Manager, Contract Management – Orthopedics

Jobtailor; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

DePuy Synthes, a leading medical devices company, seeks a contract professional to manage contract requests across the assigned geography, including IDNs, GPOs, and hospitals. You will draft, review, and negotiate terms, balance workloads, mentor partners, and align contracts with sales priorities, while ensuring compliance and risk management.

This role emphasizes collaboration with account management, sales, and cross-functional teams to drive efficient contracting and support strategic

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Law, Business, or Marketing is required; MBA preferred.
• MBA or master’s degree is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage contract requests within assigned geography for IDNs, GPOs, collaboratives, gov't entities, ASCs, and stand-alone hospitals.
• Draft, review and negotiate terms and conditions in commercial contract documents.
• Triage requests and prioritize workload to align with account management and field sales priorities.
• Resolve complex issues through negotiations, including unique contract language requests and approvals.
• Ensure workload balance across contract management analysts supporting the geography.
• Maintain strong attention to detail while identifying patterns, trends, and insights across offers.
• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration with internal partners.
• Provide mentorship and training to business partners on contractual requirements and compliance.
• Support projects to create/update contract templates, clause libraries, SOPs/WIs, and related tools.
• Partner with contract strategy to execute new offerings, product launches, and acquisitions into contract strategies.
• Understand the full DePuy Synthes product offerings, strategies, and business objectives.

Skills

Contract Management

Negotiation Skills

Attention to Detail

Strategic Thinking

Relationship Building

Problem Solving

Effective Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Law, Business, or Marketing

MBA or master's degree

Tools

MS Word

Job description

• Manage all contract requests within an assigned geography to support customers consisting of IDNs, group purchasing organizations, collaboratives, government entities, ASCs, and stand-alone hospitals.
• Draft, review and negotiate terms and conditions in commercial contract documents.
• Triage requests and prioritize workload to deliver contracts aligned with account management and field sales priorities; serve as a strategic partner to account management and field sales.
• Resolve complex issues through customer and internal stakeholder negotiation, including unique contract language requests, obtaining internal approvals, and assisting in dispute resolution.
• Ensure appropriate work assignment and workload balance across the contract management analysts supporting the assigned geography.
• Maintain strong attention to detail while identifying emerging patterns, trends, and insights across offers.
• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration with internal partners.
• Provide mentorship and training to business partners to continuously improve understanding of contractual requirements and the general legal and compliance environment.
• Support projects to create and update contract templates, clause libraries, SOPs/WIs, and related contracting tools as needed.
• Partner with contract strategy to execute newly developed contract offerings, new product launches, integration of acquisitions into contract strategies, and drive process efficiencies.
• Understand the full set of DePuy Synthes products and offerings, strategies, and business objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; concentration in Finance, Law, Business, or Marketing preferred; MBA or master’s degree preferred.
• 5+ years of business experience required; experience in contracting, sales, finance, marketing, or related business required.
• Strong level of ownership and drive for meeting and exceeding expectations.
• Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage in a sophisticated, deadline‑driven environment.
• Medical device or MedTech experience highly preferred.
• Solid understanding of the U.S. healthcare market, including industry trends, customer dynamics, and legal and compliance requirements.
• Highly effective communication skills with the ability to make the complex simple.
• Self‑starter and strategic thinker with demonstrated ability to implement strategies based on competitive dynamics, economic goals, and customer needs.
• Ability to form strong, trust‑based relationships with account management and sales.
• Ability to process multiple, complex, and often ambiguous inputs to develop and present a strong business case.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills with experience supporting customer negotiations and contract development.
• Comfort working across multiple lines of business.
• Capable of drafting complex contract terms and conditions; strong attention to detail; ability to review contracts for conformity to policies, identify and assess risks, and understand DePuy Synthes products and offering strategies and business objectives.
• Proficiency in MS Word (including Track Changes and document compare) required.
• Previous customer‑facing contracting experience highly preferred.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in contract management, negotiation, and compliance within the healthcare market, with a strong focus on strategic partnership and effective communication. Proficient in drafting complex contract terms and understanding business objectives related to medical devices.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Contract Management
• Negotiation Skills
• Healthcare Market Knowledge
• Attention to Detail
• Strategic Thinking

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Contract Drafting
• Contract Review
• Risk Assessment
• Business Case Development
• Compliance Understanding

Soft Skills

• Effective Communication
• Organizational Skills
• Time Management
• Relationship Building
• Problem Solving

Industry Keywords

• Medical Device
• MedTech
• U.S. Healthcare Market
• Contract Templates
• Sales Dynamics

Tools & Technologies

• MS Word