Remote SaaS Contract Negotiator

Teamtalentus; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits package

Annual bonus

Restricted stock units

Remote-friendly (US)

Career development

Job summary

Paylocity is seeking a Contract Specialist to support the fast-paced commercial function. This fully remote US-based role reports to Senior Counsel and involves contract administration, drafting, redlining, and negotiation of service, vendor, NDA, and other agreements.

You will manage intake, prioritize deal work, collaborate with stakeholders, and help improve contracting policies. 3+ years SAAS experience, JD preferred but not required, and proficiency in Word and Excel are valued.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating contracts, preferably SAAS and technology agreements supporting vendor transactions/procurement.
• JD preferred but not required
• Proficient in Word and Excel
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Desire to collaborate in a fast-pace and evolving tech environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, redline, negotiate, and manage commercial contracts including service agreements, vendor agreements, statements of work, partnership agreements, amendments, NDAs, and related legal agreements.
• Responsible for contract negotiation of high volume of engagements in partnership with commercial counsel.
• Ensure efficiency and organization in intake process and deal pipeline to enable appropriate prioritization and timeliness of response to stakeholders across requests.
• Identify terms and conditions options, and/or carve-out strategies to resolve contract negotiation roadblocks while limiting risk as well as applying fallback positions established by the legal team.
• Successfully leverage and contribute to playbook and cheat sheets to be used as negotiation tools across the team.
• Independently review and redline agreements using internal resources with appropriate escalation on non-standard positions.
• Identify and help implement process improvements to contracting policies and procedures, including contract lifecycle management and related initiatives.
• Collaborate across stakeholders to coordinate advice internally and externally.
• Independently lead internal calls with clients on deal structure, open issues and related contract support.
• As appropriate, lead live negotiations leveraging playbook and cheat sheet positions for low complexity transactions.
• Proactively liaise with internal clients to understand deal cycle, pipeline and urgency on requests.
• Build relationships and maintain open communication with internal clients to establish
• strong partnership with legal.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Drafting contracts

Reviewing contracts

SAAS contracting

Vendor management

Communication

Education

JD preferred but not required

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Paylocity is seeking a Contract Specialist to support the fast-paced commercial function. This fully remote US-based role reports to Senior Counsel and involves contract administration, drafting, redlining, and negotiation of service, vendor, NDA, and other agreements.

You will manage intake, prioritize deal work, collaborate with stakeholders, and help improve contracting policies. 3+ years SAAS experience, JD preferred but not required, and proficiency in Word and Excel are valued.