Remote SaaS Contracts Specialist

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) match

Job summary

Paylocity is seeking a Contract Specialist to support the legal team in reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements. This fully remote role in the U.S.

reports to Senior Managing Counsel and involves drafting, redlining, and managing contracts, NDAs, and related documents, with a focus on SAAS and technology engagements. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders, help optimize contract processes, and lead in negotiations for low-complexity transactions while maintaining strong

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating contracts, preferably SAAS and technology agreements supporting vendor transactions/procurement.
• Bachelor’s degree
• 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 review

SAAS agreements

Word and Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree

JD preferred but not required

Tools

Word

Excel

Job description

Paylocity is seeking a Contract Specialist to support the legal team in reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements. This fully remote role in the U.S.

reports to Senior Managing Counsel and involves drafting, redlining, and managing contracts, NDAs, and related documents, with a focus on SAAS and technology engagements. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders, help optimize contract processes, and lead in negotiations for low-complexity transactions while maintaining strong