Azenta Inc.
At Azenta, new ideas, new technologies and new ways of thinking are driving our future. Our customer focused culture encourages employees to embrace innovation and challenge the status quo with novel thinking and collaborative work relationships.
All we accomplish is grounded in our core values of Customer Focus, Achievement, Accountability, Teamwork, Employee Value and Integrity
Job Title
SRS Contracts Specialist
Job Description
At Azenta, new ideas, new technologies and new ways of thinking are driving our future. Our customer-focused culture encourages employees to embrace innovation and challenge the status quo with novel thinking and collaborative work relationships.
Azenta Life Sciences is a global leader in the life sciences space with headquarters with offices and operations worldwide. We are a market leader in automated bio sample management solutions and genomic services across areas such as drug development, clinical and advanced cell therapies for the industry's top pharmaceutical, biotech, academic and healthcare institutions globally. We provide unparalleled capabilities with our lab analysis, sample management and storage services, informatics software, and consumables, with the largest installed base managing over 1 billion samples globally.
How You’ll Add Value:
The SRS Contracts Specialist is responsible for negotiating, structuring, and/or administrating contractual documents that establish business relationships with vendors, customers and/or partners. You’ll collaborate closely with Sales, Service, and Legal teams to develop agreements that align with business needs while reviewing contracts to ensure compliance with company policies, government specifications, and other applicable requirements. Through careful analysis and effective contract management, you’ll help mitigate risk and support timely, sound business decisions.
What You’ll Do:
Review all contract documents to ensure compliance with organizational requirements.
Understanding of contract language and common contract types (NDAs, MSAs)
Support internal approvals and routing of contracts
Serve as a liaison with outside purchasing departments
Understanding of business and legal terminology
Manage contract creation, execution and analysis
Identify opportunities to improve contract process and implement changes
Ensure that the contracts are in compliance with Company’ legal and compliance policies
This role will facilitate expedient review and resolution of inconsistent interpretation of contractual provisions to help ensure business continuity, and to mitigate legal risk while complying with established guidelines and processes
Draft, review, redline and negotiate a wide range of agreements, such as, non-disclosure, data privacy, MSA’s, and SOW’s
Interface with internal stakeholders and external parties to gather specifications and terms necessary for contract drafting and negotiations
Operate effectively in an extremely fast-paced environment with the ability to take initiative, resolve complex contract, demonstrate autonomy and exercise appropriate business judgment
Solve new problems that arise, determine viable options and leverage appropriate key functional areas
Prepares reports on the status of contracts for management
Conducts special projects as assigned
What You Will Bring:
Bachelor’s degree in an applicable are of concentration or equivalent experience
Minimum of 4 years of related industry experience
Background in Contract Management / business law
Paralegal preferred
Salesforce.com/ CRM experience preferred
Attention to detail, superior organizational skills and ability to manage multiple deadline- driven projects
Excellent communication skills
Ability to work cross-functionally
Proven track record of managing strategic commercial contracts
Proven track record of negotiating terms with internal and external stakeholders
Robust knowledge of critical legal and business terms, and contract structure and language
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