Contracts and Legal Operations and Technology Analyst

Advanced Energy (Nasdaq: AEIS) is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions for mission‑critical applications and processes. AE’s power solutions enable customer innovation in complex applications for a wide range of industries including semiconductor equipment, industrial, manufacturing, telecommunications, data center computing and healthcare. Advanced Energy has devoted four decades to perfecting power for its global customers and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Some people say it’s like working in the best of two worlds. We operate like an agile, growing, small company – you can see your work make a difference to the company every day. Things move quickly and you can see and feel it. At the same time, we’re a global company founded in 1981 and have been publicly traded for more than 28 years.

We have a strong cash position, deep trust and partnership with leading customers, a global best‑in‑class operations capability, and a proven leadership team. We have a track record and resources to make things happen both organically and inorganically. Being part of a nimble company with a solid foundation attracts team members that are capable, driven and like a challenge. Our employees collaborate and know how to have fun inventing, working, building and winning together.

At our core, we are Advanced Energy – powering the future, together.

Advanced Energy is looking for a Contracts and Legal Operations and Technology Analyst to join our team in Fort Collins, Colorado. The Contracts and Legal Operations and Technology Analyst will be responsible for contracts administration, managing and refining the contract lifecycle management system, and ensuring contracts are efficiently reviewed, executed, and accounted for. This position will also provide other operational support to the Legal department, including managing the department’s legal technology tools and implementing new legal technologies.

Accordingly, in addition to contract administration skills, proficiency with and the ability to learn how to improve the SaaS and other computer systems that the Legal department uses is necessary.

• Administer the contracts review process from contract submission to execution and storage, ensuring adherence to internal processes.
• Monitor status of contracts review, assign contracts to team members to review, and ensure that contracts move smoothly through contracts review process. Perform contracts administrator role.
• Obtain approval for signature of contracts per internal processes.
• Provide users with contract data such as termination date and other contract terms.
• Create contract management and status reports as requested by users.
• Manage contracts lifecycle management system (SaaS) and improve its functionality.
• Troubleshoot system and procedural issues in the SaaS contracts lifecycle management system.
• Monitor and respond to inquiries of contracts and status of contracts through shared inbox, and direct other inquiries to appropriate persons.
• Maintain contracts template library and other contracts system infrastructure.
• Review and revise less complicated contracts such as confidentiality agreements.
• Serve as the liaison on contracts between Legal department and various other departments. Communicate with both contracts reviewers and contract review requestors.
• Act as a first point of contact and offer direction to the business on how to request support from the Legal department, ensuring proper triage and assignment.
• Provide direct support and training to business units to help them navigate the Legal department’s systems and processes.
• Provide Legal department with operational support including administering software and SaaS programs in addition to the contracts lifecycle management system such as billing and invoicing system, e‑discovery, SharePoint sites, Smartsheet sites, and document retention systems.
• Assist the Legal team in evaluating whether we should consider new programs to replace current ones; run evaluations of external technology vendors.
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