Meta seeks a highly engaged and experienced professional for a contract management role to join our Infrastructure Data Center (IDC) organization. As an IDC Contract Manager, you will partner with multiple teams across the IDC organization and beyond to gather and understand technical scope, operational and financial information to maximize contract value and reduce risk to IDC and Meta. The successful candidate will be experienced in procurement and contract development, including scope, commercial, deal strategy, legal, and pricing negotiations. In this role, you will have the opportunity to support IDC's organization from a deal strategy and operational efficiency perspective. Success in the role requires a high degree of process orientation, experience communicating complex contract terms and negotiation outcomes to technical and non-technical stakeholders, original thinking to proactively identify new and different approaches to structuring deals, and ability to work across multiple functions as a trusted advisor.

Responsibilities

Support the overall contract management function, including deal-to-contract intake, contract drafting, deal negotiation, maintaining contracts playbooks, and improving processes and systems
Partner with business leads to help navigate complex operations and spend initiatives with significant spend and risk; drive cross-functional contracts risk and cost containment efforts
Collaborate closely with business requesters and partners in Data Center Development; Design, Engineering & Construction; Facility Operations; Sourcing; In-house Legal Counsel; Finance; Business Risk & Insurance; and various Legal Compliance teams
Partner with business leads to help navigate complex operations and delivery initiatives with significant spend and risk; drive cross-functional contracts risk and cost containment efforts
Develop and continuously improve deal-to-contract strategies and procedures, ensuring compliance with company policies and controls
Act as a liaison between finance and business teams and the general contractor to enforce contract and ensure timely and accurate financial reporting to ensure Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) compliance
Manage and mitigate data and user privacy risk to ensure deal compliance
Develop and maintain customer relationships to ensure healthy and constructive interactions representing complex contracting issues to business partners
Coordinate and drive resolution to key business issues with legal, risk management, corporate contracts and business leads
Provide guidance and internal support for their functional program on best ways to structure deals
Ensure that signed contracts are complete and clearly communicated to all relevant parties, including interpretation to support implementation
Examine existing policies and procedures to optimize the end-to-end process from creation of the quote to the completion of signatures with all parties concerned
Share best practices with and provide training to team, peers, and outside business units to enhance the quality and efficiency of contracting processes
Ensure all approved requests have been properly documented, escalated to the appropriate approval level, and resolved within the applicable Service Level Agreement

Minimum Qualifications

12+ years of relevant work experience in strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, contract management and supply chain operations
Bachelor's degree or equivalent, with a degree or graduate degree in Supply Chain Management, Accounting, Legal Studies, Business Administration, English, Engineering, Construction Administration, or similar

Preferred Qualifications

Graduate-level professional degree in law (J.D.)
Experience leading or facilitating sourcing or procurement events, including preparing and conducting requests for qualifications, requests for proposals, and requests for pricing
Experience interpreting and complying with corporate policies
Experience using contract management software or systems to prepare, process, and record contracts and purchase transactions
Experience working in a highly cross-functional environment with multiple stakeholders
Infrastructure portfolio management, construction industry experience, or familiarity with service categories related to data center project and program management, such as general consulting, engineering, research & development, quality, testing, inspection, building management systems, artwork, furniture, and facility operations & maintenance

$150,000/year to $209,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

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