Senior Contracts Manager

Cushman & Wakefield • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Contracts Manager to join Cushman & Wakefield’s enterprise-wide Contracting Centre of Excellence providing transactional legal support for various service lines including Brokerage and Capital Markets, Valuation & Advisory, Consulting and Incentives, Asset Services, Global Occupier Services, and Procurement. This role reports to the Assistant General Counsel and leader of the C&W Contracting Centre of Excellence and is responsible for implementing and promoting contracting operational efficiencies across the enterprise and drafting, negotiating, and managing high volume of commercial real estate contracts. The ideal candidate will have strong industry knowledge, project management skills, risk assessment skills, and proven experience independently drafting and negotiating real estate or other complex commercial contracts.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, law, real estate, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum 7 years’ experience independently negotiating and managing processes for complex commercial contracts.
• Strong understanding of commercial contracts; experience negotiating commercial real estate is a plus.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills; must approach each task with innovative thinking, flexibility and drive.
• Innovative thinker with strong written and verbal communication skills with a willingness to initiate, drive and promote change management with respect to contracting processes and approach.
• Keen ability to multitask and successfully manage competing priorities.
• Expert managing contract lifecycle and related systems and in all aspects of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams).

Responsibilities

• As a member of the Contracting Center of Excellence, lead projects to drive operational improvements and best practices for contract workflows, templates and efficient contract handling.
• Analyze, draft, negotiate and manage commercial real estate contracts and related documents for the company’s business, to ensure contract terms align with business objectives, policies, laws and regulations.
• Identify and mitigate risks in commission agreements, agency agreements, engagement letters and other real estate contracts.
• Monitor legal, regulatory and internal policy changes, update attorneys and contract templates as needed to ensure compliance with laws, corporate directives, policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with team attorneys to share best practices, align and document negotiation and risk management strategies.
• Advise internal clients with respect to policies and contracts.
• Support attorneys with development and updating training materials; and other duties as assigned.
• Strong AI fluency or willingness to become proficient to permit integration of AI into our daily work.

Benefits

• Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work.
• In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees