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Commercial Contracts Manager – Team Lead

The Mimecast Business Legal team is looking for a Commercial Contracts Manager – Team Lead to join our dynamic and fast-paced, global legal team. This is a new and exciting role reporting to the Business Legal Team and leading a small sub-team of Commercial Contract Managers. This is a full-time role based in Johannesburg requiring shift work.

As a key member of the legal team supporting all Mimecast regions, you’ll need strong analytical skills, the ability to assess and mitigate contractual risk, excellent communication skills and the ability to work to a high standard within tight deadlines. It’s an energetic, solution driven environment and you’ll be required to negotiate contracts with customers from many different industry sectors and work alongside key stake holders and business partners across the company as part of the wider deal support desk.

What You’ll Do :

• Supervise / day-to-day manage a small team of commercial contract managers.
• Appraise Senior Counsel on a weekly basis regarding bandwidth and matters arising
• Manage rosters and work allocation across the team
• Ensure compliance with all Company contracting policies, processes, and procedures

Customer contracts

• BAAs (HIPAA)
• DPAs (POPIA, GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA)
• Partner Agreements
• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating Non-Disclosure Agreements
• Prepare final versions of contracts and legal approvals
• Provide support to the deal support desk for standard contractual changes
• Triage the Business Legal inbox, legal support requests and redline queries
• Monitor Deal Support internal Slack channels and respond to legal process / contractual questions as needed
• Assist with the submission of responses to Requests for Information / Requests for Proposals, relating to both public and to private sector entities (legal terms and submission letters)
• End of quarter / year deal room support
• Liaise with commercial counsel and ensure escalation of more complex matters via appropriate process
• Format, proof and finalise contractual documentation and co-ordinating approvals and signatures
• Assist with legal due diligence as needed
• Ensure legal processes and policies are adhered to
• Faciliate compliance with legal operational processes (for example exceptions process and protocols)
• Provide ad hoc advice on legal process and operational inquiries
• Document management – efficient organization of files, templates and folders
• Review and update contractual templates and maintaining version control

What You’ll Bring :

• Sound contract negotiation skills
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Sound analytical skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work with initiative and confidence as part of a team
• Ability to demonstrate sound commercial acumen and recognize and balance risk appropriately
• Be able to prioritise effectively and adapt to frequently changing and competing priorities
• A proactive mindset and flexible approach
• Organized, efficient and able to meet strict timelines

Qualifications :

• Paralegal qualification or Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LLB) is required

What We Bring

Join our Business Legal team to accelerate your career journey, contributing to projects that have real customer impact. You will be immersed in a dynamic environment that recognizes and celebrates your achievements.

Mimecast offers formal and on-the-job learning opportunities, maintains a comprehensive benefits package that helps our employees and their family members to sustain a healthy lifestyle, and importantly - working in cross functional teams to build your knowledge!

Our Hybrid Model : We provide you with the flexibility to live balanced, healthy lives through our hybrid working model that champions both collaborative teamwork and individual flexibility. Employees are expected to come to the office at least two days per week, because working together in person :

• Fosters a culture of collaboration, communication, performance and learning
• Drives innovation and creativity within and between teams
• Introduces employees to priorities outside of their immediate realm
• Ensures important interpersonal relationships and connections with one another and our community!

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Contract Manager • Johannesburg, South Africa