Manager, Contracts & Conflicts

Consilio LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Consilio, LLC is seeking a Contract Manager to help manage the global CLM program and commercial contracting, acting as a liaison across Sales, Legal, and Corporate Systems. You will oversee first-level reviews, AI-enabled analysis, and contract workflow automation to accelerate negotiations and execution.

The role emphasizes handling complex risk areas, maintaining clause libraries, and driving improvements in contract speed and accuracy across a global operation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of contract management and commercial contracting experience.
• Familiarity with CLM systems (Agiloft preferred).
• Experience reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Experience with Salesforce or similar CRM platforms.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct first-level review of client, vendor, and partner agreements.
• Review agreements against approved legal playbooks, negotiation guidelines, and fallback positions.
• Identify deviations from standard contract language and route high-risk matters for legal review.
• Prepare initial contract redlines and proposed revisions.
• Coordinate contract negotiations with Sales, Procurement, and business stakeholders.
• Facilitate execution of standard agreements with minimal attorney involvement where appropriate.
• Track and manage contract obligations and critical deadlines.
• Manage the conflicts intake process for new matters, clients, and engagements.
• Review conflict submissions for completeness and accuracy.
• Conduct conflict checks and affiliation research.
• Analyze conflict reports and identify potential issues requiring further review.
• Serve as a primary business user of Consilio's Agiloft CLM platform.
• Manage contract records, reporting, metadata, workflows, and contract status updates.
• Ensure proper linkage between Salesforce opportunities and Agiloft contract records.
• Monitor contract workflow queues and proactively drive matters toward completion.
• Assist in user acceptance testing (UAT), workflow enhancements, and future CLM implementations.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve contract management efficiency.
• Utilize AI-enabled contract review tools to analyze agreements and identify legal and commercial risks.
• Review and validate AI-generated contract redlines and recommendations.
• Support development and refinement of clause libraries, negotiation playbooks, and AI review criteria.
• Assist Legal Operations in measuring AI effectiveness and adoption.
• Serve as a liaison between: Sales and Commercial Operations; Legal; Corporate Systems; Information Security; Finance; Privacy and Compliance Teams.
• Coordinate contract approvals and stakeholder reviews.
• Facilitate communication between business teams and attorneys regarding contract status and risk assessments.
• Escalate matters requiring specialized legal review.
• Develop and maintain contract metrics and dashboards.
• Report on: Contract cycle times, Volume by agreement type, Negotiation trends, Attorney escalation rates, AI review utilization, SLA compliance.
• Provide leadership with insights regarding contracting bottlenecks and process improvement opportunities.
• The Contract Manager will be expected to independently manage routine contractual issues and elevate matters involving:
• Limitation of liability deviations, Indemnification provisions, Intellectual property ownership, Data privacy and cybersecurity obligations, Regulatory compliance concerns, Insurance requirements, Non-standard pricing structures, Strategic client negotiations, Significant commercial or legal risk.

Skills

Contract management

Commercial contracting

Legal operations

Procurement contracting

Deal desk or CLM administration

Salesforce

Agiloft

AI-assisted review tools

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Agiloft

Salesforce

Job description

Overview

Consilio is seeking a Contract Manager to support the Company's global contract lifecycle management ("CLM") program and commercial contracting function. The Contract Manager will serve as a key liaison between Sales, Commercial Operations, Legal, and Corporate Systems, helping to streamline contract review, negotiation, execution, and reporting processes through Salesforce, Agiloft, and AI-enabled contract review tools.

The ideal candidate possesses a strong understanding of contract lifecycle management, experience reviewing commercial agreements, and a passion for process improvement and legal technology. This role will be responsible for managing contract workflows, conducting first-level contract reviews, leveraging AI-enabled review tools, and ensuring agreements are efficiently routed through the appropriate approval and negotiation processes.

This position is a critical component of Consilio's legal transformation strategy and will help drive operational excellence, improve speed to contract, and allow attorneys to focus on higher-risk and strategic legal matters.

Responsibilities

Contract Review & Negotiation Support

• Conduct first-level review of client, vendor, and partner agreements.
• Review agreements against approved legal playbooks, negotiation guidelines, and fallback positions.
• Identify deviations from standard contract language and route high-risk matters for legal review.
• Prepare initial contract redlines and proposed revisions.
• Coordinate contract negotiations with Sales, Procurement, and business stakeholders.
• Facilitate execution of standard agreements with minimal attorney involvement where appropriate.
• Track and manage contract obligations and critical deadlines.

Conflict Intake & Review

• Manage the conflicts intake process for new matters, clients, and engagements.
• Review conflict submissions for completeness and accuracy.
• Conduct conflict checks and affiliation research.
• Analyze conflict reports and identify potential issues requiring further review.

Contract Lifecycle Management (Agiloft)

• Serve as a primary business user of Consilio's Agiloft CLM platform.
• Manage contract records, reporting, metadata, workflows, and contract status updates.
• Ensure proper linkage between Salesforce opportunities and Agiloft contract records.
• Monitor contract workflow queues and proactively drive matters toward completion.
• Assist in user acceptance testing ("UAT"), workflow enhancements, and future CLM implementations.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve contract management efficiency.

AI-Assisted Contract Review

• Utilize AI-enabled contract review tools to analyze agreements and identify legal and commercial risks.
• Review and validate AI-generated contract redlines and recommendations.
• Support development and refinement of clause libraries, negotiation playbooks, and AI review criteria.
• Assist Legal Operations in measuring AI effectiveness and adoption.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Serve as a liaison between:
• Sales and Commercial Operations
• Legal
• Corporate Systems
• Information Security
• Finance
• Privacy and Compliance Teams
• Coordinate contract approvals and stakeholder reviews.
• Facilitate communication between business teams and attorneys regarding contract status and risk assessments.
• Escalate matters requiring specialized legal review.

Reporting and Analytics

• Develop and maintain contract metrics and dashboards.
• Report on:
• Contract cycle times
• Volume by agreement type
• Negotiation trends
• Attorney escalation rates
• AI review utilization
• SLA compliance
• Provide leadership with insights regarding contracting bottlenecks and process improvement opportunities.

Escalation Authority

The Contract Manager will be expected to independently manage routine contractual issues and elevate matters involving:

• Limitation of liability deviations
• Indemnification provisions
• Intellectual property ownership
• Data privacy and cybersecurity obligations
• Regulatory compliance concerns
• Insurance requirements
• Non-standard pricing structures
• Strategic client negotiations
• Significant commercial or legal risk

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in:
• Contract management
• Commercial contracting
• Legal operations
• Procurement contracting
• Deal desk or CLM administration
• Experience reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Familiarity with contract lifecycle management systems (Agiloft preferred).
• Experience working with Salesforce or similar CRM platforms.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, global environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Paralegal certificate or legal studies background.
• Experience supporting legal departments or in-house legal teams.
• Experience with AI-enabled contract review solutions.
• Experience building and maintaining clause libraries and negotiation playbooks.
• Knowledge of data privacy, cybersecurity, SaaS, and technology agreements.
• Experience supporting global contracting operations.

Consilio, LLC is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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