Senior Contract Management Specialist – Ironclad CLM - Manager

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

Senior Contract Management Specialist - Ironclad CLM

About The Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Contract Management Specialist with more than 10 years of contract lifecycle management experience, including at least five years of hands-on experience with the Ironclad CLM platform. The successful candidate will oversee the complete contract lifecycle, ensure compliance, mitigate contractual risks, and optimize processes using Ironclad's workflow, repository, AI, reporting, and integration capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, administration, and continuous optimization of contract lifecycle management processes within Ironclad CLM, with a focus on reducing cycle times, improving user adoption, and enabling self-service contracting.
• Partner with legal, procurement, sales, finance, and operations teams to gather business requirements and translate them into scalable workflows, launch forms, conditional logic, contract templates, clause libraries, approval routing, signer configurations, and handoffs.
• Configure and manage the Ironclad Dynamic Repository, including metadata, record types, Smart Import of legacy contracts, access controls, obligation tracking, renewals, and contract-performance monitoring.
• Design and maintain integrations with Salesforce, Workday, Coupa, NetSuite, DocuSign, Ironclad Signature, Slack, and Microsoft Teams, using Ironclad APIs and webhooks where required.
• Leverage Ironclad AI capabilities, including AI Assist, AI-powered redlining, playbooks, and clause extraction, and administer Ironclad Clickwrap to improve contract review, negotiation, and high-volume agreement execution.
• Serve as the Ironclad subject matter expert by providing user training and administrative support, maintaining compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements, mitigating contract risks, and developing reports and dashboards that measure trends, cycle times, obligations, and performance.

Work Model

We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a remote position open to qualified applicants in Newark, NJ. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the posting date and may change based on the assigned project and evolving business or client requirements. We will always communicate role expectations clearly.

What You Need To Have To Be Considered

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Legal Studies, or a related field. An advanced degree or professional certification, such as CPCM, CCM, or Ironclad certification, is preferred.
• At least 10 years of contract management experience, with a strong understanding of contract drafting, negotiation, execution, compliance, obligations, and renewals.
• Minimum of five years of hands-on experience implementing and administering Ironclad CLM, including workflow design, repository configuration, reporting, and integrations.
• Experience integrating CLM platforms with CRM, ERP, HRIS, and e-signature systems. Familiarity with REST APIs and webhooks is preferred.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional CLM initiatives, system implementations, migrations, and process-improvement programs.
• Excellent stakeholder-management and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across legal, procurement, sales, finance, operations, and technical teams.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to evaluate complex contract data, identify risks, and generate actionable business insights.
• Strong attention to detail, with a consistent focus on accuracy, quality, compliance, and effective contract management.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of contract-related regulatory requirements and industry standards, including GDPR and SOX, is preferred.
• Experience migrating from Icertis, Agiloft, DocuSign CLM, Conga, or another CLM platform to Ironclad is a plus.

These Will Help You Stand Out

Ironclad Core Admin Certification.

Salary And Other Compensation

Applications will be accepted until December 4, 2026.

The annual salary for this position is between $120,000 and $130,000, depending on the successful candidate’s experience and other qualifications.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Paid holidays and paid time off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term and short-term disability coverage
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer

The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the posting date. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

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