About Vantage
Vantage powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.
Legal Department
The Legal team is responsible for managing the company's legal affairs from compliance through litigation, collaborating with departments such as Sales, Operations, Human Resources, and Innovation along the way. The Legal team also works closely with external law firms to develop a comprehensive legal strategy and manages these partners to address issues efficiently and effectively. Unlike many other companies where legal roles are purely advisory, Vantage distinguishes itself by granting our legal staff the authority to directly influence business decisions. This empowers our internal team to align legal strategies with long-term operational goals, risk management, and cost efficiency to deliver outcomes that support corporate objectives. This approach allows each team member to make significant, impactful decisions, driving substantial results for the company.
Position Overview
This role will be Hybrid (onsite for 3 days & 2 days remotely) based in Denver, Colorado.
The Contract Analyst provides excellent attention to detail, proactive, business and solution-oriented mindset to all matters. The Contract Analyst works closely with the Legal, Construction, Finance, and all business departments to review and analyze construction contracts, vendor contracts, and work authorizations prior to finalization. The Contract Analyst is a collaborative team player who embodies our core values, contributes to a positive workplace culture, communicates with professionalism, provides excellent support of the business, and excels in managing a high-volume, fast-paced workload with shifting priorities.
Essential Job Functions
Review and analyze non-disclosure agreements and proposed redlines to evaluate if they are consistent with the Company’s acceptable level of risk, based on playbook guidance .
Review and analyze work authorizations (statements of work and service orders) and exhibits, ensuring that they are accurate, error free, consistent with executed contracts and company policy, and mitigate risks for the Company. This includes reviewing and editing scopes of work with a keen attention to detail.
Review and analyze Change Orders and exhibits for accuracy of references and numbers, alignment with contract terms, and identifying risk terms that should not be included in the exhibits.
Work closely with Construction (or other business teams), Finance, and other subject matter experts to facilitate timely execution of work authorizations.
Confirm correct Master Agreements have been selected for the business relationship.
Facilitate contracts finalization process, including document clean up and Docusign envelopes.
Ensure contract execution is done in accordance with the Delegation of Authority.
Administer and track workflow of contracts to make sure all are fully approved and executed.
Identify areas of process improvement and assist with process documentation.
Handle additional duties as assigned by Management and miscellaneous special projects to support team members and/or requested by team attorneys
Teamwork Collaboration:
Demonstrate an outward mindset to work effectively with stakeholders across functions to achieve shared goals.
Actively contribute to a supportive, solutions-oriented team environment.
Build strong working relationships and communicate in a respectful, professional manner.
Support of the Business & the Team:
Serve as a liaison between the business and legal and other subject matter experts required to approve contracts.
Proactively identify opportunities to support team members…