Senior Business Contracts Officer , Office of Business Contracts

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The Office of Business Contracts is a service unit within Supply Chain Management that reviews, negotiates, and processes business contracts for the Berkeley campus.

The Senior Business Contracts Officer involves structuring and/or administrating contractual documents that establish business relationships with contractors, customers, and partners. This position collaborates with internal partners and legal staff to structure and draft contracts. The Senior Business Contracts Officer provides professional contracting services in compliance with system‑wide and campus policies and procedures, and analyzes contracts to ensure compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and policies.

Additionally, the Senior Business Contracts Officer advises management of contractual rights and obligations, provides interpretation of terms and conditions, and coordinates the negotiation of increasingly complex agreements involving intellectual property rights, licenses, sponsor ships, and a broad range of business relationships.

• Prepares, negotiates, and executes contract documents on behalf of the Regents, including drafting exceptions to agreement terms and conditions as required by campus guidelines, rules and regulations and maintains accurate and organized files documenting contractual transactions, including using the Business Contract Management System (BCMS) or other similar database.
• Counsels departments in the execution of highly complex, specialized agreements, and alerts departments to potential conflicts between the objectives of the University in undertaking the contracted activity, the policies/regulations of the University, and an external entity's business/commercial objectives.
• Collaborates and coordinates with key stakeholders, other campus contracting offices, as well as with internal control units, such as the Office of Legal Affairs and the Office of Risk Services to assess and minimize risks in proposed transactions, and to ensure that the proposed contracts are compliant with federal and state law and University policies.
• Analyzes impact to the campus of changes in regulations, policies and procedures that affect business transactions and/or intellectual property rights.
• Supports new Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) implementation and ongoing enhancements, including assessing and responding to campus user feedback, identifying improvement opportunities, and helping prioritize enhancements through established channels.
• Assists in campus adoption and effective use of CLM by delivering training and workshops, updating training materials, supporting end users, and serving as a campus resource for CLM processes and tool usage.
• Other duties as assigned, including participating in process…