Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of contracts, including client and vendor agreements.
Ensure compliance with company policies and industry regulations in all contractual matters.
Manage the lifecycle of contracts, including renewals, amendments, and terminations.
Serve as the primary point of contact for contract-related inquiries and issues.
Collaborate with legal, finance, and sales teams to ensure alignment on business objectives.
Partner directly with in-house counsel on non-standard, complex, or contested terms while independently owning the routine contract workflow end to end.
Maintain an organized repository of contracts and related documentation.
Apply rigorous attention to detail across contract terms, defined terms, dates, dollar amounts, and internal cross-references, catching inconsistencies and drafting errors before execution rather than after.
Maintain accurate contract data and documentation within Salesforce and Conga.
Prepare reports and analyses on contract statuses and key metrics.
Assess both immediate transactional risk and long-tail exposure — auto-renewal and evergreen terms, multi-year commitments, indemnity and liability tails, data and IP obligations that survive termination — and articulate the tradeoffs to business stakeholders in practical terms.
Assist with audits, reporting, compliance reviews, and other special projects as needed.
Help identify contract issues and support timely resolution and escalation where appropriate.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent relevant work experience.
5+ years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, in contracts, legal support, business operations, procurement, compliance, finance, or project management.
Strong understanding of legal terminology and contract management best practices.
Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, prioritize competing deadlines, and exercise sound judgment.
Track record of assessing risk in commercial agreements and communicating recommendations clearly to non-legal stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in a corporate legal department or high-volume business environment.
Paralegal certificate or formal legal training.
Certification in contract management (e.g., IACCM or NCMA).
Salesforce and Conga experience.
Familiarity with AI-assisted contract review and process improvement tools.
Familiarity with the automotive or information systems industries.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent relevant work experience
- 5+ years of experience, or equivalent education and experience, in contracts, legal support, business operations, procurement, compliance, finance, or project management
- Strong understanding of legal terminology and contract management best practices
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work autonomously, prioritize competing deadlines, and exercise sound judgment
- Experience assessing risk in commercial agreements and communicating recommendations to non-legal stakeholders
- Experience in a corporate legal department or high-volume business environment
- Paralegal certificate or formal legal training
- Certification in contract management, such as IACCM or NCMA
- Salesforce and Conga experience
- Familiarity with AI-assisted contract review and process improvement tools
- Familiarity with the automotive or information systems industries
Hearst Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Hearst and has not been reviewed or approved by Hearst.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical plan choice, full in-network preventive coverage, dental and vision, telemedicine, prescription coverage, and fertility resources. Mental-health resources and other wellbeing services (e.g., therapy sessions, crisis support, virtual physical therapy, and chronic-condition programs) further strengthen the health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as meaningful through a 401(k) plan with company matching and Hearst covering plan administration fees. Performance bonuses are also noted as available in some roles, adding an additional rewards component beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits include paid holidays, paid sick days, and vacation time with a commonly cited annual range, alongside paid parental leave and family medical leave. A remote work program and flexibility signals are also included as part of the overall rewards experience.
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What We Do
Hearst is a leading global, diversified media, information and services company with more than 360 businesses. Its major interests include ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; transportation assets including CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; 33 television stations such as WCVB-TV in Boston and KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, which reach a combined 19 percent of U.S. viewers; newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany, New York); more than 300 magazines around the world, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Men's Health and Car and Driver, and digital services businesses such as iCrossing and KUBRA; and investments in emerging digital entertainment companies such as Complex Networks.
