Senior Contract Manager

Vizient•Chicago, IL

About The Position

When you’re the best, we’re the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future. Sg2, a Vizient company, revolutionized the understanding of future health care demand with the introduction of the Impact of Change forecast in 2001. Today, Sg2 is the industry’s premier health care strategy advisory firm, helping organizations solve for the challenge of achieving smart growth by leveraging our unique combination of insights, expertise, and analytics. Sg2 serves health care providers across the spectrum, including integrated delivery networks, academic medical centers, independent community hospitals and life sciences companies. Learn more about Sg2 at www.sg2.com. Summary: In this role, you will manage the accurate preparation, documentation, negotiation, and distribution of our member agreements, increasing overall sales productivity and company goal recognition. You will provide essential business support working across Sg2 Service, Sales, Legal, Finance, Business and Data Operations Teams.

Requirements

Relevant degree preferred.
5 or more years of relevant experience required.
Experience in contracting or similar detailed process-driven role required.
Experience with NDAs, BAAs, RFPs, MSAs, SOWs and other agreements required.
Experience with HIPAA, Privacy, and Compliance highly preferred.
Excellent communication and organizational skills.
Strong skills with Microsoft Office suite of tools.

Responsibilities

Manage established book of Business Renewal portfolio by preparing and distributing standard agreements at least 3 months in advance of effective date.
Support Sales Leadership and team to construct and edit standard and non-standard agreements as well as direct process guidance as needed.
Train internal sales and service team members and external business partners on contracting best practices.
Create complex membership and consulting Statement of Work (SOWs) that detail scope of work and adhere to data documentation regulations for clients, internal cross collaborations, and 3rd party partnerships.
Own structure and content of contracting templates and work with business leadership on documenting product offerings.
Triage Level 1 through Level 4 contract support and inquiries through existing contract request mailbox within established time guidelines.
Negotiate business terms directly with provider and non-provider clients.
Develop and process individual and corporate subcontractor agreements.
Initiate and negotiate overarching Master Services Agreements (MSA) for the domain.
Track contract workflow and life cycle for reportable business metrics.
Act as Privacy and Compliance Team liaison for the Strategic Growth Domain by researching and preparing relevant documents as needed such as Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) and Business Associate Agreement (BAAs).
Ensure requirements for contracting state data products are in line with documented regulations.
Review organizational alignment and domains in Oracle CRM and ensure they tie to contract entity exhibit list and direct any changes to CRM support in conjunction with account owner when necessary.
Work in conjunction with Finance, Accounting, and Data Operations Teams to obtain contracting business approvals, detail, and related history when needed.
Work with assigned legal counsel and provide direction to paralegal support for creating contracts, legal language changes, and final drafts of agreements.
Lead overall client contracting process both internally and externally.
Liaise with Corporate Request for Proposal (RFP) team to review legal terms related to the business segment.
Direct point of contact with national account client contract negotiations.