Director, Contracts

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Director, Contracts
Position Summary
The Director of Contracts is a leadership role responsible for overseeing and providing strategic direction for the contract lifecycle, including negotiation, drafting, review, execution, and closeout, while ensuring compliance with legal and business requirements. This role reports to the General Counsel or other designated senior legal/contracts executive and provides leadership to the Contracts team, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement. The Director of Contracts will be entrusted with day-to-day oversight and direct handling of contract-related processes across the organization, including subsidiaries. This includes managing and reporting on a wide range of agreements such as NDAs, contracts with drug manufacturers, healthcare providers, GPOs, and other commercial entities. The role requires a high degree of expertise in reviewing, editing, drafting, and negotiating contracts, as well as independently identifying contractual risks and proposing effective revisions and strategies to ensure alignment with business objectives and legal standards. To succeed in this role, the Director of Contracts must possess exceptional attention to detail, be highly organized, and have excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively across departments. This role requires at least 8 years of experience in the pharmaceutical distribution and/or manufacturing space, with demonstrated expertise in managing complex contractual frameworks in highly regulated environments. The Director of Contracts will play a key role in ensuring the organization’s contractual obligations are met and processes are consistently optimized to support business goals.

Dimension:
Annual sales of $4 Billion Dollars.

Essential Functions and Duties

• Lead contracts operations though the entire contract lifecycle. This includes competently executing the preparation, analysis, revision, negotiation, and maintenance of all contract documents from initial pursuit through contract closeout.
• Draft, prepare, evaluate, review, and negotiate a variety of transactional documents, including but not limited to: Distribution Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, GPO Agreements, Purchase Orders, Vendor Agreements, Sales and Purchasing Agreements, Subcontracts, Independent Consulting Agreements, Licensing Agreements, Statements of Work, Service Agreements, IT Agreements, and other contracts necessary to support business operations.
• Foster strong relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure effective coordination and collaboration are built into standard processes.
• Lead the development and execution of strategic initiatives—leveraging AI and other advanced technologies—to enhance the efficiency, scalability, and consistency of deliverables produced by the Contracts team.
• Manage the Contracts team, ensuring resources are allocated effectively to deliver timely and accurate contract drafting, review, and execution.
• Drive continuous improvements in policies and processes, including document templates; evaluate workflows; creation of playbooks; and establish priorities.
• Demonstrate strong teamwork and relationship-building skills by serving as a key liaison between the legal department and internal teams, as well as external partners and stakeholders, to deliver legal support for critical business initiatives.
• Ability to handle multiple assignments and deadlines with accuracy and excellent attention to detail.
• Adheres specifically to all company policies and procedures, Federal and State regulations, and laws.
• Display dedication to position responsibilities and achieve assigned goals and objectives.
• Always represent the Company in a professional manner.
• Understand and internalize the Company’s purpose, display loyalty to the Company and its organizational values.
• Display enthusiasm and dedication to learning how to be more effective on the job and share knowledge with others.
• Work effectively with co-workers, internal and external customers and others by sharing ideas in a constructive and positive manner; listen to and objectively consider ideas and suggestions from others; keep commitments; keep others informed of work progress, timetables, and issues; address problems and issues constructively to find mutually acceptable and practical business solutions; address others by name, title, or other respectful identifier, and respect the diversity of our work force in actions, words, and deeds.
• Comply with the policies and procedures stated in the Injury and Illness Prevention Program by always working in a safe manner and immediately reporting any injury, safety hazard, or program violation.
• Ensure conduct is consistent with all Compliance Program Policies and procedures when engaging in any activity on behalf of the company. Immediately report any concerns or violations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education, Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Master’s Degree with significant experience in contract management, negotiation, and administration, particularly in the pharmaceutical, life sciences, or related industries, or Juris Doctorate preferred.

Required Knowledge:

• Deep understanding of contract lifecycle management, including negotiation, drafting, review, and closeout, with a focus on pharmaceutical or life sciences contracts.
• Expertise in handling complex agreements such as distribution contracts, licensing agreements, GPO agreements, and vendor agreements.
• Demonstrated success in driving process improvements in contract management.

Required Experience:

• Must have a minimum of eight (8) years of relevant legal experience, ideally with a combination of law firm and in-house roles, particularly in Pharmaceutical, life sciences industry.
• Must have five (5) years in a previous leadership and managerial role.
• The candidate must have a strong background in negotiating and drafting complex agreements.
• Experience with AI adoption in contract processes.
• Exceptional attention to detail and advanced critical thinking and communication skills with ability to influence and shape favorable business outcomes.
• Experience working closely with senior management and cross-functional teams to achieve business objectives.
• Significant expertise in Microsoft Office suite including Microsoft Word and Excel is required.

Required Skills:

• Must have strong leadership skills with experience leading a contracts or legal team.
• Guided by strong moral and ethical principles.
• Must have exceptional organizational skills and the ability to consistently prioritize, coordinate and satisfy numerous competing demands.
• Excellent attention to detail with strong analytical skills.
• Excellent communication (verbal and written), drafting, and negotiating skills with the ability to explain complex legal concepts to non-legal stakeholders.
• Self-motivated and able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrates honesty, responsibility, integrity, and dedication in the fulfillment of commitments.
• Must have the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong business acumen, problem-solving skills and legal judgment.
• Expert-level proficiency in Microsoft Word (Track Changes, Compare, cross-references/TOCs, styles) and Adobe Acrobat Pro (PDF compare, merge/assemble, OCR, redaction, form fields).

Physical requirements
Vision, hearing, speech, movements requiring the use of wrists, hands and/or fingers. Must have the ability to view a computer screen for prolonged periods and the ability to sit for extended periods. Must have the ability to work the hours and days required to complete the essential functions of the position, as scheduled. The employee occasionally lifts to 20 lbs. and occasionally kneels and bends. Must have the ability to travel occasionally. Working condition include normal office setting.

Mental Demands
Learning, thinking, concentration and the ability to work under pressure, particularly during busy times. Must be able to pay close attention to detail and be able to work as a member of a team to ensure excellent customer service. Must have the ability to interact effectively with co-workers and customers, and exercise self-control and diplomacy in customer and employee relations’ situations. Must have the ability to exercise discretion as well as appropriate judgments when necessary. Must be proactive in finding solutions.

Direct Reports
Yes

EEO Statement
EEO Statement FFF Enterprises and Nufactor are an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment based on the following characteristics: race, color, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, gender, age (40 years and over) qualified veteran and any other characteristic protected by state or federal anti-discrimination law covering employment. These categories are defined according to Government Code section 12920. The Company prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.

To be considered for a position with FFF Enterprises, Inc, applicants must complete and sign the application.
Employee Benefits Available for FFF Enterprises Team Members

Employee benefits include:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Discount Program
• Vision Insurance Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Group Life and AD&D
• Voluntary Supplemental Life Insurance Plans
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability Income Protection
• 401k Profit Sharing Retirement Plan - Discretionary Match
• Discretionary Bonus
• Supplemental Insurance Plans
• Prepaid Legal/Identity Theft Plan
• Paid Holidays/Vacation/Sick Days
• Seven (7) Paid Holidays, Two (2) Week Vacation, Five (5) Sick Days, and One (1) Float Day for CA, NC, and TX

All Other States Receive One Hundred Twenty (120) Hours of PTO

• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Notary Services
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Vendor Discount Programs
• Corporate Individual Travel Program

(Note: We comply with the ADA and consider reasonable accommodation measures that may be necessary for eligible applicants/employees to perform essential functions. Hire may be subject to passing a medical examination, and to skill and agility tests.)