Job Description
Legal Contracts Facilitator
Location
Chester, North West England (Hybrid: 2–3 days per week in-office).
Languages
Fluent English is essential. Fluent also in either Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, Mandarin, or German is preferred but not essential
The Company
Our client is a highly successful global organisation experiencing rapid growth across international markets. To support this expansion, they are seeking a Senior Contracts Facilitator to join their international enterprise contract facilitation team.
The Role of the International Senior Contracts Facilitator
As Contracts Analyst / Facilitator you will manage the delivery of contract review, negotiation and issue resolution across EMEA, APAC, and Canada. You'll collaborate with the contract legal support team and other cross-functional stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Train, lead, and perform quality control within a team of international Contract Facilitators.
2. Experienced in intake, template selection,, negotiation, execution, and storage.
3. Create training materials in collaboration with International Legal, leveraging a deep knowledge of contract terms and conditions and negotiation best practices, and BMS Standard Operating Procedures.
4. Confidently facilitate, including drafting, negotiating and redlining, highly complex international contract types in collaboration with internal stakeholders and CLS as required by BMS SOPs and escalation protocols.
5. Coordinate with functions and stakeholders across BMS to ensure timely, compliant, and effective facilitation of contracts.
6. Collaborate closely with international and local legal teams and other key market stakeholders for reviews and escalations.
7. Maintain awareness of pre-contracting steps, including underlying BMS policies and procedures related to the contracts and the contracted activities within scope.
8. Act as the first escalation point on substantive contracting related questions.
9. Appropriately document systems and processes, including collaborating with CLS and International Legal Teams to ensure relevant tools (such as playbooks) and contract templates are up to date.
10. Make recommendations for continuous improvement with standardization, process simplification, and automation to elevate the customer experience.
11. Grow and develop an evolving customer focused organization internally and externally.
12. Assess and analyse data to report SLA, KPIs, and other team performance metrics to support execution of long-term business plans and growth and share with Pod Leads to drive business decisions.
Candidate Profile
13. Fluent English is essential. Fluent also in either Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, Mandarin, or German is preferred but not essential
14. Bachelor's degree required: LLB, paralegal certification or other relevant formal legal contracts experience preferred.
15. Direct experience in redlining, contract language and negotiation of contract terms.
16. Prior experience with legal and contracting within the pharma/biotech/CRO industry and team leadership required.
17. Experience in international contracting (EMEA/APAC & Canada) including any local nuances that may impact contracting.
18. Experienced in facilitating a contract from intake, template selection, drafting, redlining and negotiation through escalation, approval, signature and storage.
19. Experience with Contract Lifecycle Management technology (e.g., Icertis) to automate and streamline processes.
20. Excellent oral and written communication skills and diplomacy to convey information and influence others with a strong customer focus.
21. Proven ability to engage teams and inspire them to sustain high levels of performance in a constantly changing environment.
22. Familiarity with Icertis would be preferred .
23. Excellent understanding of pharma contracting, compliance, and policies relevant to the services within the remit of the role.
24. Proven leadership success and demonstrated ability to work and influence within a matrix structure.
Salary & Benefits
£42,000 to £45,000 + 14% annual bonus
Benefits include: 26 days holiday + bank holidays, Family healthcare cover & life assurance, Attractive company pension scheme, Career development support & funding for professional qualifications
How to Apply
To be considered, please send your CV to:
Jonathan Grimes – jgrimes@languagebusiness.co.uk