Hybrid Contract Manager — Investment Operations

The Judge Group; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

The Judge Group in Boston, MA or New York, NY is seeking an experienced Contract Manager for a hybrid role (2-3 days onsite per week). The position supports a high-volume investment vendor management team over a 6-month engagement with potential extension.

You will draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements with third-party service providers supporting investment operations, market data, fund administration, technology, and managed services.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in Contract Management, Procurement, Legal Operations, or Vendor Management.
• Experience negotiating commercial contracts, including MSAs, SOWs, SLAs, and third-party vendor agreements.
• Experience within Investment Management, Asset Management, Financial Services, Fund Administration, or Insurance Investment Operations.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent contracts and stakeholder groups.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate MSAs, SOWs, SLAs, amendments, data privacy agreements, and information security agreements.
• Partner with business stakeholders, procurement, legal, risk, and security teams to drive contracts from initiation through execution.
• Manage contract renewals, vendor negotiations, performance issues, invoicing disputes, and service-level concerns.
• Maintain contract repositories, track key milestones, renewal dates, spend commitments, and vendor obligations.
• Monitor software licensing, market data subscriptions, API usage, and consumption-based agreements to identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Support vendor relationship management and ensure contracts align with operational and business requirements.

Skills

Negotiation

Communication

Organization

Contract Management

Stakeholder management

Job description

The Judge Group in Boston, MA or New York, NY is seeking an experienced Contract Manager for a hybrid role (2-3 days onsite per week). The position supports a high-volume investment vendor management team over a 6-month engagement with potential extension.

You will draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements with third-party service providers supporting investment operations, market data, fund administration, technology, and managed services.