Manager , Contract Management

With a legacy as a pioneer in the ALSP market, Factor has identified the need for another innovation in the legal services market: Integrated LawTM.

Factor is the market leader in Integrated LawTM, combining the expertise of Traditional Law, the efficiency of New Law, and the close business integration of In-house legal to deliver complex legal work at scale.

Factor works alongside corporate legal departments to solve for the ever-increasing demands and complexity of transactional legal work like contracting. We deliver better performance, better business and legal outcomes, and a better contracting experience.

Our clients span Fortune 500 companies including global banks, major pharmaceutical companies and large technology firms.

Factor is committed to building the best culture in legal. We believe that the more diverse our team becomes — in backgrounds, skills, experiences, and perspectives — the higher our creative potential as a company. We are dedicated to growing a diverse, inclusive company where individuals of all backgrounds thrive.

We are comprised of more than 400 lawyers, legal specialists, technologists, and process consultants across Europe and North America – Join us!

The Role:

We’re looking for a Manager to join us in our Belfast Centre of Excellence. As a member of our agile working team, you will be responsible for supporting our clients business by reviewing, drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts, as part of a wider general support service to the client’s contracts management and in-house legal teams. You will act as a senior point of contact within the Factor team and will be relied upon to tackle the complex contracting work we undertake for our client. If you believe in being a team player, can collaborate and communicate well with technical and non-technical audiences, while bringing a result-driven, focused, high energy, confident, curious, and most of all fun sense of self, then this is the place for you.

Responsibilities

• Being part of a team committed to overall delivery of legal services and compliance with all delivery commitments to the client, including reviewing, draft and negotiate a wide range of IT focused commercial contracts across a Global remit. This may include Master Services Agreements, Amendment Agreements, Local Country Agreements,, SAAS Agreements , Supply Agreements, Reseller Agreements, Contract Interpretation and advisory support, Dispute handling, professional and consulting services contracts,, licensing contracts, other IP/IT contracts and general commercial contracts;
• Adhering to and developing delivery processes and commitments;
• Inputting and managing data on Factor and client systems and keep them up to date;
• Helping develop contract templates, playbooks and other tools for use by the team;
• Helping develop more junior team members through mentoring, training, quality checking of work output and acting as a point of contact for legal queries;
• Remaining up to date on legal and other relevant developments within the industry.

Essential Criteria

• You are adaptable, authentic, accountable, and values-driven. You’re a team player who exhibits personal leadership and leaves things better than you found them. We’re looking for someone who always gives their best and inspires others to do the same. This role requires the legal knowledge to take instructions from our Clients, take appropriate action and serve as an escalation point on issues for more junior team members. It’s no small task!




In addition to the above, here are the required skills, knowledge, capabilities, and education for this role:

• Law Degree and/or Legally Qualified; 
• Legally eligible to work in the country this role is based
• 5 years’ experience of independently drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts within a law firm, as part of an in-house legal team or within Factor
• Excellent attention to detail
• Operates with substantial latitude, with minimal or no supervision
• Ability to handle a consistent and varied workload to meet client deadlines
• Frequent client-facing experience in a legal context
• Experience of managing and developing teams and supervising their work output
• Experience of coaching and mentoring more junior team members
• Experience of client relationship management
• Strong commercial awareness, working directly with business managers and other functions across an organisation
• Extensive legal knowledge in order to act as a senior advisor to the client and serve as an escalation point on issues for more junior team members
• Experience in the development and management of standard operating procedures, playbooks, templates and tools for use by a team
• Expert written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Very strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite - especially Microsoft Word

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of supporting contracts within the IT industry
• Experience of managing a team of direct reports
• Ability to review data sets to assist with managing team capacity and identify insights and trends
• Ability to manage workflow – efficiently allocating of work within a team
• Passion for driving efficiencies through better management of process, playbooks, templates and use of technology, including through the integration of AI.
• Working with a recognised matter management system as part of daily routine 

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Benefit package including private health insurance and private dental insurance 
• Pension contribution
• 38 days holidays 
• Enhanced maternity leave pay – 18 weeks
• Enhanced paternity leave pay – 4 weeks 
• Chance to develop your career in an international, innovative company providing legal services to top brands worldwide; 
• Opportunity to join an industry-leading executive team and over 400 lawyers,contract experts, technologists, and process consultants; 
• Inclusive and nurturing work environment, where everyone's contributions are valued; 
• Hybrid working model and flexible working hours to help achieve a strong work-life balance 

Additional Information

As a member of an ISO Compliant center, the candidate will be required to follow the policies and procedures on Information Security Management System in place at the Center of Excellence and globally at Factor. As a member of the Factor team, the applicant will have access to various company and client assets and will be required to maintain the level of security as identified for each asset.

Factor is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

For more, visit: factor.law