Strategic Contracts & Operations Manager

Socket.dev; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Richline Group, a Berkshire Hathaway company, seeks a Business Administration Manager to act as the operational and commercial hub across Sales, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, and Legal. This role emphasizes contract administration, consignment governance, and cross-functional project management to improve processes and mitigate risk.

You will oversee contract lifecycle, inventory reconciliation, and compliance monitoring while guiding strategic decisions with finance and procurement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, legal studies, finance, supply chain, or related field.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in business operations or administration.
• Demonstrated experience working with commercial contracts, sales, and consignment agreements.
• Working knowledge of asset administration (including trademarks, patent lifecycle tracking, licensing, NDAs).
• Ability to travel as needed to remote offices, customer sites, and other business locations.

Responsibilities

• Cross-functional liaison between Sales, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, and Legal to ensure contractual integrity.
• Support administration, tracking, maintenance, and renewal filings of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets.
• Review, manage, and track NDAs, MSAs, contracts, and SOWs.
• Partner with Finance and Sales to ensure active contract terms, pricing, delivery, and conditions are understood and honored.
• Standardize contract workflows and maintain an audit-ready central repository.
• Coordinate with external legal counsel and patent/trademark agents on docketing, deadlines, and requests.
• Identify commercial and contractual risks and propose mitigation strategies.

Skills

Contract administration

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Risk mitigation

Project management

Negotiation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, legal studies, finance, supply chain, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Microsoft Dynamics 365

SAP

Oracle ERP

Salesforce CRM

SharePoint

Teams

PowerPoint

Job description

Richline Group, a Berkshire Hathaway company, seeks a Business Administration Manager to act as the operational and commercial hub across Sales, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, and Legal. This role emphasizes contract administration, consignment governance, and cross-functional project management to improve processes and mitigate risk.

You will oversee contract lifecycle, inventory reconciliation, and compliance monitoring while guiding strategic decisions with finance and procurement.