Service Contracts Manager | Remote, USA

The Service Contracts Manager is responsible for qualifying incoming Services contracts requests as well as creating, editing, and maintaining Statements of Work (SOWs) and related Services contracts. This Service Contracts Manager role autonomously drives the delivery of Services offerings to both internal and external clients by assisting with the development of SOWs, Service Orders (SOs), Change Orders, and Task Orders, as well as quality assurance for any outgoing services opportunities. The Service Contracts Manager advises and deploys appropriate contract pathways by optimizing Optiv 's financial, operational, legal, and business terms, and is primarily responsible for supporting Optiv 's Sales areas organization through the use, maintenance, expansion, and training related to Optiv 's contract vehicles and sales efforts. The role supports streamlining system workflows, enabling field sales and scoping teams, interfacing with partner and client contacts and ensuring contract compliance. The Service Contracts Manager acts as a subject matter expert for the sales and scoping teams, providing direction, training, and reporting. How you'll make an impact Interface with other Contract Managers and senior members of the department on contractual record keeping, database maintenance, process improvement initiatives, and other items required to support the contract administration function Review, draft, and leverage content to create legally binding services contracts to support contract terms for transacting Optiv and vendor services engagements Manage and prioritize a large volume of SOWs and deadlines Influence Optiv ’s services purchasing decisions through alternative business modeling, leveraging all organizational buying, and understanding supplier motivators Negotiate contracts by optimizing Optiv ’s operational, legal, and business terms while mitigating risk Ensure accuracy, quality, and a unified style based on Optiv and industry standards Maintain proficien