Director, Commercial Contract Mgt (remote)

**Overview** The Director, Commercial Contracts will be responsible for drafting, negotiating, and executing contracts. This role will report to the VP of Procurement and will work closely with multiple levels of management within Acosta business units, specifically the Legal department. Our ideal candidate has experience with contract drafting and administration, is experienced with legal requirements for contract drafting and contract reviews, ensures all contracts conform to company standards and requirements, and can manage the contract and commercial management aspects for the various responsibilities, skills, and experiences outlined below. **Responsibilities** **Essential Functions:** Draft, review, markup/draft, negotiate and close commercial contracts, including master services agreements, statements of work, software licensing, RFP responses, renewals, extensions and supporting documents Analyze contract terms and conditions to ensure compliance with appropriate laws, regulations and corporate policies Provide contractual guidance to business team members ensuring compliance with agreements and corporate policies Support business clients in negotiating price, deliverables, services scope, warranty, and other commercial terms Apply best practices to develop contracts (Statements of Work, Amendments, renewals) for various types of engagements relating to vendor contracting Familiar with Merger and Acquisition activities Ensure the identification of opportunities to minimize contract risk and coordinate commercial risk mitigation measures Support and become expert in Apttus, the contract management system of record, for cataloging and tracking all contracts, approvals, and storage of fully executed contract **Qualifications** **Education Requirements:** Bachelor’s Degree Graduate Degree J.D. degree from an accredited law school required **Work Experience Requirements:** 5 years of relevant experience in a law firm and/or corporate legal or procurement department 5 years in Contract development, Procurement, Risk management, Vendor oversight, Negotiation, Finance, Law, Business, or combination thereof **Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Requirements:** Strong ethics, integrity, and values including ability to maintain confidentiality with respect to agreement contents and other highly sensitive business matters and projects required Experience negotiating commercial contracts and other experience demonstrating ability to handle and close commercial and legal negotiations Ability to draft and close commercial agreements with minimal support from senior staff **Benefits:** Being a part of a growing and innovative orgnaization Work with passionate and talented teammates Great benefits, 401k, and work flexibility **About the Company:** https://www.acosta.group/ Acosta Group fuses storied expertise, unmatched connectivity and advanced insight to accelerate brand growth – everywhere you sell. Our collective of the most trusted retail, marketing and foodservice agencies is reimagining the way people connect with brands at every point in the consumer journey. The promise of Acosta Group is to deliver frictionless, modern solutions that accelerate sales, share and profit growth for our partners, now and in the future. The collective delivers end-to-end solutions, including headquarters sales services, omnichannel retail solutions, assisted sales and training, integrated marketing, foodservice sales enablement and culinary solutions, and the most advanced data and insights. **Acosta Sales & Marketing is an Equal Opportunity Employer** By submitting your application you agree with and accept the Acosta Privacy Statement and Terms of Conditions. US: http://acosta.jobs/privacy-policy-us/ Canada: http://acosta.jobs/privacy-policy-ca/ Acosta utilizes E-Verify for validatingthe ability to work in the United States for all job candidates. If you want more information on what this entails and your rights as a job applicant,pleaseusethe link providedto accessinformation onouruse of E-Verify and your right to work. Employer Resources (e-verify.gov) **Work State** _US-Multiple Locations_ **Job ID** _2023-223905_ **Work City** _Remote_ **PCN** _TBD_ **Position Type** _Regular Full-Time_ **Work Zip** _00000_ **Starting average hours per week** _37.5 _ **Category** _Corporate Jobs_