[Remote] Contract Manager, Program & Portfolio Services
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Meta seeks a highly engaged and experienced professional for a contract management role to join our Infrastructure Data Center (IDC) organization. As an IDC Contract Manager, you will partner with multiple teams across the IDC organization and beyond to gather and understand technical scope, operational and financial information to maximize contract value and reduce risk to IDC and Meta.
Responsibilities
- Support the overall contract management function, including deal-to-contract intake, contract drafting, deal negotiation, maintaining contracts playbooks, and improving processes and systems
- Partner with business leads to help navigate complex operations and spend initiatives with significant spend and risk; drive cross-functional contracts risk and cost containment efforts
- Collaborate closely with business requesters and partners in Data Center Development; Design, Engineering & Construction; Facility Operations; Sourcing; In-house Legal Counsel; Finance; Business Risk & Insurance; and various Legal Compliance teams
- Partner with business leads to help navigate complex operations and delivery initiatives with significant spend and risk; drive cross-functional contracts risk and cost containment efforts
- Develop and continuously improve deal-to-contract strategies and procedures, ensuring compliance with company policies and controls
- Act as a liaison between finance and business teams and the general contractor to enforce contract and ensure timely and accurate financial reporting to ensure Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) compliance
- Manage and mitigate data and user privacy risk to ensure deal compliance
- Develop and maintain customer relationships to ensure healthy and constructive interactions representing complex contracting issues to business partners
- Coordinate and drive resolution to key business issues with legal, risk management, corporate contracts and business leads
- Provide guidance and internal support for their functional program on best ways to structure deals
- Ensure that signed contracts are complete and clearly communicated to all relevant parties, including interpretation to support implementation
- Examine existing policies and procedures to optimize the end-to-end process from creation of the quote to the completion of signatures with all parties concerned
- Share best practices with and provide training to team, peers, and outside business units to enhance the quality and efficiency of contracting processes
- Ensure all approved requests have been properly documented, escalated to the appropriate approval level, and resolved within the applicable Service Level Agreement
Skills
- 12+ years of relevant work experience in strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, contract management and supply chain operations
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent, with a degree or graduate degree in Supply Chain Management, Accounting, Legal Studies, Business Administration, English, Engineering, Construction Administration, or similar
- Graduate-level professional degree in law (J.D.)
- Experience leading or facilitating sourcing or procurement events, including preparing and conducting requests for qualifications, requests for proposals, and requests for pricing
- Experience interpreting and complying with corporate policies
- Experience using contract management software or systems to prepare, process, and record contracts and purchase transactions
- Experience working in a highly cross-functional environment with multiple stakeholders
- Infrastructure portfolio management, construction industry experience, or familiarity with service categories related to data center project and program management, such as general consulting, engineering, research & development, quality, testing, inspection, building management systems, artwork, furniture, and facility operations & maintenance
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