Contracts Manager, Google Procurement Organization

Google; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 136,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's Procurement Organization (GPO) seeks a seasoned contract management professional to oversee end-to-end contract lifecycles for marketing, professional services, and related categories.

You'll coordinate with legal, category management, product teams, and external vendors, ensuring compliant, scalable contracting with a focus on risk mitigation and business value. Competitive compensation includes base salary, bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Law, Business Administration, Business Law, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in contract management, legal, or procurement roles, with a focus on overseeing the end-to-end contract lifecycle.
• Experience in drafting, reviewing, and finalizing contracts to meet legal and regulatory requirements.
• Experience in supporting marketing and professional services, or related fields.
• Experience in contract negotiation, terms clarification, issue resolution, and implementing negotiation strategies to achieve business goals and mitigate risks.

Responsibilities

• Support the end-to-end contract lifecycle, from drafting and negotiation to execution and renewal for high complexity strategic contracts.
• Identify and engage with stakeholders from category management, product areas, legal, external vendors or service providers to handle specific aspects of the contracting process.
• Oversee the draft, review, and execution of contracts, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Provide support and assistance in contract negotiations, terms clarification, and resolving issues in collaboration with stakeholders and extended workforce partners.
• Support management of relationships with contract-related vendors or outsourced partners, ensuring alignment with contract terms and service level agreements (SLAs).

Skills

Contract management

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder collaboration

Marketing contracts

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Contract management software

Job description

• Bachelor's degree in Law, Business Administration, Business Law, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in contract management, legal, or procurement roles, with a focus on overseeing the end-to-end contract lifecycle.
• Experience in drafting, reviewing, and finalizing contracts to meet legal and regulatory requirements.
• Experience in supporting marketing and professional services, or related fields.
• Experience in contract negotiation, terms clarification, issue resolution, and implementing negotiation strategies to achieve business goals and mitigate risks.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Law, Business Administration, Business Law, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in contract management, legal, or procurement roles, with a focus on overseeing the end-to-end contract lifecycle.
• Experience in drafting, reviewing, and finalizing contracts to meet legal and regulatory requirements.
• Experience in supporting marketing and professional services, or related fields.
• Experience in contract negotiation, terms clarification, issue resolution, and implementing negotiation strategies to achieve business goals and mitigate risks.

Preferred qualifications:

• Advanced degree or Certifications in Contract Management, Business Law, or related fields.
• Experience managing extended workforce contracting functions and tasks, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and quality standards.
• Experience collaborating with legal teams/external counsel for contract drafting/review, and ability to support contract negotiations, terms clarification, and issue resolution.
• Familiarity with industry best practices/emerging trends in contract management, and ability to implement practices.
• Proficiency using contract management software/tools to streamline and automate contract management processes.
• Knowledge of legal/regulatory requirements related to contract management, and experience in ensuring compliance with these requirements throughout contract lifecycle.

About The Job

In the Google Procurement Organization (GPO), our aim is to unlock value for Google to reinvest in what matters most. We do this by bringing velocity, efficiency, and security to buying at Google, while partnering deeply across Google to deliver solutions fit for purpose. As a centralized organization operating in a high complexity environment, we bring one voice to stakeholders and suppliers to ensure the best outcomes. Our organization fosters a culture of collaboration and innovation while providing opportunities for ongoing career growth and development.

Within the Google Procurement Organization, the Commercial Operations team is responsible for providing scaled operations support and bringing excellence to Google-wide sourcing, supplier, and contract management.

In this role, you will be responsible for managing the contracting process efficiently for categories like marketing, professional services, etc., and leveraging extended workforce resources or partnerships strategically to achieve scalability, cost-effectiveness, and operational excellence in contract management for Google. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $136000 - $196000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Support the end-to-end contract lifecycle, from drafting and negotiation to execution and renewal for high complexity strategic contracts.
• Identify and engage with stakeholders from category management, product areas, legal, external vendors or service providers to handle specific aspects of the contracting process.
• Oversee the draft, review, and execution of contracts, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Provide support and assistance in contract negotiations, terms clarification, and resolving issues in collaboration with stakeholders and extended workforce partners.
• Support management of relationships with contract-related vendors or outsourced partners, ensuring alignment with contract terms and service level agreements (SLAs).

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .