[Hiring] Manager, Contracts & Conflicts @Consilio LLC

Role Description

Consilio is seeking a Contract Manager to support the Company's global contract lifecycle management ("CLM") program and commercial contracting function. The Contract Manager will serve as a key liaison between Sales, Commercial Operations, Legal, and Corporate Systems, helping to streamline contract review, negotiation, execution, and reporting processes through Salesforce, Agiloft, and AI-enabled contract review tools.

The ideal candidate possesses a strong understanding of contract lifecycle management, experience reviewing commercial agreements, and a passion for process improvement and legal technology. This role will be responsible for managing contract workflows, conducting first-level contract reviews, leveraging AI-enabled review tools, and ensuring agreements are efficiently routed through the appropriate approval and negotiation processes.

This position is a critical component of Consilio's legal transformation strategy and will help drive operational excellence, improve speed to contract, and allow attorneys to focus on higher-risk and strategic legal matters.

Responsibilities

• Contract Review & Negotiation Support
  • Conduct first-level review of client, vendor, and partner agreements.
  • Review agreements against approved legal playbooks, negotiation guidelines, and fallback positions.
  • Identify deviations from standard contract language and route high-risk matters for legal review.
  • Prepare initial contract redlines and proposed revisions.
  • Coordinate contract negotiations with Sales, Procurement, and business stakeholders.
  • Facilitate execution of standard agreements with minimal attorney involvement where appropriate.
  • Track and manage contract obligations and critical deadlines.
• Conflict Intake & Review
  • Manage the conflicts intake process for new matters, clients, and engagements.
  • Review conflict submissions for completeness and accuracy.
  • Conduct conflict checks and affiliation research.
  • Analyze conflict reports and identify potential issues requiring further review.
• Contract Lifecycle Management (Agiloft)
  • Serve as a primary business user of Consilio's Agiloft CLM platform.
  • Manage contract records, reporting, metadata, workflows, and contract status updates.
  • Ensure proper linkage between Salesforce opportunities and Agiloft contract records.
  • Monitor contract workflow queues and proactively drive matters toward completion.
  • Assist in user acceptance testing ("UAT"), workflow enhancements, and future CLM implementations.
  • Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve contract management efficiency.
• AI-Assisted Contract Review
  • Utilize AI-enabled contract review tools to analyze agreements and identify legal and commercial risks.
  • Review and validate AI-generated contract redlines and recommendations.
  • Support development and refinement of clause libraries, negotiation playbooks, and AI review criteria.
  • Assist Legal Operations in measuring AI effectiveness and adoption.
• Cross-Functional Coordination
  • Serve as a liaison between Sales and Commercial Operations, Legal, Corporate Systems, Information Security, Finance, Privacy and Compliance Teams.
  • Coordinate contract approvals and stakeholder reviews.
  • Facilitate communication between business teams and attorneys regarding contract status and risk assessments.
  • Escalate matters requiring specialized legal review.
• Reporting and Analytics
  • Develop and maintain contract metrics and dashboards.
  • Report on contract cycle times, volume by agreement type, negotiation trends, attorney escalation rates, AI review utilization, and SLA compliance.
  • Provide leadership with insights regarding contracting bottlenecks and process improvement opportunities.
• Escalation Authority
  • Independently manage routine contractual issues and escalate matters involving limitation of liability deviations, indemnification provisions, intellectual property ownership, data privacy and cybersecurity obligations, regulatory compliance concerns, insurance requirements, non-standard pricing structures, strategic client negotiations, and significant commercial or legal risk.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in:
  • Contract management
  • Commercial contracting
  • Legal operations
  • Procurement contracting
  • Deal desk or CLM administration
• Experience reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Familiarity with contract lifecycle management systems (Agiloft preferred).
• Experience working with Salesforce or similar CRM platforms.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, global environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Paralegal certificate or legal studies background.
• Experience supporting legal departments or in-house legal teams.
• Experience with AI-enabled contract review solutions.
• Experience building and maintaining clause libraries and negotiation playbooks.
• Knowledge of data privacy, cybersecurity, SaaS, and technology agreements.
• Experience supporting global contracting operations.