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 600 lawyers, legal specialists, technologists, and process consultants across Europe and North America – Join us!

The Role:

We’re looking for a Contract Management Associate to join us in our Belfast office. As a member of our team, you will be supporting a leading multinational pharmaceutical corporation. You will be responsible for supporting our clients business by drafting and negotiating a wide range of contracts as part of a wider general support service to the client’s contracts management and in-house legal teams.

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, quirky, and most of all fun sense of self, then this is the place for you.

Responsibilities

Be responsible for drafting and negotiating a wide range of Commercial Contracts in German and English

Working closely with our Client’s in-house legal departments to negotiate and execute commercial contracts and supporting our Client with relevant compliance checks

Be part of a team committed to the overall delivery of services and compliance with all delivery commitments to the client

Active caseload management

Adhere to all Factor delivery processes and commitments;

Input and manage data on Factor and client systems and keep them up to date;

Help develop contract templates, playbooks and other tools for use by the team;

Be part of a team committed to continually improving our service to the client and adding value.

Essential Criteria

Law Degree and/or Legally Qualified;

Fluent in German

Legally eligible to work in the country this role is based

Minimum of 6 months experience of drafting and negotiating commercial contracts within a law firm, an ALSP, as part of an in-house legal team or within Factor;

Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills;

Strong attention to detail;

Regular client-facing experience;

Good commercial awareness, working directly with business managers;

Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite - especially Microsoft Word;

Organizational fit for the Factor culture - exhibiting the core values of Authenticity, Accountability, Adaptability and Stewardship;

Client relationship management

Desirable

Experience of working with or for a pharmaceutical, telecommunications, financial services or professional services firm preferably in a contracting function;

Experience of working in-house

Experience with commercial contracts drafting, with experience of negotiating NDAs particularly desirable

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.

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Associate, Contract Management I (German Speaking)