About the Company - Our client is a prestigious Venture Capital firm in Menlo Park. They have an amazing opportunity for a Contracts Manager, Real Estate. The legal work is as varied as it is challenging. The scope includes investments in private equity and venture capital across public and private markets, along with involvement in yacht and maritime ventures, wealth and fund oversight, real estate deals, estate planning, philanthropic foundations and grant distribution, corporate maintenance, and various freelance or consulting projects.
About the Role - The Contract Manager, Real Estate is a key member of the Management team, reporting to the Senior Legal Director, Real Estate and focusing on the drafting, negotiation and execution of operational contracts, and identifying and implementing improvements to the contracting process. The Contract Manager, Real Estate is expected to collaborate with a diverse group of professionals, including stakeholders and other shared services teams, to ensure strong communication across functions. The Contract Manager, Real Estate will work alongside specialized legal teams within the family office and other associated entities.
Responsibilities
- Independently review, draft, and negotiate a wide range of contracts and ancillary documents, including, without limitation, confidentiality agreements, leases, purchase agreements, independent contractor agreements, certificates of insurance, AIAs, statements of work, amendments, order forms, and other asset management-related agreements
- Develop detailed familiarity of and working comfort with contract templates
- Analyze price proposals, financial reports, and other data in proposals (the Contract Manager, Real Estate should be comfortable with numbers)
- Evaluate and/or monitor contract performance to determine the necessity for amendments or extensions of contracts and compliance with contractual obligations
- Partner and collaborate with internal stakeholders throughout the organization regarding contractual matters, ensuring compliance by such stakeholders with the contract process
- Coordinate signatures of appropriate signing authorities, ensuring contracts are fully executed by all parties, and collaborating with the Corporate Compliance and Paralegal Operations team to file drafts-as well as executed versions-of contracts in applicable locations
- Perform special projects and respond to ad-hoc requests as needed from time to time, including real estate and contracts- reporting projects
Qualifications -
- Undergraduate college degree from an accredited university
- Minimum 5 years' experience as a contract manager or other relevant legal experience
- Experience with corporate and/or real estate-related contracts and transactions
Required Skills
- Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills (with the ability to clearly distill and synthesize complicated concepts and convert them into straightforward legal documents)
- Familiarity with contract law, accounting principles, and finance
- Understanding of financial implications of contracts
- Confidence working in GSuite, DocuSign, and Zoom
- Seasoned Microsoft Office user, specifically with Word and Excel
- Experience in leading cross-functional projects
Pay range and compensation package - $160,000 - $180,000 a year.