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Job Description:
JOB TITLE
- Team Lead, Legal Solutions Epiq Global Hyderabad, India
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Craft, evaluate, negotiate, and execute a wide variety of different contracts as per requirements.
- Maintain records for correspondence and documentation in relation to established contracts and those in progress.
- Communicate and present information to stakeholders about all contract-related matters. Maintain excellent working relationships with clients to ensure their needs are met
- Monitor contracts and move forward with close-out, extension, or renewal according to what’s best for the company.
- Solve any contract-related problems that may arise with other parties and internally with the company itself.
- Provide advice and guidance to the different teams relating to contract generation
- Identify opportunities to improve business processes and devise plans to implement these changes
- Addressed client escalations and manage client expectations.
- Analyse contracts to ensure compliance to company policies, government and commercial specifications and other requirements.
- Review contractual terms and conditions for their acceptability, as well as assessing the risk and impact to the proposal or procurement activity.
- Conduct due diligence as per client needs
- Informing internal and external stakeholders of the status of contracts
- Creation of review workflow as per client's requirements
- Execute quality control and quality assurance best practices
- Handle contract review teams varying from 0-5 members, under the oversight of a review manager.
- Provide status and progress updates on the project.
- Escalate issues and follow up for responses.
- Act as an initial escalation point and SME for the project team.
KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:
- Sound knowledge of the contract Management Life cycle
- Knowledge of CMS software: IntelAgree etc.
- Industry-specific subject matter knowledge/understanding
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PPT);
- Familiar with the U.S. judicial system, understanding of legal fundamentals, methods, and procedures from the U.S. perspective
- Good communication skills, both written and oral, strong English reading comprehension
- Professional demeanor
- Analytical Skills: Independently solves complex problems.
- Decision making: Exercises good judgment and assumes responsibility
- Maintain quality standards as per service level commitments
- Should be a Team Player, open to feedback, and contribute to building positive team spirit.
- Ethics: Treats people with respect, keeps commitments, and works with integrity.
- Maintain the service level commitments
- Adapt to changing needs & deadlines and remain calm when under pressure.
- Able to evaluate and analyze data from multiple sources in a fast-paced environment.
- Assist in data collection/report preparation on various metrics;
- Should be able to create and implement review workflows as per client's requirements
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- LLB (three- or five-year program);
- LLM (optional) India or abroad;
- Work Experience: 3 - 5 years of relevant experience
If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
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