Remote Contract Analyst: Risk, Negotiation & Administration

Stillwatersci; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health, dental, life, and disability保险

Paid family leave

Paid professional development

401(k) with employer match

Employee Stock Ownership Program

Job summary

Stillwater Sciences seeks a highly motivated Contract Analyst to support review, negotiation, administration, and tracking of contracts across the company. This role reviews and manages professional service agreements and subconsultant agreements, identifies contractual risks, supports contract negotiations, and helps ensure compliance with company policies and client requirements.

The Contract Analyst partners closely with project managers and leadership to protect Stillwater's interests while

Qualifications

• Understanding contract language, obligations, and risk concepts for professional service firms.
• Ability to review legal documents and understand key terms and conditions.
• Collaborative approach with reliable follow-through and attention to detail.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.

Responsibilities

• Review client, prime, and subcontract agreements to identify obligations, risks, and key terms (indemnification, IP, payment, insurance, confidentiality).
• Evaluate contract provisions for consistency and applicability to our work.
• Compare terms from previous contracts with new ones.
• Assess flow-down provisions when Stillwater is a subcontractor.
• Review standard proposals and draft edits/additions as part of our proposals.
• Identify unacceptable terms and draft alternative language with rationale.
• Negotiate terms with Stillwater signatories and project managers.
• Develop and maintain standard contract language, templates, and guidelines.
• Explain complex contract terms clearly to non-legal stakeholders.

Skills

Contract terms

Document review

Collaboration

Confidentiality

Education

Bachelor’s degree (business/English/legal)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

Stillwater Sciences seeks a highly motivated Contract Analyst to support review, negotiation, administration, and tracking of contracts across the company. This role reviews and manages professional service agreements and subconsultant agreements, identifies contractual risks, supports contract negotiations, and helps ensure compliance with company policies and client requirements.

The Contract Analyst partners closely with project managers and leadership to protect Stillwater's interests while