Job description

This role will be focused on managing contracts for the sale and distribution of McGraw Hill digital and print products including contract strategy, negotiation, drafting, execution, amending, renewing through termination or expiration. In addition, this role collaborates with cross functional departments to ensure alignment of contracts with McGraw Hill mission, business and financial objectives and provides guidance with respect to contractual risk mitigation, and compliance with company policies and legal and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, law or related fields. Juris doctor is a plus.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of contract management experience including excellent skills drafting and negotiating sales and licensing agreements, distribution agreements, rental agreements, confidentiality agreements, statements work, integration agreements and IT security and data privacy agreements.
• Strong understanding of contract construction, licensing and intellectual property rights.
• Working knowledge of federal and state date privacy regulations.
• Effective communicator with all levels of McGraw Hill.
• Excellent negotiation and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to establish strong working relationships based on trust, openness and consensus building.
• Proactive results driven, with strong attention to detail, issue identification and resolution skills.
• Excellent writing skills.
• Strong time management and multi-tasking skills
• Effective and efficient use of Microsoft suite of products (i.e., Word and Excel) in the fulfillment of contract management accountabilities.
• Proficiency with AI and generative AI tools and demonstrated ability to use them effectively and responsibly in day-to-day work, including contract review, drafting, research, analysis, and process improvement.

Must Have for this role:

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, law or related fields

10 years of contract management experience

Working knowledge of federal and state date privacy regulations.

Effective and efficient use of Microsoft suite of products ( Word and Excel) in the fulfillment of contract management accountabilities.

Proficiency with AI and generative AI tools

Excellent written and communication skills

Excellent negotiation and interpersonal skills

Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills

Proactive results driven, with strong attention to detail, issue identification and resolution skills.

Ability to establish strong working relationships based on trust, openness and consensus building.

Strong time management and multi-tasking skills