Contracts Specialist

Fidus Systems

10d

About The Position

The Contracts Specialist drafts, reviews, negotiates, and manages contracts throughout their lifecycle, ensuring legal compliance, favorable terms, and alignment with organizational policies and objectives. The role includes preparing solicitations, evaluating proposals, drafting agreements, and ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory standards. The company operates in both Canada and the United States, and the specialist must be comfortable working across both jurisdictions. The role supports contracts and procurement, independent contractor and employment agreements, acquisition integration, contract repositories, compliance, and coordination among internal teams and external stakeholders. Access to export-controlled information may be required; candidates must be a U.S. person as defined under 22 CFR 120.62 or eligible for an export license, and may be required to complete security screening.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, law, or a related field, or equivalent.
Knowledge of legal terminology and regulatory requirements across Canada and the United States.
Prior experience integrating acquisitions, including obtaining customer consents and assignments, moving acquired contracts onto company contract terms, adding contracts to a repository, consolidating vendors, and tracking contract-linked earnout milestones.
Strong background in AI and ability to leverage it to strengthen contract-related tools and systems.
Strong negotiation, analytical, and communication skills.
Contract drafting and redlining skills.
Fundamental negotiation and pricing skills.
Risk assessment and compliance knowledge.
Familiarity with procurement and sourcing.
Stakeholder management and communication skills.
Attention to detail and document management skills.
Proficiency with Salesforce or comparable contract management systems.
Must be a U.S. person as defined under 22 CFR 120.62 or eligible for an export license if access to export-controlled information is required; security screening may also be required.

Responsibilities

Draft, review, and revise contracts, amendments, and procurement agreements as required.
Ensure compliance with the company’s Services Provider Policy and Legal Playbook.
Manage governing Terms & Conditions for all RFPs and RFQs.
Negotiate contract terms with vendors, clients, affiliates, corporate independent contractors, and partners.
Review independent contractor terms, agreements, and associated statements of work, and ensure ongoing compliance across North American jurisdictions.
Support efforts to ensure employment agreements are legally compliant across relevant North American jurisdictions.
Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and organizational policies.
Maintain contract repositories and track key dates and renewals.
Analyze contract performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
Coordinate with Legal, Procurement, HR, Sales, IT, M&A, Finance, and other departments.
Resolve disputes, manage modifications, and oversee contract execution.
Support acquisition integration, including customer consents and assignments, moving acquired contracts onto Fidus paper, repository onboarding, vendor consolidation, and tracking contract-linked earnout milestones.