Lead Analyst, Legal Contracts

Stryker; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 89,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Health Savings Account (HSA)

401(k) plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Life and AD&D insurance

Short-term disability insurance

Job summary

Stryker is seeking an experienced contracts professional to support our procurement and contract management operations. You will draft, review, negotiate, and manage a variety of commercial agreements and statements of work, partnering with internal stakeholders and suppliers to drive timely decisions and mitigate risk.

The role emphasizes process improvements, data analytics, and training delivery across contract lifecycle management, IT procurement, and strategic supplier relationships.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 4+ years in contract management, procurement, or related fields.
• Experience drafting, redlining, negotiating procurement contracts and SOWs.
• Familiar with CLM systems and MS Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage commercial agreements and SOWs.
• Advise partners on terms, policies, and contracting processes.
• Identify risks and escalate for legal review when needed.
• Negotiate terms with suppliers while protecting company interests.
• Track activities, maintain records, provide status updates.
• Serve as subject matter expert for contract categories.
• Develop and deliver training on contract management topics.
• Lead improvements in contract processes, analytics, and templates.

Skills

Contract management

Contract negotiation

Procurement

Legal operations

Supply chain

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

CLM systems

MS Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook)

Job description

Join Stryker’s Contract Management team and play a key role in supporting business operations through the review, negotiation, and management of procurement agreements. This position partners closely with internal stakeholders, suppliers, and legal professionals to facilitate efficient contracting processes, manage risk, and improve contract management practices across the organization. The role offers broad exposure to manufacturing, service, development, and procurement-related agreements while contributing to process improvements, training initiatives, and contract lifecycle management programs.

We have a preference for candidates located in EST.

What You Will Do

• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage commercial agreements, including equipment purchase agreements, lease agreements, service agreements, development agreements, and statements of work.
• Advise business partners on contract terms, company policies, business considerations, and contracting processes to support timely decision-making.
• Identify contractual, financial, and business risks and recommend mitigation strategies, escalating matters for legal review when appropriate.
• Negotiate contract terms directly with suppliers and third parties while protecting company interests and maintaining productive business relationships.
• Track contract-related activities, maintain accurate records, and provide status updates to stakeholders to support timely contract execution.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for assigned contract categories and act as a primary point of contact for contract review requests.
• Develop and deliver training programs, presentations, and educational content on contract management topics for business audiences, including large group sessions.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives related to contract processes, data analytics, automation, templates, and contract lifecycle management systems.

Required Qualifications

What You Will Need

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in contract management, contract negotiation, procurement, legal operations, or supply chain.
• Experience drafting, reviewing, redlining, and negotiating procurement contracts, procurement agreements, and Statements of Work (SOWs).
• Experience working with Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) systems and Microsoft Office applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in contract management, contract negotiation, procurement, legal operations, or a related business function.
• Demonstrated experience drafting, reviewing, redlining, and negotiating a variety of commercial and procurement agreements, including supplier/vendor agreements, manufacturing agreements, procurement contracts, service agreements, technology agreements, development agreements, and capital equipment purchase agreements.
• Proven ability to develop and implement contract templates, contract negotiation playbooks, training materials, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) processes.
• Experience leveraging contract data and analytics, reporting, process automation, workflow optimization, and systems administration to improve contract operations, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement.
• Strong experience supporting IT and technology procurement, including software agreements, hardware agreements, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), cloud services, licensing agreements, and other technology-related contracts.
• Demonstrated success collaborating cross-functionally within a complex, global, matrixed organization and influencing stakeholders across Legal, Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Operations, and other business functions.
• Experience using Checkbox or similar workflow automation, legal intake, contract intake, or contract management solutions to streamline legal and procurement processes.

United States of America Pay Ranges

• USN: $89,300 - $148,800 USD Annual
• US5: $93,800 - $156,200 USD Annual
• US10: $98,200 - $163,700 USD Annual
• US15: $102,700 - $171,100 USD Annual
• US20: $107,200 - $178,600 USD Annual
• US30: $116,100 - $193,400 USD Annual

• Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program.
• Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance.

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Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.