Contract and Vendor Management SME

• Own the intake, review, negotiation, approval, execution, storage, renewal, and termination workflow for Corporate Legal contracts and engagement letters
• Maintain approved templates, playbooks, approval standards, and a complete contract repository
• Track key terms, obligations, notice periods, renewals, pricing changes, service levels, and termination rights
• Coordinate with Legal, Finance, Operations, Information Technology, and business owners to resolve contract issues and obtain required approvals
• Manage relationships with outside counsel, legal vendors, and service providers, including onboarding, engagement scope, performance expectations, and issue escalation
• Establish vendor performance standards, service-level expectations, review cadences, and corrective-action processes
• Support competitive sourcing, due diligence, conflicts checks, and evaluation of new vendors and law firms
• Drive consistency and efficiency in law firm engagement and matter-assignment processes
• Review outside counsel and vendor invoices for alignment with engagement terms, approved scope, rates, and billing requirements
• Maintain legal spend, budget, accrual, and variance reporting in partnership with Finance
• Identify opportunities to consolidate vendors, renegotiate terms, improve service, and control costs
• Provide reporting on vendor performance, contract status, upcoming renewals, spend, and risk items
• Build and document scalable contracting and vendor-management policies, procedures, controls, and quality-assurance standards
• Maintain records of approvals, executed agreements, amendments, insurance, and supporting due-diligence documentation
• Escalate material contractual, performance, compliance, security, or financial risks to Corporate Legal leadership
• Supervise and develop the Contract and Vendor Management Associate, including workload assignment and quality review

• Bachelor's degree in business, legal studies, finance, supply chain, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered
• 5+ years of experience in contract management, vendor management, legal operations, procurement, or an in-house legal environment
• Demonstrated experience negotiating commercial terms and administering contracts through their full lifecycle
• Experience managing outside counsel or professional-service vendors and reviewing invoices, rates, budgets, or accruals
• Strong project-management skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple deadlines and stakeholders
• Experience in financial services, commercial lending, private lending, banking, fintech, specialty finance, mortgage lending, or another highly regulated industry preferred
• Contract drafting, review, negotiation, and lifecycle administration
• Vendor due diligence, performance management, and service-level monitoring
• Legal billing, spend analysis, budget tracking, and invoice review
• Contract repositories, matter-management systems, reporting tools, and Microsoft Office
• Stable, reliable internet connection
• Ability to work effectively across a remote, multinational organization and maintain confidentiality
• CV submitted in English

• Paid time off (PTO)
• Fully remote work environment
• Compensation in USD
• Stable, reliable internet connection and professional remote working setup