Theery Hiring for Contract Administrator at Greater Seattle Area Full Time

Job Summary

The Contract Administrator, is responsible for preparing, negotiating and recording business contracts on behalf of the company. Their duties include researching a contract’s terms, alerting parties to renewals or extensions and tracking all communications between their employer and various accounts.

Essential Functions:

•Draft, evaluate, negotiate and execute a wide variety of different contracts covering a range of transactions

•Create and maintain relationships with suppliers and serve as the singular point of contact for matters concerning contracts

•Support / lead business negotiations with academic institutions, and government agencies, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for research collaboration, material transfer, and intellectual property license agreements, and other types of agreements in support of the company projects and vaccine programs

•Maintain records for correspondence and documentation in relation to established contracts and those in progress

•Perform diligence, and negotiate agreements then maintain cost-efficient partnerships with laboratories, external contractors, and service providers to ensure the company vaccine technologies and services remain affordable and globally accessible.

•Support / lead business negotiations with academic institutions, and government agencies, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for research collaboration, material transfer, and intellectual property license agreements, and other types of agreements in support of the company projects and vaccine programs.

•Collaborate with project management to identify, understand, and ensure mechanisms are in place to manage projects between the company and collaborators (e.g., partnership strategy, operating model, processes, relative program prioritization, risk tolerance and other program governance)

•Work effectively with program team members, legal counsel, and external partners to meet project objectives including Managing assessments of intellectual property issues involving vaccine and other technologies developed by research and development or external partners.

Requirements & Skills

•Formal education/ knowledge of legal /paralegal activities

•5 ~ 10 years of experience as Contract Administrator and have managed business activities independently

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus to read.

Education:

•Bachelor’s degree preferred; equivalent years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree will be considered

•Formal education/ knowledge of legal /paralegal activities

Experience:

•5 ~ 8 years’ experience in managing contracts or subcontracts with a focus on negotiations of provisions to include terms and conditions

•Ability to analyze and evaluate proposals

•Working knowledge of standard contract types

•Ability to work in fast-paced, multifaceted environment