Lead Contract Specialist - Comcast Corporation

Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast.

Job Summary

The Lead Contract Specialist will be responsible for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of contracts on behalf of Comcast and its affiliates under the supervision of Comcast attorneys and the Manager, Contracts Support, including professional services agreements, software agreements (on-premise and SaaS), evaluation agreements, NDAs, amendments, and statements of work in support of Comcast’s Procurement team and a wide array of internal business units. This person will also assist with intake and distribution of contracts for legal review through Comcast’s on-line intake system.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

• Prepares, negotiates, and manages various standard and non-standard contracts for the organization, including software licensing agreements, consultant agreements, vendor service agreements, NDAs, evaluation agreements, amendments, and statements of work, interacting with in-house and outside counsel, and business and procurement teams, as appropriate, to ensure compliance with business and legal requirements, as well as corporate policy.
• Provides independent counsel and guidance on contractual legal matters, including by acting as first point of contact on matters of contract interpretation.
• Prepares memoranda regarding contract terms for executive review.
• Communicates new and/or modified contract terms, and explains their practical implications, to affected internal teams.
• Works with limited supervision, identifying and escalating significant legal and business issues to senior lawyers for review and resolution.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Lead efforts to identify and implement opportunities for process efficiencies for the legal department and business clients.
• Supervise, coach and guide junior members of the contract specialist team.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:        

• 7-10+ years of Contracts Management or paralegal experience, with an emphasis on contract review, negotiation and drafting.
• Extensive experience with procurement agreements is preferred.
• Bachelors Degree or Equivalent.
• J.D. from accredited law school or paralegal certificate preferred, but not required.
• Excellent negotiating, drafting, problem solving and communications skills.
• Ability to work effectively with various members of the legal team, and with procurement and business personnel.
• Ability to simultaneously manage multiple negotiations and meet deadlines with consistently high-quality work product.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
• Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
• Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
• Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
• Drive results and growth.
• Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer:

• This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Skills:

Leadership; Contracts; Legal Practices

Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality – to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Relevant Work Experience

7-10 Years