Senior Contract Specialist
SpaceBridge Inc, is currently looking for a Senior Contract Specialist to support the Corporate, Secretarial and Commercial requirements of the corporation.
The chosen candidate will also be responsible for both pre-contractual and post-contractual phases of commercial contracts in close collaboration with the marketing/sales, and finance department.
Responsibilities:
· Act as the point of contact and provide support to the sales teams for existing and new contracts.
· Draft and review corporate and commercial documentation, including proposals financing and securities documents.
· Monitor contract lifecycle to ensure that contracts are up to date with the latest terms and conditions.
· Ensure compliance of general contract terms and conditions
· support and coordinate corrective action plans with other functional teams
· Validate commercial terms and conditions are met to mitigate business risks and maximize financial objectives and provide policy recommendations to the executive committee.
· Review and negotiate significant contract requirements, special provisions, terms and conditions.
· Prepare, draft, and negotiate various commercial agreements, General Terms Agreements, RFPs, contract Amendments, Service agreements, NDA’s and other letters of intent, as well as partnering arrangements.
· Prepare contract notifications highlighting risk and non-standard clauses.
· Manage IP, Patent and Trademark portfolio
· Report and provide general litigation support
· Draft resolutions of the Board of Directors and maintain of the minutes’ book
· Prepare and review letters of credit (L/C), including the review of L/C
Skills & Qualifications
· Bachelor’s degree in a pertinent field
· Minimum of 5 to 7 years of experience in international business;
· Strong Experience in drafting and negotiating contracts
· Excellent knowledge and interest in following areas: contract law, commercial law, corporate law, and intellectual property
· Outstanding organizational, communication, and negotiable skills
· Ability to work with minimal supervision
· Good team player and positive attitude
· Excellent writing, editing, analysis, and synthesis skills;
· Ability to work under pressure and changing priority
· Understanding customer motivations
· Strong Business acumen
· Experience in RFI/RFP
· Bilingual: French and English
· Experience in the Satellite/Telecommunications is considered a strong asset
· Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic is considered an asset