Lead/Associate Manager/Manager - Contract Specialist - Legal (3-15 yrs)

Lead/Associate Manager/Manager - Contract Specialist - Legal

Principal Responsibilities:

- Draft, review, negotiate and interpret several types of contracts pertaining to insurance industry entailing distribution, marketing, outsourcing, consulting and strategy driven engagements including day to day commercial agreements ,master services agreements, IT security, data protection agreements and any other related documents.

- Assist senior level contracting professionals in managing complex transaction work within a fast moving corporate environment with strong knowledge on legal issues related to contracts.

- Working with teams and legal heads in Canada, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Hong Kong and USA and create and maintain relationships with business partners and serve as the singular point of contact for matters concerning contracts.

- Maintain records for correspondence and documentation in relation to established contracts and those in progress.

- Monitor contracts and move forward with close-out, extension, or renewal keeping in mind Sun Life's interests,

- Solve any contract-related problems that may arise with other parties and internally with the company itself.

- Structure client transactions to be most advantageous from a contracting and business perspective.

- Advise and consult company professionals based on accurate interpretation of contract documents and the facts of a business opportunity.

- Understanding of the statutory and regulatory framework for insurance and non insurance domain prevalent in India, Canada, Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Vietnam and USA.

- Support the development of internal guidelines, toolkits and packaged knowledge capital on various legal and business issues including reporting tools to identify trends and forecast work volume.

- Educate company professionals in regard to contracting and risk management issues.

- Represent the company's interests and interface directly with client negotiating teams.

- Experience in handling contract management software.

- Track non- standard provisions and agreed to deliverables.

- Develop and maintain a process to work with the business when major incidents occur (privacy, security, system outages etc.) to provide detailed information on contractual commitments.

- Keep up to date with contract management best practices,

- Actively participate in project-based work and specialized projects.

Skills:

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with strong interpersonal skills

- Self-motivated and independent.

- Excellent relationship building skills as part of a team and with persons at all levels of the organization.

- Analytical thinker with strong conceptual and problem-solving skills and able to and apply analytical and creative thinking to provide innovative solutions and manage risk,

- Organized and detail-oriented with the ability to make sound judgments.

- Experience in managing change in a cross-functional environment and operate effectively under pressure.

- Ability to resolve issues creatively, effect change, and execute in an accelerated manner

- Excellent planning and organization skills and the ability to deal with complex issues.

- Experience working in a client-facing, matrix, project-based assignments.

- Able to engage and influence others with confidence,

- A self-starter with strong business acumen and the ability to effectively support simultaneous projects,

- Familiar with applicable industry and regulatory trends,

- Skilled at simplifying complex legal concepts and writing and speaking clearly,

- Able to take a risk-based approach to the prioritization of work; and

- Able to build relationships across multiple areas of the business.

- Preferably Bilingual English and French

- Strong Group Benefits and Group Retirement Service knowledge