
Manager, Contract Management – Orthopedics
Johnson & Johnson
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Florida • Massachusetts • United States
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Salary
💰 $102,000 - $177,100 per year
About the role
- Manage all contract requests within an assigned geography to support customers consisting of IDNs, group purchasing organizations, collaboratives, government entities, ASCs, and stand-alone hospitals.
- Triage requests and prioritize workload to deliver contracts aligned with account management and field sales priorities; serve as a strategic partner to account management and field sales.
- Resolve complex issues through customer and internal stakeholder negotiation, including unique contract language requests, obtaining internal approvals, and assisting in dispute resolution.
- Ensure appropriate work assignment and workload balance across the contract management analysts supporting the assigned geography.
- Maintain strong attention to detail while identifying emerging patterns, trends, and insights across offers.
- Review and negotiate terms and conditions in commercial contract documents.
- Proactively identify opportunities to drive efficiency in contracting systems and processes.
- Facilitate effective communication and collaboration with internal partners.
- Provide mentorship and training to business partners to continuously improve understanding of contractual requirements and the general legal and compliance environment.
- Support projects to create and update contract templates, clause libraries, SOPs/WIs, and related contracting tools as needed.
- Look for opportunities to mentor and develop high-performance talent and strengthen contracting and negotiation capabilities for the organization.
- Partner with contract strategy to execute newly developed contract offerings, new product launches, and integration of acquisitions into contract strategies.
- Understand the full set of DePuy Synthes products and offerings, strategies, and business objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; concentration in Business, Finance, Law, or Marketing preferred; MBA or master’s degree preferred.
- 5+ years of business experience required; experience in contracting, sales, finance, marketing, or related business required.
- Medical device or MedTech experience highly preferred.
- Solid understanding of the U.S. healthcare market, including industry trends, customer dynamics, and legal and compliance requirements.
- Highly effective communication skills with the ability to make the complex simple.
- Self-starter and strategic thinker with demonstrated ability to implement strategies based on competitive dynamics, economic goals, and customer needs.
- Ability to form strong trust-based relationships with account management and sales.
- Ability to influence and align complex groups of stakeholders toward overall business objectives while understanding and respecting individual business objectives.
- Ability to process multiple, complex, and often ambiguous inputs to develop and present a strong business case.
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills with experience supporting customer negotiations and contract development.
- Comfort working across multiple lines of business.
- Strong level of ownership and drive for meeting and exceeding expectations.
- Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage in a sophisticated, deadline-driven environment.
- Capable of drafting complex contract terms and conditions; strong attention to detail; ability to review contracts for conformity to policies, identify and assess risks, and understand DePuy Synthes products and offering strategies and business objectives.
- Proficiency in MS Word (including Track Changes and document compare) required.
- Previous customer-facing contracting experience highly preferred.
Benefits
- Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
- Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
- Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
- Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
- Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
- Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
- Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
- Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
- Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
contract managementnegotiationcontract draftingrisk assessmentbusiness case developmentcontract templates creationSOPs/WIs developmentcustomer negotiation supportdata analysisefficiency improvement
Soft Skills
communicationstrategic thinkingrelationship buildinginfluencingorganizational skillstime managementattention to detailmentorshipproblem-solvingself-starter
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMBA or master's degree