Senior Commercial Contracts Leader: Strategic Negotiations

Avania LLC.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Avania is hiring a Manager of Commercial Contracts to oversee drafting, negotiating, and closing a variety of commercial agreements. The role focuses on protecting Avania's interests while aligning with business strategy in a regulated environment.

The Manager will lead template development, monitor contract expirations, and collaborate with Business Development and Ops to drive timely negotiations and compliant processes across the organization.

Qualifications

• Contract negotiation and management experience.
• Working with CMS for contract tracking and reporting.
• Developing templates and negotiation guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Drive, negotiate, review, and process contracts in a commercially reasonable manner that protects Avania's interests and aligns with company policies.
• Lead/produce/review/revise and manage negotiations for Client Specific Contracts and Supplier Contracts.
• Develop and maintain templates, negotiation guidelines and tools to manage contract processes.
• Monitor expiration dates of commercial agreements and determine follow-up steps.
• Collaborate with Business Development to keep them informed of progress of agreements.
• Provide support in client contract negotiations for BAP and Ops teams, including group calls and direct client communication.
• Coordinate with operational staff to obtain information for contracts (scopes, budgets, payment schedules).
• Identify obstacles in contracting to minimize delays and facilitate negotiations.
• Maintain and report in the contract management system (CMS).
• Set up and improve internal review/sign-off processes on contracts.
• Provide administrative support for in-house housekeeping of contracts.
• Drive data protection culture and liaise with DPO, IT to ensure compliance with GDPR, US HIPAA and related transfers.
• Support preparation of internal training materials and presentations.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Contract management

CMS usage

Template development

Data protection

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

CMS

Job description

Avania is hiring a Manager of Commercial Contracts to oversee drafting, negotiating, and closing a variety of commercial agreements. The role focuses on protecting Avania's interests while aligning with business strategy in a regulated environment.

The Manager will lead template development, monitor contract expirations, and collaborate with Business Development and Ops to drive timely negotiations and compliant processes across the organization.