[Hiring] Senior Legal Contracts Manager @Premier Inc.

Role Description

At Premier, we take pride in the business of serving patients by serving the healthcare providers who meet the needs of those patients, in every area of their care. As a group purchasing organization (GPO), we negotiate contracts for the goods and services our members use every day, and those contracts are where our commitments to members and suppliers become real. This role exists because that paper has to be accurate, readable and defensible — often on a short clock.

Reporting to the Associate General Counsel or Senior Corporate Counsel, the Senior Contract Specialist is a senior, hands-on contracting professional who works alongside Premier’s attorneys to support the day-to-day contracting needs of Premier’s supply chain service lines. In this role you will:

• Draft and revise straightforward commercial agreements, amendments, statements of work, confidentiality agreements, legal correspondence, and internal policy documents.
• Review and disposition contract redlines returned from negotiations across all Premier supply chain service lines.
• Lead or participate in negotiations directly with business counterparts and counterparties.
• Help maintain the templates, fallback language, and playbooks that make the team faster over time.

The person in this role works independently on routine and moderately complex contracting matters with limited direction, escalating novel, high-risk or ambiguous issues to counsel with a clear summary and a recommended path. This position requires work in a fast-paced and business-competitive GPO environment and interacts with business unit leaders and their management, sourcing and field teams, Premier members, and suppliers of goods and services to Premier’s members. Success in this role depends as much on business fluency as on drafting skill: you will be expected to learn Premier’s supply chain service lines well enough to articulate the business case behind each contractual engagement and to discuss legal risk with business leaders in their own language.

In this role, you may choose to work from our Charlotte, NC office according to your preferred schedule, or remotely. We will consider candidates whose experience may not align perfectly with every qualification listed below as a combination of relevant skills, experience, and potential for success may be equally valuable. If this role interests you and you believe you can make a meaningful contribution, we encourage you to apply. Current Premier employees with sourcing, contracting or field operations experience are also encouraged to apply. This position does not practice law or provide legal advice; all work is performed under the supervision of licensed Premier attorneys.

Qualifications

• 5 or more years of applicable experience.
• Bachelor's Degree (Required).

Requirements

• Drafting, redlining and interpreting commercial contracts and other legal documents.
• Leading and participating in contract negotiations.
• Business and professional writing — clear, precise, plain-English prose (writing samples will be requested).
• Ability to work collaboratively with professionals having various backgrounds, including attorneys, sourcing professionals and representatives of large health systems and corporations.
• Ability to articulate the business case driving a contractual engagement and to present information effectively to senior management and contracting staff, individually and in group settings.
• Good business and financial acumen; working knowledge of commercial contract law concepts and of healthcare regulatory considerations affecting GPO contracting.
• 8 years applicable experience in contract drafting, review and negotiation — in-house, in a law firm, or in a sourcing, procurement or contract management function.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance.
• 401k retirement program.
• Paid time off.
• Participation in Premier’s employee incentive plans.
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities.