Contracts Manager
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Your career is an investment that grows over time!
Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. Weโre the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 4 million users who trust us with more than $50 billion in assets.
Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.
The Contracts Manager will be empowered to support and continuously improve Wealthsimple's contract management process as part of Wealthsimple's Reg Team. You will partner with stakeholders in Product, Marketing, Engineering, Procurement and Legal to manage legal risk and enable business and product objectives. Your job will be to help Wealthsimple make smarter decisions and evolve the contract management process to ensure it's meeting the needs of the organization as we continue to grow.
As the Contracts Manager you will:
Negotiate, draft and manage vendor and supplier agreements that enable the development and execution of our product roadmap and growth initiatives.
Produce contractual documentation and assist with assessing contractual effectiveness across the organization.
Support the Legal team in initiatives to improve the teamโs processes and service delivery models by developing self-help tools, templates and checklists, policies, procedures and training.
Work with business partners to oversee and manage the complete lifecycle of contracts at Wealthsimple.
Act as point person for participants in the contracting process, coordinating as needed.
Ensure that all contract terms accurately express the business understanding agreed upon by the parties and that appropriate approvals or authorizations are secured.
Maintain a contracts management system to efficiently track and manage contract approvals, renewals and obligations.
What you bring:
3-5 years of demonstrated success in a contract management role within the legal or procurement team at an established and fast moving business
Post-secondary education in a paralegal, business or related legal program (university or college degree); advanced degree or certification (including a law degree or CIPP/C), is a plus
Experience drafting and negotiating vendor agreements, particularly with technology vendors, including master services agreements, statements of work, service level agreements, SaaS agreements, software and data licensing, consulting agreements and RFPs
Skills to effectively communicate complex legal concepts to non-legal audiences
Project management and organizational skills that can be used to balance competing priorities
Experience or interest in privacy law.
Why Wealthsimple?
๐ค Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance
๐ Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work
๐ด 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days
๐ Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively
๐ซ 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year
๐ A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)
๐ Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year
Weโre a remote-first team, with over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions โ join us!
Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work.
DEI Statement
At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
Accessibility Statement
Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.
About the job
Contracts Manager
To see similar active jobs please follow this link: Remote Development jobs
Your career is an investment that grows over time!
Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. Weโre the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 4 million users who trust us with more than $50 billion in assets.
Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.
The Contracts Manager will be empowered to support and continuously improve Wealthsimple's contract management process as part of Wealthsimple's Reg Team. You will partner with stakeholders in Product, Marketing, Engineering, Procurement and Legal to manage legal risk and enable business and product objectives. Your job will be to help Wealthsimple make smarter decisions and evolve the contract management process to ensure it's meeting the needs of the organization as we continue to grow.
As the Contracts Manager you will:
Negotiate, draft and manage vendor and supplier agreements that enable the development and execution of our product roadmap and growth initiatives.
Produce contractual documentation and assist with assessing contractual effectiveness across the organization.
Support the Legal team in initiatives to improve the teamโs processes and service delivery models by developing self-help tools, templates and checklists, policies, procedures and training.
Work with business partners to oversee and manage the complete lifecycle of contracts at Wealthsimple.
Act as point person for participants in the contracting process, coordinating as needed.
Ensure that all contract terms accurately express the business understanding agreed upon by the parties and that appropriate approvals or authorizations are secured.
Maintain a contracts management system to efficiently track and manage contract approvals, renewals and obligations.
What you bring:
3-5 years of demonstrated success in a contract management role within the legal or procurement team at an established and fast moving business
Post-secondary education in a paralegal, business or related legal program (university or college degree); advanced degree or certification (including a law degree or CIPP/C), is a plus
Experience drafting and negotiating vendor agreements, particularly with technology vendors, including master services agreements, statements of work, service level agreements, SaaS agreements, software and data licensing, consulting agreements and RFPs
Skills to effectively communicate complex legal concepts to non-legal audiences
Project management and organizational skills that can be used to balance competing priorities
Experience or interest in privacy law.
Why Wealthsimple?
๐ค Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance
๐ Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work
๐ด 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days
๐ Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively
๐ซ 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year
๐ A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)
๐ Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year
Weโre a remote-first team, with over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions โ join us!
Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work.
DEI Statement
At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
Accessibility Statement
Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.