Senior Legal Contracts Manager

At Houston Methodist, the Senior Legal Contracts Manager position is responsible for coordinating and managing high-profile legal projects of considerable complexity for the Department of Legal Services, with a focus on contract review, drafting, negotiation, and execution. This position takes the lead for assisting the attorneys in the Department of Legal Services with contract review for legal agreements across the Houston Methodist system as well as other projects initiated by the attorneys. The Senior Legal Contracts Manager position is responsible for coordinating, managing, and completing contract review processes with minimal supervision, as well as communicating professionally and persuasively verbally and in writing. This position manages a complex portfolio of contract documents and is the lead point of contact for the paralegals in the Department. The Senior Legal Contracts Manager position provides legal document review, drafting, negotiation, and analysis to the attorneys in the Department of Legal Services as well as internal clients, and identifies legal and regulatory issues for the attorneys.

Requirements:

Qualifications:

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS - REQUIRED

• N/A

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations.

• Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job.

• Ability to effectively communicate with physicians, co-workers, and executives in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles.

• Strong communication skills. Ability to communicate with senior leadership.

• Ability to establish and maintain positive attorney, project team member and internal relationships.

• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills.

• Intermediate word-processing skills.

• Strong project and time management skills.

• Experience processing large quantities of file material and quickly discerning key issues and plans for resolution for applicable supervising attorneys.

• Adaptable - flexible in handling change, able to juggle multiple high priority demands, able to adapt to new situations with innovative ideas or approaches. Can maintain focus on goals and easily adjust to how they are achieved.

• Professional handling of exposure to confidential/sensitive information.

SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

WORK ATTIRE

• Uniform No
• Scrubs No
• Business professional Yes
• Other (department approved) No

ON-CALL*
*Note that employees may be required to be on-call during emergencies (ie. DIsaster, Severe Weather Events, etc) regardless of selection below.

• On Call* No

TRAVEL**
**Travel specifications may vary by department**

• May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area Yes
• May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area No

Company Profile:

Houston Methodist is one of the nation’s leading health systems and academic medical centers. Houston Methodist consists of eight hospitals: Houston Methodist Hospital, its flagship academic hospital in the heart of the Texas Medical Center, and seven community hospitals throughout the greater Houston area. Houston Methodist also includes an academic institute, a comprehensive residency program, a global business division, numerous physician practices and several free-standing emergency rooms and outpatient facilities. Overall, Houston Methodist employs more than 27,000 employees and is supported by a wide variety of business functions that operate at the system level to help enable clinical departments to provide high quality patient care.

Houston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal employment opportunity is a sound and just concept to which Houston Methodist is firmly bound. Houston Methodist will not engage in discrimination against or harassment of any person employed or seeking employment with Houston Methodist on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law. VEVRAA Federal Contractor – priority referral Protected Veterans requested.