Manager Manager with verification
JOB DESCRIPTION
About Us: UnitedLex is a data and professional services company delivering outcomes for high-performing law firms and corporate legal departments in the areas of digital litigation, intellectual property, contracts, compliance, and legal operations. Founded in 2006 with a mission to push the boundaries of legal innovation, we provide solutions that enable measurable performance improvement, risk mitigation, revenue gain, cost reduction, and digital business synergy.
Job Description
JOB TITLE:
Manager- Contract Review
LEVEL: People and Process Manager
Business Unit/Deal:
Contract Review
Reporting Structure:
Director
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Apply expertise in review process to come up with solutions towards effective Project Management and apply established best practices to manage Project productivity and quality.
Quality control to be performed across multiple projects.
Set up and oversee review projects in accordance with the SOW and Unitedlex best practices.
Keep track at all times of SOW terms implementation.
Create effective and profitable staffing plans.
Create and track Project budget and costs.
Assist Workflow Management in invoicing for Projects.
Assist team in defining Project targets; ensure these are achieved by the Project team.
Regularly interface and maintain persistent communications with clients and external project stakeholders. Act as first point of contact for clients.
Have clear understanding of Unitedlex policies and business requirements, and synchronize these with domain knowledge in order to manage end to end review services.
Responsible for maintaining and sharing accurate and timely Project data with WFM and Operations team for effective management and strategizing.
Understand and quickly identify client's needs and suggest workable solutions.
Regularly participate in Project Management meetings and keep stakeholders and Project Management team updated with Project status.
Motivate the team by taking ownership, supporting and appreciating performance.
Counsel team members, mentor Team Leaders and AMs.
Conduct formal performance reviews of subordinates and chalk out and implement team development plans.
Assist in internal processes enhancement and apply innovations to Projects and internal processes.
Plan effectively, set goals, prioritize them for self and for the team to determine if activities are time & goal directed.
REQUIREMENTS:
Business Reporting Skills
Familiarity with reporting tools like MS Excel, Visio, Power point, contracting tools and technology etc.
Effective business report creating skills.
Rounded redlining and negotiation skills.
Transition & Project Management:
Ability to develop and establish schedules, assignments, and action plans, for the project success along with keeping the team members involved in the project.
Continuous Improvement:
Ability to facilitate continuous development of the team members at professional and personal front.
Analytical Thinking & Decision Making:
Pragmatic approach in order to get the job done quickly and effectively.
Ability to look objectively at an idea or situation from different perspective and come up with an effective solution
Customer Service Orientation:
Ability to follow organizational policies and be able to balance customer requirement while applying them
Ability to understand and quickly identify client's needs and suggest workable solutions.
Ability to give high priority to customer needs over personal needs and work towards client satisfaction.
Communication Skills:
Ability to establish credibility and appropriate interest level when communicating with team members and clients.
Leadership Skills:
Ability to provide supportive environment by securing necessary resources and removing hurdles to effective working.
Team Player:
Ability to motivate the team by taking ownership, supporting and appreciating performance.
Ability to build professional relationship with peers, supervisor and client face.
Time Management & Schedule Adherence:
Ability to plan effectively, set goals, prioritize them for self and for the team to determine if activities are time & goal-directed.
Capabilities of goal setting, planning, prioritizing, decision-making, delegating and scheduling
Business Improvement & Initiatives:
Accurately estimating length and difficulty of tasks and projects and set clear objectives, goals, and measures for improvement.
QUALIFICATION & EXEPERIENCE:
Strong grasp of contracting best practices.
At least 5 years in the contract drafting and negotiation space.
Understanding of and adherence to confidentiality and ISMS protocols.
Strong ability to leverage contract automation tools.
Basic proficiency in the following MS office skills – Outlook, Excel, Word, Power Point.
Willingness to stretch and work on weekends to meet client deadlines.
LL.B/L.L.M.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Ready to work a 9-hour shift anywhere between 8:30am and 10:30pm.
Should be ready to stretch beyond regular hours or work from home when required
Should be willing to travel on business for short and long durations readily
All specific company policies to apply without exception
Compulsory adherence of ISO/IEC 27001: 2005 guidelines
UnitedLex is committed to preserving the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all the physical and electronic information assets throughout the organization. Consistent with the UnitedLex ISMS policy and the ISO 27001 standard, every employee is responsible for complying with UnitedLex information security policies and reporting all security concerns, weaknesses, and breaches.
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