Great opportunities and great responsibilities often go together and with great responsibility comes challenge and growth. Blytheco is seeking a Proposal Writer/Contracts Lead to join our growing team. We are seeking an intelligent, organized, disciplined, and solution-oriented contracts professionalto support, execute and engage, and innovate the day-to-day proposal writing and contract management for the organization. Remote U.S. (Pacific or Mountain Time Zone).
Scope of the Role:
Under the guidance and direction of the CFO, our Proposal Writer/Contracts Lead will use their established administrative, organizational, analytical, and writing abilities to craft contracts, business agreements, and supporting documents of the highest caliber that will support our organization in delivering exceptional client experiences. They will manage a high volume of requests from stakeholders and SMEs (Subject Matter Experts) with precise attention, professionalism and agility.
Acting as a project manager for key agreements, our Proposal Writer/Contracts Lead will ensure on-time delivery though process management execution and concise, prompt and effective status updates. They will employ their strong, self-directed work style, deadline driven nature, and keen attention to detail to anticipate outcomes and proactively take action to achieve intended results.
Essential responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Produce, edit, manage, and maintain various company business agreements and documents, including Master Sales and Consulting Agreements (MSCA’s), Solution Agreements, NDA’s, Third-Party and Subcontractor Agreements.
- Manage the creation and editing of sales documents, including budgetary estimates, solution summaries, Statements of Work, client reference documents, contracts, and RFP responses:
- Read, seek to understand, and communicate RFP content clearly and intelligently.
- Analyze RFP requirements to understand the scope, objectives, and evaluation criteria to ensure accuracy, clarity and needs alignment.
- Create compelling narratives that highlight Blytheco’s capabilities, expertise, and innovative solutions.
- Develop clear, concise, and persuasive written content for proposals, addressing prospect and client needs and requirements.
- Effectively collaborate with SMEs and key stakeholders to gather and organize relevant information.
- Engage relevant stakeholders in negotiating contract modifications.
- Support the review, revision, and execution of agreements and legal documents by prioritizing requests and managing the agreement queue.
- Analyze contracts and requested edits for potential risk and advise on such.
- Establish deadlines, driving communication, alignment, and execution with stakeholders.
- Manage contract lifecycle, from providing forms through contract execution and retention.
- Apply best practice methodologies to enhance and streamline contract processes and policies.
- Ensure accuracy and completeness of work product through vigorous review, rationalization and internal tie-out:
- Utilize meticulous attention to detail when preparing written agreements, to include proofreading for grammar, style, format, and overall quality.
- Evaluate and provide input into the development and/or revision of existing documents.
- Maintain a library of forms, contracts, agreements, templates, and historical documents, and add or revise, as needed.
- Create and maintain ad-hoc reports and Smartsheets.
- Collaborate with Executive team members on special projects.
- Oversee the organization’s use of AdobeSign.
Day in the Life of our Proposal Writer/Contracts Lead
- Create agreements and supporting documents with accuracy, completeness, and speed.
- Assist with Sales Agreements, including gathering source documents, pricing, and service estimates.
- Initiate communications with internal team members to gather information needed for report and agreement writing process.
- Analyze contract requirements, provisions, terms, and conditions to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, and company policies and procedures.
- Ensure contracts are executed in accordance with company policy and acceptable risk tolerance.
- Retracing to capture and reflect changes having an impact to multiple areas of an agreement.
- Review, edit, revise contracts and agreements, as needed.
- Maintain document library/repository.
- Create ad-hoc reports and conduct presentations of key workflows and policies.
- Attend project, department, or company meetings, as required.
Role Requirements:
Skills & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in English, Business Administration, or related degree preferred.
- Paralegal certification from accredited college or university is a plus, but not required.
- 3-5 years of experience in a professional contract management role. Software industry experience highly desired
- Highly organized, self-directed business style with strong ability to prioritize.
- Proven ability to translate and combine complex concepts, ideas, and solutions into a cohesive language and format easily understood by others.
- Exceptional critical and analytical thinking skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to effectively manage multiple projects in parallel.
- Demonstrated ability to execute under pressure and achieve objectives within tight deadlines.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to utilize standard software tools to create business documents, contracts, and supporting materials (Proficient in the use of MS Office Suite and PowerPoint). Experience with NetSuite and Smartsheet preferred. Experience with Adobe Sign a plus.
- Typing proficiency and accuracy, with a minimum of 65+ wpm
Attributes
- Organized: maintains order even when faced with multiple demands or constituent requests, priorities, or urgent matters. Able to prioritize naturally and pivot as needed without pause.
- Detailed: Keenly aware of the importance of the details, consistency, and completeness. Hyper aware of how words and phrases can be interpreted and factors into work product.
- Anticipatory: Envisages and predicts the most likely sequence of events based on intended actions. Factors these into next steps and communications.
- Connector: See’s, understands and anticipates connection points between collaborators, in processes, and contracts and quickly connects endpoints to deliver a high quality work product.
- Owner: Takes complete ownership of own actions AND outcomes regardless of dependencies. Relies on evidenced communication to drive results. Does not confuse efforts with results.
Benefits and Perks:
We recognize that our success begins and ends with our valued team members, so we pay it forward by offering a comprehensive lineup of benefits & perks that promote health & wellness, work/life harmony and peace of mind.
- Competitive compensation plan (Total Targeted Annual Compensation $75K-$110K)
- Medical, dental, vision coverage
- Company-paid life insurance
- Options for additional insurance coverages
- 401(k) Plan
- Paid Time Off accruals
- Company Paid Holidays
- Work from home opportunity
- Tuition reimbursement and continuous learning opportunities
- Employee Recognition and Leadership Programs
- Annual Company Conference – “Quest for Excellence”
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Opportunities to give back to the community by participating in Blytheco’s humanitarian support efforts
- Our award-winning culture
- That incredible feeling of satisfaction that comes from knowing that what you do truly does make a difference!
About Blytheco
Blytheco is the transformation partner of choice, providing business software, consultation, implementation services, education and support. Our focus is creating successful client experiences and positive outcomes. For over 40 years, Blytheco has guided business transformation through thoughtful decisions, trusted relationships, and a focus on client success, all with emphasis on delivering elegant software solutions.
We’ve even won a few employee-centric awards along the way, like being voted one of the Best Places to Work, Top Places to Work and named one of Inc’s Best Workplaces!
