Contract Manager - Cohesity

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Cohesity’s Legal Department is seeking a driven, ambitious Contract Manager to join our growing commercial team.

The role involves responsibility for the management and administration of contracts, and also offers a genuine opportunity to expand areas of responsibility within a dynamic and fast-growing company.

The role will involve:

Hands-on experience with a fast-paced learning curve, in line with Cohesity’s culture and values;

Being embedded with a team of lawyers handling complex commercial, technology and other contracts/documents;

Opportunities to collaborate and build relationships with internal customers and key stakeholders in cross-function processes

Autonomy and responsibility for improving processes/operations, including contract templates/other internal forms, negotiation playbooks and other project work; and

Other activities to support our rapidly growing and evolving go-to-market and channel functions.

How You'll Spend Your Time Here

Innovate, optimize and evolve Cohesity forms, templates and playbooks to drive contract velocity and standards.

Manage and prioritize commercial legal requests and processes.

Autonomously process nonstandard requests, including customer letters, NDAs, and other general legal requests.

Collaborate with other Contract Managers to drive efficiency and process within the role.

Summarize and communicate legal/business concepts to non-Legal teams.

Collaborate with attorneys to structure, negotiate, and close complex transactions.

Help with company enablement of, and produce data insights from our new contract management platform.

Manage and solve complex process breakdowns.

Create first drafts of legal terms for attorney review.

Project manage key initiatives.

Coordinate with internal customers using discretion and prioritization to escalate as necessary.

Create presentations and reports for senior management.

Leverage and recommend improvements to key metrics and developments. Help define input and output metrics to drive new findings.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from a recognized university.

3 + years experience in Contract Management or a similar role.

Reporting and data analytics experience.

Ability to handle and prioritize multiple work streams and manage time efficiently.

Enjoy working in a fast-paced and changing environment.

Hands-on/Quick learner who brings flexibility, curiosity, and initiative to their role.

Key Attributes:

The successful candidate will:

Be exceptionally smart, creative, and hard-working.

Be organized, humble, and eager to learn.

Be adept at learning new tools and technologies quickly.

Be an excellent oral, written and interpersonal communicator.

Have exceptional attention to detail.

Have genuine interest in a long-term career as a legal/contract specialist.

Be flexible to support diverse activities across time zones.

Be pragmatic, but with exceptional judgment and integrity.

Be a self-starter who comes up with ideas and is not afraid to innovate.

Be a critical thinker and problem solver willing to roll up sleeves.

Have a team-first attitude.

We expect the successful candidate to have some but not all required skills on day one; aptitude, attitude and willingness to learn are more meaningful than existing skills.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Employer (EEOE)

Cohesity is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status or any other category protected by law.

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In-Office Expectations

Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.

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