Director, Contracts Management

Sonic Healthcare USA•Austin, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Sonic Healthcare USA is hiring a Director of Contract Management. This is a high-impact, build-and-lead role where you’ll own enterprise-wide contracting across a complex, multi-state healthcare organization. You’ll shape strategy, modernize contract lifecycle management, and partner directly with senior leadership to drive smarter, faster, and more compliant deal-making.

Requirements

Deep experience in healthcare and commercial contracting
Proven ability to build and scale contracting processes and functions
Strong business judgment and negotiation skills, balancing risk with practical outcomes
Experience with CLM platforms and legal tech, including AI and contracting tools
Executive presence with the ability to influence across functions
Bachelor’s degree required
5+ years of legal or contract management experience, preferably in-house
Experience supporting healthcare, laboratory, or life sciences organizations strongly preferred

Nice To Haves

Juris Doctor (J.D.) beneficial but not required
Prior leadership or contract’s function build-out experience is a plus

Responsibilities

Leading end-to-end contracting across commercial, healthcare, and vendor agreements
Reviewing, revising and negotiating complex contract terms across commercial, healthcare and vendor agreements to achieve business objectives while managing legal and operational risk
Provide strategic negotiation guidance to business partners and senior leaders, including recommended fallback positions, risk tradeoffs and escalation pathways
Building and optimizing CLM processes, templates, clause libraries, playbooks and contract initiation and review workflows
Driving compliance across Stark, Anti-Kickback, and related regulations
Leveraging data and technology, including AI tools, to improve efficiency
Partnering with cross-functional teams (e.g. Legal, Finance, Operations, Compliance, IT, Revenue Cycle and HR) and executive stakeholders to resolve contract and negotiation issues and other ensure contract initiatives align with internal stakeholders and market standards
Leading change management efforts to promote adoption of standardized contracting practices
Providing mentorship, guidance, and subject‑matter leadership to contracting and business team members