Associate, Contract Management with English, Chile

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

The Role:

Those who join us on this journey will have the chance to handle complex agreements in multiple jurisdictions for our pharmaceutical client. This is a great opportunity to build upon your existing legal and contract experience through taking on increasingly challenging negotiations as well as subject matter. We are very excited about what we are building here and welcome you to consider joining us! 

This is a client-facing role where you will be responsible for contract execution process, from receipt of the contract request through supplier signature, including reviewing, drafting, managing and negotiating a wide variety of international contracts; as well as interfacing with the business partner (internal and external) for such activities.  

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

• Execute contract management activities (including drafting and negotiating contracts, contract execution, regular updates to the systems and trackers)
• Participate in or support process improvement initiatives
• Support client on routine contract template and negotiation playbook management (e.g., updates to existing templates or negotiation playbooks
• May support QC activities
• May serve as point of contact (e.g. back-up) to designated client contracting team or within designated focus area (e.g. lead or participate in regular check-s meetings to discuss updates, process changes, questions and contract request queues)
• Assist with the resolution of contract level issues and escalations
• May train/mentor team members when proved to have sufficient knowledge and skills to perform the training;
• Be part of a team committed to continually improving our service to the client and adding value. 

Essential Criteria

• You are adaptable, authentic, accountable, and values-driven. You’re a team player who exhibits personal leadership and leaves things better than you found them. We’re looking for someone who always gives their best and inspires others to do the same. This role requires the legal knowledge to take instructions from our Clients, take appropriate action and serve as an escalation point on issues for more junior team members. It’s no small task!




In addition to the above, here are the required skills, knowledge, capabilities, and education for this role:

• Law Degree and/or Legally Qualified; 
• Legally eligible to work in the country this role is based
• Minimum of 2 years' experience of drafting and negotiating commercial contracts within a law firm, an ALSP, as part of an in-house legal team; 
• Fluent in English
• 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 Criteria

• Experience of working with or for a telecommunications, financial services or professional services firm preferably in a contracting function;
• Experience of working in-house
• Command of different contract types (including MSA, SOW, CDA, Amendments) is an advantage 

What We Offer

• Competitive salary  
• Chance to develop your career in an international, innovative company providing legal services to top brands worldwide; 
• Opportunity to join an industry-leading executive team and over 400 lawyers,contract experts, technologists, and process consultants; 
• Inclusive and nurturing work environment, where everyone's contributions are valued; 
• Remote working model and flexible working hours to help achieve a strong work-life balance 

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.

For more, visit: factor.law