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About the Role

As a Contracts Specialist with Optimizely, you will accelerate success by providing practical, creative, and quick answers to key contractual questions. You will draft, negotiate, and manage a wide variety of agreements, with a focus on SaaS agreements, and assist with the continuous development of the contracts function and its processes within a collaborative, fast-paced, global team environment.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate SaaS agreements, professional services agreements, and partner agreements.
• Identify and manage deviations from corporate standards, recommending modifications and collaborating with internal stakeholders.
• Provide guidance on contract issues to management.
• Assist in establishing initiatives for the contracts function, including tools, processes, and playbooks.
• Provide guidance on contracting practices and procedures to employees and managers.
• Advise sales management on contractual rights, obligations, and terms.
• Act as a liaison between internal and external customers to drive contract review and approval.
• Develop processes and analytics to track and minimize non-compliance.
• Assist in reviewing and responding to RFPs and RFQs, offering alternative contract terms.
• Prepare and administer routine and specialized correspondence.
• Assist with other contracts management duties as needed.

Requirements

• Excellent written and verbal communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to interface with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to handle and resolve conflicts professionally and tactfully.
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment under general supervision.
• Strong understanding of contract provisions, risks, and relevant legal areas and laws.
• Ability to accomplish work independently, balancing competing priorities with short lead times.
• Ability to analyze contract requirements, special provisions, terms, and conditions for compliance with laws, regulations, and corporate policies.
• Proficiency in MS Office, especially Word and Excel.
• Experience with SalesForce.com is preferred.
• Experience with DocuSign is preferred.
• 4-7 years of experience in creating, negotiating, preparing, administering, and monitoring technology-related agreements.
• 2+ years of experience with SaaS and/or enterprise software agreements.
• Intellectual curiosity about customers, products/technology, and contract provisions.
• Prior SaaS transactional experience as a paralegal is a plus.
• For EMEA: Bi-lingual required – German and / or Swedish required. Spanish or French a plus.
• For North America: Bi-lingual (Spanish) a plus.

Skills

• Communication
• Negotiation
• Conflict Resolution
• Analytical Skills
• Interpersonal Skills
• Teamwork
• Contract Management
• MS Office (Word, Excel)
• SalesForce.com (preferred)
• DocuSign (preferred)

Experience Level

• 4-7 years of experience in technology-related agreements
• 2+ years of experience with SaaS and/or enterprise software agreements

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent)

About the Company

• Optimizely's Legal function is diligent and proactive and works cross–functionally with all areas of the company in a collaborative, collegial, fast-paced, global team environment.