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About:
Juniper Networks is leading the revolution in networking, making it one of the most exciting technology companies in Silicon Valley today. Since being founded by Pradeep Sindhu, Dennis Ferguson, and Bjorn Liencres nearly 20 years ago, Juniper’s sole mission has been to create innovative products and solutions that meet the growing demands of the connected world.
Juniper Networks [NYSE: JNPR] is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with over 9,000 employees in 50 countries and nearly $5 billion in revenue. Their customers include the top 100 global service providers and 30,000 enterprises, including the Global Fortune 100 as well as hundreds of federal, state and local government agencies and higher educational organizations.
At Juniper Networks, they believe the network is the single greatest vehicle for knowledge, understanding, and human advancement that the world has ever known. Now more than ever, the world needs network innovation to connect ideas and unleash their full potential. Juniper is taking a new approach to the network — one that is intelligent, agile, secure and open to any vendor and any network environment.
Role:
Contracts Specialist
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of related experience and/or training.
- Legal contract writing proficiency and experience reviewing and negotiating NDAs.
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Suite (e.g. Excel, Word and PowerPoint).
- Experience with content management/repository tools such as SharePoint and CLMS is highly desirable.
- Manage multiple concurrent tasks in a fast-paced environment and to learn, interpret, and communicate SOPs and guidelines.
- High attention to detail and superior reading comprehension skills are a must.
- Impeccable recordkeeping and record retention skills.
- Advanced degree (e.g. LLM, JD, MA, MBA) is a plus.
Responsibilities:
- Review, evaluate, and provide specific guidance concerning contracting policies and procedures.
- Analyze, interpret, and answer questions regarding Juniper’s various Sell-side and Buy-side contracts.
- Daily review, drafting, and coordination of standard and non-standard NDAs with prospective and current customers, partners or suppliers.
- Quickly grasp Juniper’s contracting philosophy re. confidentiality agreements documented in the playbook.
- Become proficient with using ThinkSmart (TAP) workflow for NDA processing – manage new requests workflow, monitor workflow through completion, provide status reports, etc.
- Apply sound judgement to escalate contract redlines as they relate to excessively broad language, unfavorable terms, etc.
- Meticulously support the global contract signature processing for a variety of documents including GTM agreements (i.e., customers and channel partners), engineering letters, RFP support letters, notices, inbound agreements (i.e., IP-transactions) and NDAs, etc.
- Maintain current documentation and SOPs updated by recording process updates.
- Monitor changes to Juniper’s authorized signature matrix and accurately apply the matrix while processing documents for signatures.
- Manage DocuSign and administration and be responsible for executed/signed contract receipt and storage on SharePoint sites.
- Support transition of signature request processes to a new Contract Management System (CLMS) – participate in training sessions, perform signature process on the new CLMS, document process impact.
- Learn about Juniper’s Contracts Taxonomy and Contract Metadata Dictionary to the extent required to perform duties efficiently.
- Update and maintain Excel spreadsheets and trackers; submit reports on a monthly and quarterly basis to the Senior Contract Specialist.
- Assist with adhoc projects as required.
- Support EMEA business hours.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates can Apply here (click here)
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