Senior Legal Contracts Specialist (Hybrid)

Work Flexibility: Hybrid

Who we want:

• Self-directed initiators. People who take ownership of their work and need no prompting to drive productivity, change, and outcomes.

• Strategic thinkers. People who enjoy analyzing data or trends for the purposes of planning, forecasting, advising, budgeting, reporting, or sales opportunities.

• Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, data and insights to drive continuous improvement in functions.

What you will do:

​​​​​​​As our Senior Contracts Specialist, you will serve as a key partner to Stryker's Neurovascular division. In this role you will be responsible for drafting, negotiating, structuring, and/or administrating contractual documents that establish business relationships with vendors, customers and/or partners, and will work with business teams as well as the legal department to structure contracts, as well as analyze contracts to ensure compliance to company policy, government specifications and other requirements.

This is a hybrid role, and hybrid is defined as coming into the office Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

• Drafting, editing and negotiating contracts and proactively handling various transactional matters through to completion on a broad range of matters (including master services agreements, independent contractor agreements, product development agreement, training facility agreements, NDAs, HCP and non-HCP consulting agreements);

• Acts as primary contact between the Legal Department and various business functions supporting Stryker Neurovascular, ensuring all legal and contractual matters are addressed efficiently and promptly.

• Developing, implementing, and enforcing core contract management processes for request, execution and filing of agreements.

• Identifying system or process improvements that increase efficiency, compliance or reduce cost to the business.

• Contributes to broader legal group initiatives with minimal supervision of manager or project lead.

• Responsible for developing strong relationships to foster an advisory or collaborative approach with others within the department was well as with other functions within Stryker.

• Follows and educates others on core contract management processes for execution and filing of agreements.

• Making decisions of minimal to moderate impact within area of influence/ responsibility, exercising independent judgment in consult with manager and viewed as an interdepartmental resource; and

• Assists on other matters as needed.

 

What you need:

• Bachelor’s degree is strongly preferred, however in lieu of a degree an additional 6 years of equivalent experience in addition to the below requirement required will be considered.

• 2+ years’ experience working contracts redlining and negotiation is required.

• Paralegal or professional experience in law firm, corporate legal department setting is strongly preferred.

• Ability to communicate at all levels of organization required

• High proficiency in computer systems and programs such as the Microsoft Office suite and ability to learn Stryker-specific systems required

• Medical device, pharmaceutical, life sciences preferred

• $97,900-$152,400k salary plus bonus eligible + benefits. Actual minimum and maximum may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.

Travel Percentage: Up to 25%Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.