Career Opportunities: Sr. Contract Administrator (116467)

We are seeking a Sr. Contract Administration who will report to the Director Procurement Operations and is a key member of the Procurement team. This position will lead and manage a team of Contract Administrators responsible for preparing, examining, analyzing, negotiating, and revising contracts that involve the purchase or sale of goods or services, such as equipment, materials, supplies, or products. The position handles contracts’ administration over their entire life cycle (beginning to end), including review of commercial and legal terms.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for day-to-day contract administration.
• Leading and managing the contracts administration team and overseeing their assigned work, performance and overall delivery.
• Manages the developing team standard procedures, contract review requirements and ongoing training.
• Manage the relationship with JHU Legal and other key area risk officer relationships to keep current on the legal terms and other risk reviews in the preparation and revision of contracts that involve the purchase or sale of goods and services.
• Manage the relationships with the Category Portfolio Groups to coordinate the team’s participation in negotiating the commercial terms of the contract (e.g., price, contract period).
• Develops practical and effective contract governance and administration policies, processes, procedures and work instructions for the Contract Administration and the larger Procurement team.
• Oversees the development of standardized contract template libraries to be used for re-occurring purchases. Negotiates contract terms and conditions.
• Prepares contract briefs and revisions summarizing contractual requirements to ensure contract execution in accordance with company policy.
• Sets procedures to maintain detailed and organized files including audit files for each contract which will include original contract, all correspondence, changes/deviations, amendments, clarifications, and payment schedules.
• Prepares contract change, cancellation and other notices as required.
• Ensures contractors are in compliance with legal requirements, owner specifications and government regulations.
• Conducts on-going training for procurement professionals and key stakeholders on the contract administration process, policies and technologies.
• Administers surveys, prepare reporting and other data collection and metrics compilation activities.

Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Commanding leadership skills.
• Requires strong contract clause and policy writing abilities in a procurement environment including knowledge of commercial contract terms and conditions, statements of work, acceptable clause modifications and alternative fallback positions, plus advanced skill set in MS Word.
• Requires the ability to earn and retain the respect of Legal and Procurement professionals.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with and win cooperation from personnel at all levels of the organization.
• Must be able to get things done with informal authority.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management or related field.
• Six years related experience in contract administration in a complex environment.
• Additional education may substitute for experience and additional experience may substitute for education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

• Eight (8) years of related and progressive experience as a Contract Administrator or comparable position preferred.
• Paralegal or Contract Administration certification is highly desirable.

Classified Title: Contract Administration Manager 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Sr. Contract Administrator   
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PE  
Starting Salary Range: $73,300 - $128,300 Annually (Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm 
Exempt Status: Exempt 
Location: Remote 
Department name: Buying 
Personnel area: University Administration