Contracting Specialist Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Provide guidance and operational management for the Provider Contracting Department.

• Supervise, mentor, and lead a small team of Contracting Specialists.

• Assess non-standard terms, suggested modifications, business priorities, and contractual risks.

• Act as the primary resource and initial point of escalation for intricate or non-standard contracting issues.

• Draft, review, modify, and facilitate negotiations of complex or significant contract terms.

• Ensure accurate clinical provider information is maintained within CONGA.

• Collaborate with Legal, Compliance, Finance, Operations, leadership, and other stakeholders to address contractual challenges.

• Create contracts, amendments, and letter agreements for new clinical hires, current employees, and independent contractors.

• Monitor departmental workload, contract status, performance trends, and pertinent metrics.

• Develop and uphold standard contract language, templates, playbooks, procedures, documentation standards, guidance materials, and escalation protocols.

• Represent the Contracting Department in cross-functional meetings and initiatives.

• Oversee workflows, recurring issues, and resource limitations; implement process enhancements.

• Identify and escalate issues that pose legal, financial, compliance, operational, or business risks.

• Set team priorities, distribute and balance workloads, and track deadlines, deliverables, and resource availability.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required.

• Paralegal Certification.

• Extensive relevant experience in contract administration, contract management, paralegal work, legal operations, or a related contracting role.

• Proven experience in independently drafting, reviewing, and revising contractual language.

• Demonstrated capability to analyze complex or non-standard contractual issues and recognize when escalation is necessary.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong judgment, analytical skills, and problem-solving abilities.

• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills, with the capacity to manage multiple matters, competing priorities, and deadlines.

• Ability to establish effective working relationships with leadership and stakeholders across various organizational functions.

• Capacity to handle confidential and sensitive information appropriately.

• High level of proficiency with CONGA and MS Office products, including Word, Excel, and SharePoint.

• Experience with WORKDAY is a plus.

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven business environment, with a strong focus on accuracy.

• Previous experience in contract preparation is preferred.

• Previous management experience is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible PTO.

• Health, life, vision, dental, disability, and AD&D insurance.

• Flexible Spending Accounts/Health Savings Accounts.

• 401(k).

• Opportunities for leadership and professional development.