Senior Contract Negotiator (Remote)

JobScore, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Teletrabalho; USD 140 000 - 165 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

VEC is seeking a Senior Contract Manager to lead our commercial contracting function, negotiating with client legal teams and GC/subconsultant groups. This full-time, remote role reports to the VP Administration & Finance and carries significant responsibility for risk assessment, negotiating terms, and ensuring compliant executed agreements across projects in the US.

Seven+ years in contract review/negotiation in construction-adjacent services, with strong drafting/redlining skills and a solid

Qualificações

• Seven+ years of contract review and negotiation experience in architecture, engineering, construction consulting, or construction technology services.
• Experience drafting redlines and negotiating professional‑services agreements and GC subcontract forms with client legal or contracts teams.
• Strong understanding of professional‑services standard of care, indemnity and defense, liability limits, consequential damages, construction insurance, IP, and payment protections.
• Experience aligning subconsultant agreements with client obligations.
• Experience building or improving contract processes and execution controls.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• JD, paralegal training, or contract management certification preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Review, draft, and negotiate client, GC, subconsultant, and vendor agreements, including amendments, NDAs, and data and security terms.
• Negotiate directly with general contractor and client legal or contracts teams, resolving terms rather than routing comments between parties.
• Align subconsultant agreements with the obligations VEC has taken on with its clients.
• Negotiate indemnity, defense obligations, liability limits, insurance requirements, payment protections, IP, and other contractual risks.
• Apply a working position on professional-services standard of care, consequential damages, and construction insurance, and know where VEC can flex and where it cannot.
• Bring leadership clear recommendations on material exceptions, with the risk and the trade-off stated plainly.
• Control approvals, final versions, and signature sequencing.
• Confirm that the signing copy matches the agreed terms before execution.
• Ensure work begins under an executed agreement or an approved exception.
• Maintain reliable contract records and execution controls.
• Own prequalifications, vendor registrations, and compliance questionnaires.
• Coordinate verified responses with internal teams so submissions are accurate and consistent.
• Manage contractual obligations, notices, changes, renewals, disputes, and closeout.
• Track what VEC has committed to and surface obligations before they become issues.
• Build templates and a contract playbook that project teams can actually use.
• Train project teams on contract standards and escalation paths.
• Coordinate the insurance broker and outside counsel, and decide when specialist input is needed.
• Own business insurance renewals: coordinate applications and broker recommendations, obtain officer approval, and maintain current policy records.

Descrição da oferta de emprego

VEC is seeking a Senior Contract Manager to lead our commercial contracting function, negotiating with client legal teams and GC/subconsultant groups. This full-time, remote role reports to the VP Administration & Finance and carries significant responsibility for risk assessment, negotiating terms, and ensuring compliant executed agreements across projects in the US.

Seven+ years in contract review/negotiation in construction-adjacent services, with strong drafting/redlining skills and a solid