Strategic Contract Advisor

Vanguard; United States; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard seeks a Contract Advisor to support the preparation, coordination, and management of client-facing agreements for our Workplace Solutions business. This role ensures that client agreements are accurate, timely, well‑controlled, and aligned with applicable laws, regulations, and client commitments.

The Contract Advisor will partner with relationship managers, implementation teams, legal partners, and document management to support agreement creation, negotiation, execution, tracking, and

Qualifications

• Five years related work experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a broad portfolio of client-facing agreements, amendments, and related documentation.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for all client agreements.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to resolve contractual and related issues throughout the agreement lifecycle.
• Reduce risk by ensuring agreements are tracked, escalated, and completed within required timelines.
• Identify and mitigate contractual and operational risks while balancing client and business needs.
• Manage agreement workflows, reporting, document repositories, metrics, and related data to maintain contract accuracy, accessibility, and compliance.
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives, contract standardization efforts, and the development of contracting best practices and resources.
• Support other projects as requested.

Skills

Contract management

Stakeholder coordination

Negotiation

Contract lifecycle

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Vanguard seeks a Contract Advisor to support the preparation, coordination, and management of client-facing agreements for our Workplace Solutions business. This role ensures that client agreements are accurate, timely, well‑controlled, and aligned with applicable laws, regulations, and client commitments.

The Contract Advisor will partner with relationship managers, implementation teams, legal partners, and document management to support agreement creation, negotiation, execution, tracking, and