Remote Contract Manager - AI-Driven CLM & Negotiations

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

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.