Contracts Specialist - Legal & Vendor Operations

🌟 We're Hiring: Contracts Specialist – Legal & Vendor Operations! 🌟

We are seeking to hire a Contracts Associate in San Rafael, CA.

📍 Location: San Rafael, United States
⏰ Work Mode: Work From Office
💼 Role: Contract Associate
Pay Scale:  Up to $63, 668.80 (Dependent on Experience)

What You'll Do:
· Researching prior contracting relationship with contracting parties.
· Drafting, primarily from templates, multiple contract types including Non-Disclosure Agreements,
Master Service Agreements, Amendments, Scopes of Work, and Change Orders, using ARIBA and
Icertis, BioMarin's contract lifecycle management system(s) (“CLM”).
· Utilizing playbooks to negotiate contracts.
· Monitoring and tracking a large volume of contracts from draft to final signatures using the CLM.
· Ensuring company-wide compliance with BioMarin’s contracting policy.
· Acting as a liaison between BioMarin, internal business partners, and outside vendors to facilitate
contract execution.
· Building and maintaining relationships with business partners.
· Engaging with other functional areas within BioMarin to assess and respond to contracting needs,
obligations, and revisions.
· Coordinating workflow between the Legal Department and other departments at BioMarin.
· Exercising sound judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate
action, including when to escalate matters to in-house counsel.
· Driving Legal Department initiatives, including promotion and training of self-authoring in the
CLM.
· Providing backup support to other Contracts Associates in the department.
· Working on other Legal Department projects or initiatives as determined by Manager.

Skills Required:
· Strong proofreading and editing skills.
· Strong computer skills in database management and document preparation (Word, PowerPoint,
Excel).
· Excellent organization and time-management skills required. Must be able to manage heavy
workload and aggressive timelines in a timely manner, prioritize, and work under pressure.
· Strong written and verbal communication skills.
· Must be able to communicate effectively with outside vendors/partners and serve as a liaison
among outside counsel, in-house attorneys and business partners, and proactively communicate
regarding relevant issues and deadlines.
· Must be detail-oriented, self-motivated, a quick learner, and have a strong work ethic.


Preferred:
· Experience in contracts administration or other relevant experience is strongly preferred.
· Experience at a large law firm or within an in-house legal department of a public company a plus.
· Experience within biotech/pharma/medical device industry or other contract-intensive fields a
plus.
· Familiarity with SAP, ARIBA and Icertis is a plus.


Education:
· BA degree and 2-4 years of experience

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