Job Description
📄 Contracts Administrator (Legal Operations, CLM & Contract Lifecycle Management)
Full-Time | Remote | U.S. Business Hours
🚀 About the Role
We’re hiring a detail-oriented and process-driven Contracts Administrator to manage the complete contract lifecycle — from intake and drafting through execution, renewals, compliance tracking, and reporting.
This role is critical to ensuring agreements move quickly, accurately, and compliantly across Legal, Procurement, Finance, Sales, Security, and Executive teams.
You’ll own:
✅ Contract workflows
✅ Redlining & approvals
✅ CLM/repository management
✅ Renewals & obligations tracking
✅ Compliance documentation
✅ Reporting & audit readiness
This is an ideal role for someone who thrives in structured, high-volume environments and enjoys building scalable systems, workflows, and operational discipline.
🔥 What You’ll Own
Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)
Manage contracts from:
- intake
- drafting
- review
- approval
- execution
- storage
- renewals
- reporting
Ensure contracts are:
- accurate
- compliant
- fully executed
- searchable
- audit-ready
Contract Drafting, Review & Redlining
Draft and manage:
- NDAs
- DPAs
- SOWs
- MSAs
- Vendor Agreements
- Order Forms
- Partner/Reseller Agreements
Redline agreements using:
- Microsoft Word Track Changes
Escalate non-standard legal risks involving:
- indemnification
- limitation of liability
- IP ownership
- data privacy/security
- termination clauses
- SLA deviations
Maintain detailed:
- deviations logs
- approval records
- contract history
Approvals & Governance
Coordinate approvals across:
- Legal
- Finance
- Procurement
- Security
- InfoSec
- Executives
Ensure:
- commercial terms align with pricing
- vendor onboarding documentation is complete
- compliance requirements are satisfied
Verify supporting documents such as:
- W-9s
- insurance certificates (COIs)
- banking forms
- compliance attestations
Execution & Repository Management
Manage e-signature workflows using:
- DocuSign
- Adobe Sign
Verify:
- signer authority
- signature blocks
- execution completeness
Store agreements inside:
- Ironclad
- Icertis
- Agiloft
- ContractWorks
- Conga
- SharePoint
Maintain complete metadata including:
- contract value
- term dates
- renewals
- jurisdiction
- privacy/security addenda
Renewals, Obligations & Compliance
Track:
- renewal deadlines
- notice periods
- pricing triggers
- deliverables
- contract obligations
Send proactive reminders to stakeholders before deadlines occur
Ensure adherence to:
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- PCI-DSS
- SOX requirements where applicable
Maintain audit-ready approval and execution records
Reporting & Operational Improvements
Build dashboards and reports covering:
- contract cycle times
- SLA adherence
- renewals pipeline
- deviations tracking
- standard vs non-standard agreements
Improve:
- CLM workflows
- templates
- clause libraries
- approval routing
- self-service agreements
Help scale legal operations through automation and documentation improvements
💻 What We’re Looking For
Required Experience & Skills
2+ years of:
- contracts administration
- legal operations
- contract coordination
Hands-on experience with:
- Ironclad
- Icertis
- Agiloft
- ContractWorks
- Conga
- SharePoint/Drive
Strong proficiency with:
- Microsoft Word Track Changes
- Excel / Google Sheets
- PDF editing tools
Understanding of:
- NDAs
- DPAs
- indemnities
- IP clauses
- confidentiality terms
- limitation of liability
- SLAs
⭐ Ideal Experience
Exposure to:
- GDPR/CCPA
- HIPAA
- PCI-DSS
- regulated environments
Experience supporting:
- buy-side & sell-side contracts
Background in:
- procurement
- vendor risk
- security questionnaires
Experience managing:
- templates
- playbooks
- clause libraries
🧠 What Makes You a Great Fit
- Extremely detail-oriented and process-driven
- Strong organizational and follow-through skills
- Comfortable managing high-volume contract pipelines
- Strong communicator across multiple departments
- Able to identify risks, inconsistencies, and missing information quickly
- Naturally focused on building scalable systems and workflows
📅 What a Typical Day Looks Like
- Review and triage incoming contract requests
- Draft and redline agreements using approved templates
- Coordinate approvals with legal, finance, procurement, and security teams
- Manage e-signature workflows and finalize executed agreements
- Update CLM systems and maintain metadata accuracy
- Track renewals and send proactive reminders
- Generate reporting dashboards and improve workflows
In short:
You ensure contracts move smoothly from request to signature while maintaining compliance, accuracy, audit readiness, and operational efficiency.
📊 Success Metrics (KPIs)
- Contract cycle times completed within SLA
- Zero missed renewals or notice periods
- 100% repository completeness and metadata accuracy
- High percentage of agreements executed on standard terms
- Audit-ready documentation maintained at all times
- Improved efficiency through workflow optimization
🌍 Why This Role Stands Out
- High ownership over legal and operational workflows
- Opportunity to improve and scale contract systems
- Work cross-functionally with Legal, Finance, Security, Sales, and Procurement
- Exposure to modern CLM platforms and enterprise contract operations
- Remote flexibility with structured operational processes
- Strong growth opportunity within legal operations and contract management
🧪 Interview Process
Initial Phone Screen
Video Interview with Pavago Recruiter
Practical Exercise:
- NDA redlining task
- contract tracker exercise
Client Interview
Offer & Background Verification
👉 Apply Now
If you:
- Thrive in detail-heavy operational environments
- Enjoy contract coordination and legal workflows
- Love building organized systems and scalable processes
- Can manage contracts accurately from intake to renewal
This role is a strong fit for you.
