Contracts Specialist; Remote

LOCATION

Remote - This is a home based, virtual position that operates Monday - Friday from 8:30am-5:00pm EST. Vaya Health welcomes applications from NC, SC, GA, TN, VA, MD, and FL.

Vaya Health manages Medicaid and other publicly funded health care services in a multi-county service area in North Carolina. Vaya's Contracts Team, within the Legal Department, is responsible for administration and oversight of the vendor management life cycle, including contracting. This position reports to a Contracts Manager.

This position is part of a team that manages Vaya Health's provider and vendor contracts. Working closely with the Information Systems Department (ISD), Finance, and Provider Network Operations departments, the Contracts Team is responsible for managing the full‑cycle contracting process which includes: developing and implementing contract templates, distributing provider and vendor contracts, coordinating and tracking contract execution, ensuring data integrity, communicating with vendors and providers related to contracts, and storing and tracking executed contracts.

The Contracts Specialist's work will involve management of the storage and tracking of contract documentation and data in accord with Vaya's contractual and regulatory obligations, in addition to the coordination of the signatory process required for contract finalization. Beyond the administrative requirements of the position, the position will support the supervising Contracts Manager and the Contracting and Vendor Management Director in meeting reporting requirements and must exhibit a facility with accurate data entry and management, with exacting attention to detail, as well as working with the electronic database from which the data will be reported.

Most work will be driven by collaboration with work done by the Legal Team and Contract Managers, as well as the Contracting and Vendor Management Director, and the ability to work with a team is critical to the position's responsibilities.

Contracts and Vendor Management Life Cycle Support:

• Co‑manage with other Contracts Specialists the Contracts Team email inbox.
• Support the Contracts Team in coordinating user set‑up and providing to Vaya employees and vendors technical assistance and training, as necessary, for the CLM platform.
• Enter contract set‑up details within the Vaya CLM platform and review and administratively approve contract requests within the CLM platform's contracts workflow.
• Assist Contracts Managers with training and helping internal business units enter accurate contract requests.
• Using established templates, prepare agreements and amendments as requested and for review by the supervising Contracts Manager, Contracting and Vendor Management Director, or Sr. Associate General Counsel.
• Assist in tracking the contract approval and execution process, as well data collected to support the management of vendor relationships throughout the life of each Vendor contract.
• Send contracts for execution through the CLM platform or Docu Sign.
• Distribute and track Vaya provider and vendor contracts.
• Organize, store, and archive all Vaya contracts in paper format and/ or within the electronic contracts lifecycle management platform ("CLM platform") and SharePoint, with corresponding management of the data maintained in those repositories.
• Gain advance knowledge of how to use Vaya systems, including the CLM platform.
• Assist with input and the ongoing maintenance of the integrity of provider and vendor data in Vaya's contract lifecycle platform and any other system in which such data is maintained.
• Maintain and update contracts tracker and spreadsheets.
• Coordinate and schedule meetings with vendors and providers for the Contracts Team, as needed.
• At the direction of the supervising Contracts Manager, the Contracting and Vendor Management Director, or Sr. Associate General Counsel, perform timely audits of data in the CLM platform and follow up with Contracts Team and Legal Team staff to ensure timely and accurate entry and updating of data.
• Assist Contracting and Vendor Management Directors with managing and updating active Legal‑approved…