EY Law - Contract Solutions - Senior - FY26 HDG#2291

EY • San Antonio, TX

3d • $97,300 - $202,600

About The Position

EY is hiring a Senior for its US EY Law practice, within the Legal Transform and Operate/Contract Solutions team. The team works with high-profile national and multinational clients to improve enterprise contracting operations and add value to organizations. This is a growing practice with opportunities for career development.

The role supports project-based contract services and helps clients improve efficiency, reduce costs, and optimize contracting operations. The Senior works with stakeholders across industries, using contract management technologies and AI solutions to deliver services, address client needs, and support EY Law’s growth strategy. The position involves collaborating with client business and legal teams, managing delivery within agreed scopes and service levels, and contributing to process improvements and reporting.

The role is available in New York, Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Fort Worth, Hoboken, Houston, Iselin, and San Antonio.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 3 to 5 years of experience, including a combination of experience at a large multinational corporation, law firm, or management consulting firm.
• Deep contracting subject matter expertise, ability to work with different contract types and structures, and strong issue-spotting ability.
• Contract negotiation experience handling high volumes across a variety of transactions, ideally on both the buy and sell side.
• Experience leading workstreams in large data-driven engagements.
• Strong communication, writing, interpersonal, and presentation skills at all levels.
• Familiarity with contracting or contract lifecycle management technology and interest in developing and using leading AI applications.
• Responsiveness to internal stakeholders, including reporting managers, other project managers, and team members, as well as external clients.
• Strong relationship and people leadership skills; ability to work as a team player, encourage differing points of view, and manage associated conflict.
• High energy, self-starter attitude, ability to work independently, analytical capability, quick learning, organization, flexibility, and a results-driven approach.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and project management skills are desirable.

Nice To Haves

• JD or master’s degree in a preferred field such as Information Systems, Business, Analytics, Finance, or Accounting.
• Membership in good standing with a State Bar or relevant certifications, such as CPA, CIPP/E, CIPPM, CISA, CISSP, CISM, LPIP, or PMP.
• Experience working with legal-adjacent functions such as procurement, supply chain, or commercial, and understanding non-legal business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of project-based engagements involving contract review, abstraction, analysis, and remediation in response to client transactions and other triggering events.
• Create executive summaries of executed contracts to help client business teams understand risks and compliance with positions.
• Review, redline, and negotiate a broad range of contract types, including procurement and sale of services, technology, data, content, and products.
• Collaborate with client stakeholders to mitigate identified risks in contract language and fulfill commercial objectives within stipulated timeframes.
• Understand and work within client-specific processes and negotiation strategies.
• Communicate independently with client business and legal stakeholders to build and strengthen relationships.
• Work with a team to deliver services according to agreed project scope, client satisfaction goals, and service-level agreements, while identifying client needs.
• Participate in regular communication forums with internal and external stakeholders.
• Understand, implement, and facilitate use of contract management technologies and AI solutions to enable service delivery and address client needs.
• Innovate and improve processes and techniques related to workflow, time management, and knowledge management.
• Facilitate daily, weekly, and monthly metrics reporting to internal and external project stakeholders, including senior management.

Benefits

• Medical coverage.
• Dental coverage.
• Pension and 401(k) plans.
• Paid time off options, including flexible vacation, designated paid holidays, winter and summer breaks, personal and family care time, and other leaves of absence.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior