Contracts and Procurement Specialist

Summary

Join OpenSesame's Legal Team as a Contracts and Procurement Specialist, leading vendor negotiations and managing contract lifecycles. You will collaborate with stakeholders across the organization, improving processes, and leveraging the company's CLM tool. The role involves reviewing and negotiating contracts, developing procurement processes, recommending improvements to templates and workflows, and managing the end-to-end contract lifecycle. You will generate operational reports and ensure vendor compliance with relevant laws and regulations. This remote-first position is based anywhere in the US and requires up to 15 days of travel per year. OpenSesame offers a competitive salary ($85,000-$100,000 annually) and a comprehensive benefits package.

Responsibilities

• Achieve a full understanding of the company’s current legal, procurement, and contract management processes
• Familiarize yourself with the company’s templates and contracting playbooks
• Become proficient in using the legal team’s CLM
• Build foundational relationships with stakeholders across Legal, Finance, Sales, and IT
• Take ownership of NDA and standard vendor contract reviews and negotiations within the parameters of the contracts playbook
• Develop and maintain a procurement lifecycle management process that leverages the company’s CLM tool
• Recommend improvements to current templates, processes, workflows, and playbooks
• Identify opportunities for process automations and standardizations that incorporate the CLM and AI workflows
• Independently manage the end-to-end contract lifecycle in the CLM
• Generate operational reports for legal leadership related to efficiency and legal task tracking to support Legal leadership
• Own vendor compliance as related to applicable privacy and AI-related laws and regulations
• Deliver insights and analysis on contractual clauses and obligations through targeted reporting

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Professional development