Senior Contract Lead — Ironclad CLM Expert (Remote)

Cognizant; Newark (NJ); Remote; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life

Paid holidays and PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Disability coverage

Paid parental leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Contract Management Specialist with 10+ years in CLM, including 5+ years on Ironclad CLM. You will lead end-to-end contract lifecycle management, design scalable workflows, and drive process improvements across legal, procurement, finance, and operations.

Strong automation and integrations experience is essential. Remote-ready with Newark, NJ flexibility; competitive salary with incentive program and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Legal Studies, or related field. An advanced degree or professional certification (CPCM, CCM, Ironclad) preferred.
• At least 10 years of contract management experience with drafting, negotiation, execution, compliance, obligations, renewals.
• Minimum 5 years hands-on Ironclad CLM experience including workflow, repository, reporting, and integrations.
• Experience integrating CLM with CRM, ERP, HRIS and e-signature systems; REST APIs and webhooks preferred.
• Proven success leading cross-functional CLM initiatives, system implementations, migrations, and process-improvement programs.
• Excellent stakeholder-management and communication skills across legal, procurement, sales, finance, operations, and technical teams.
• Strong analytical skills to evaluate contract data, identify risks, and derive insights.
• Attention to detail with focus on accuracy, quality, compliance, and contract management.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of GDPR and SOX; migrating from other CLM platforms a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, administration, and optimization of CLM processes in Ironclad CLM to reduce cycle times and boost adoption.
• Partner with legal, procurement, sales, finance, and operations to translate requirements into scalable workflows, templates, and approvals.
• Configure and manage Ironclad Dynamic Repository: metadata, records, protections, renewals, and monitoring.
• Design and maintain integrations with Salesforce, Workday, Coupa, NetSuite, DocuSign, Ironclad Signature, Slack, and Teams via APIs/webhooks.
• Leverage Ironclad AI capabilities for AI Assist, redlining, playbooks, clause extraction, and Clickwrap administration.
• Provide user training, maintain compliance with policies/regulations, and develop reports/dashboards to track trends, cycle times, obligations, and performance.

Skills

Contract lifecycle management

Ironclad CLM

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

REST APIs

Webhooks

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Regulatory compliance

GDPR

SOX

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Legal Studies, or related field

Tools

Ironclad CLM

Salesforce

Workday

Coupa

NetSuite

DocuSign

Slack

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Contract Management Specialist with 10+ years in CLM, including 5+ years on Ironclad CLM. You will lead end-to-end contract lifecycle management, design scalable workflows, and drive process improvements across legal, procurement, finance, and operations.

Strong automation and integrations experience is essential. Remote-ready with Newark, NJ flexibility; competitive salary with incentive program and comprehensive benefits.