Contract Administrator/Paralegal
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Boston, Massachusetts; Durham, North Carolina; Emeryville, California; Evanston, Illinois; Princeton, New Jersey; New York City, New York; Rockville, Maryland
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Legal
- Posted
Skills
Nice to have
- Experience with a CLM system, contract repository, document management system, or legal technology platform.
- Familiarity with common commercial contract terms, such as confidentiality, indemnification, limitation of liability, intellectual property, privacy, insurance, termination, and governing law.
- Experience supporting data privacy, HIPAA, BAAs, or other agreements involving regulated information.
- Experience in professional services, consulting, life sciences, healthcare, technology, or another regulated industry.
- Contract management, paralegal studies, or related certification.
- Experience improving legal operations processes or developing procedures and training materials.
Full description
Beghou brings over three decades of experience helping life sciences companies optimize their commercialization through strategic insight, advanced analytics, and technology. From developing go-to-market strategies and building foundational data analytics infrastructures to leveraging artificial intelligence to improve customer insights and engagement, Beghou helps life sciences companies maximize performance across their portfolios. Beghou also deploys proprietary and third-party technology solutions to help companies forecast performance, design territories, manage customer data, organize, and report on medical and commercial data, and more. Headquartered in Evanston, Illinois, we have 10 global offices.
Our mission is to bring together analytical minds and innovative technology to help life sciences companies navigate the complexity of health care and improve patient outcomes.
Contract Administrator / Legal Operations Specialist
As a member of the Contracts function, you’ll support agreements from intake and review through approval, signature, and ongoing administration. You’ll work closely with the Senior Contracts Manager and teams across Finance, Accounting, Revenue Operations, Compliance, Information Security, and other areas to make contract processes organized, timely, and easy to follow.
This role is a good fit for someone who enjoys bringing order to detailed work, keeping stakeholders informed, and improving the processes behind the work. Someone with commercial contract administration experience who is organized, detail-focused, and comfortable escalating issues that require legal judgment.
We'll trust you to:
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Coordinate the administration of commercial agreements, including first-pass review of NDAs, MSAs, statements of work, consulting and vendor agreements, independent contractor agreements, data protection agreements, and BAAs.
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Manage contract intake, check requests for required information, issue spotting, and coordinate internal review, approvals, signatures, and distribution.
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Maintain accurate contract records, system data, and electronic files, including in the contract lifecycle management (CLM) system.
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Track renewals, expirations, notice periods, and other key dates.
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Prepare contract summaries; flag missing information, inconsistencies, or provisions that need review by the Senior Contracts Manager or legal counsel.
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Support due diligence, contract audits, and upkeep of templates, playbooks, forms, workflows, and procedures.
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Respond to routine process questions and follow up with stakeholders to keep agreements and approvals moving.