Contract Manager II – Client Contracts

Velera

Contracts Manager II handling client contract processes and negotiations at Velera. Collaborating with stakeholders and ensuring adherence to contract policies and procedures.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $75,800 - $96,700 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Prepare and negotiate various client and vendor contracts, amendments, and other legal documents.
Assist internal stakeholders in interpreting contract terms and conditions.
Act as liaison for internal and external customers on all contract processing/administration matters.
Draft a high volume of templatized and custom amendments, addenda, and other documents as required.
Manage the client contract administration processes, including handling requests, facilitating notices, tracking of client renewals, managing contract analytics, and ensuring appropriate execution of all legal documents.
Manage the enterprise-wide Contract Management System, and associated processes to improve the archival rational and tracking of contractual terms and obligations, renewal dates, and expirations.
Work with in-house counsel and external counsel throughout the contract negotiation process.
Distribute certain contract requests to internal and external counsel as appropriate.
Partner with internal stakeholders throughout the contract process from request to execution.
Ensure their adherence to contract-related policies and procedures and help them troubleshoot and resolve contract issues and challenges.
Manage and adhere to client internal SLAs, and subsequently make recommendations for continuous improvement.
Collaborate with other departments to onboard new clients and manage all engagements and contract lifecycles.
Work with the rest of the legal team, compliance, information security, finance, and other stakeholders to ensure contracts meeting compliance and regulatory requirements.
Support and help implement changes in systems, processes, and procedures including but not limited to relating to new go-to-market Product launch efforts.
Document processes and create policies and procedures relating to contracts.
Maintain and improve supporting documentation, including vendor and client playbooks.
Perform job duties within the company’s policies, procedures, service standards and the state and federal laws.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or corporate paralegal or legal background.
Three to five years of experience in contract management and administration or vendor management.
Industry experience with credit union, financial institution, and/or payments industry.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive wages
Medical with telemedicine
Dental and Vision
Basic and Optional Life Insurance
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Maternity, Parental, Family Care
Community Volunteer Time Off
12 Paid Holidays
Company Paid Disability Insurance
401k (with employer match)
Health Savings Accounts (HSA) with company provided contributions
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
Supplemental Insurance
Mental Health and Well-being: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Tuition Reimbursement
Wellness program

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Hard Skills & Tools

contract negotiationcontract administrationcontract draftingcontract analyticscomplianceregulatory requirementsprocess documentationpolicy creationvendor managementclient onboarding

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingorganizational skillsattention to detailstakeholder managementtroubleshootingcontinuous improvementliaisonadaptability

Certifications

Bachelor’s degreeparalegal certification