Legal - Director, Contracts

Posted Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 11:00 AM | Expires Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 10:59 AM

The Director of Contracts is a leadership role responsible for overseeing and providing strategic direction for the contract lifecycle, including negotiation, drafting, review, execution, and closeout, while ensuring compliance with legal and business requirements. This role reports to the General Counsel or other designated senior legal/contracts executive and provides leadership to the Contracts team, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

The Director of Contracts will be entrusted with day-to-day oversight and direct handling of contract-related processes across the organization, including subsidiaries. This includes managing and reporting on a wide range of agreements such as NDAs, contracts with drug manufacturers, healthcare providers, GPOs, and other commercial entities. The role requires a high degree of expertise in reviewing, editing, drafting, and negotiating contracts, as well as independently identifying contractual risks and proposing effective revisions and strategies to ensure alignment with business objectives and legal standards.

To succeed in this role, the Director of Contracts must possess exceptional attention to detail, be highly organized, and have excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively across departments. This role requires at least 8 years of experience in the pharmaceutical distribution and/or manufacturing space, with demonstrated expertise in managing complex contractual frameworks in highly regulated environments. The Director of Contracts will play a key role in ensuring the organization’s contractual obligations are met and processes are consistently optimized to support business goals.

Annual sales of $4 Billion Dollars.

• Lead contracts operations through the entire contract lifecycle. This includes competently executing the preparation, analysis, revision, negotiation, and maintenance of all contract documents from initial pursuit through contract closeout.
• Draft, prepare, evaluate, review, and negotiate a variety of transactional documents, including but not limited to:
  Distribution Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, GPO Agreements, Purchase Orders, Vendor Agreements, Sales and Purchasing Agreements, Subcontracts, Independent Consulting Agreements, Licensing Agreements, Statements of Work, Service Agreements, IT Agreements, and other contracts necessary to support business operations.
• Foster strong relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure effective coordination and collaboration are built into standard processes.
• Lead the development and execution of strategic initiatives—leveraging AI and other advanced technologies—to enhance the efficiency, scalability, and consistency of deliverables produced by the Contracts team.
• Manage the Contracts team, ensuring resources are allocated effectively to deliver timely and accurate contract drafting, review, and execution.
• Drive continuous improvements in policies and processes, including document templates; evaluate workflows; creation of playbooks; and establish priorities.
• Demonstrate strong teamwork and relationship-building skills by serving as a key liaison between the legal department and internal teams, as well as external partners and stakeholders, to deliver legal support for critical business initiatives.
• Ability to handle multiple assignments and deadlines with accuracy and excellent attention to detail.
• Adheres specifically to all company policies and procedures, Federal and State regulations, and laws.
• Display dedication to position responsibilities and achieve assigned goals and objectives.
• Always represent the Company in a professional manner.
• Understand and internalize the Company’s purpose, display loyalty to the Company and its organizational values.
• Display enthusiasm and dedication to learning how to be more effective on the job and share knowledge with others.
• Work effectively with co-workers, internal and external customers and others by sharing ideas in a constructive and positive manner; listen to and…