Senior Contract Manager (German Speaker)

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About the Team

Workday's GLS team supports the Company's Go To Market Legal team in a wide variety of transactional and indepth work. This worldwide team is comprised of contract management professionals who handle diverse categories of work across Workday's customer base and net new accounts.
The team is asked to manage a large volume of requests and in collaboration with several cross functional teams.

About the Role

Workday's GLS team is looking for a high-performing Senior Contract Manager to join our team. In this role, you will assume a wide range of responsibilities, all of which will require critical thinking, innovation, and integrity. We are looking for someone with significant expertise in contract negotiation and drafting, outstanding attention to detail, high energy, strong project management skills and a positive attitude.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary legal contract for Workday's legal team negotiating commercial contracts.
• Manage workflow, document generation and review processes for a variety of contract types, beginning with receipt of requests for contract generation through routing for signatures and final distribution.
• Review proposed modifications to contracts and work with internal business partners and third parties to negotiate terms and obtain approvals for modifications as required.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams during contract review cycles, acting as a key contact for the legal department by providing guidance on commonly requested edits, non-standard terms, policies, copies, questions, etc.
• Assist with maintenance of contracts management system as well as implementation and enforcement of contract practices and policies.
• Draft and revise contract wording to address various situations as they arise.
• Maintain processes between the legal department and other groups and collaborate on ways to continually improve the contracts administration process.
• Provide support to in-house legal staff, including research, correspondence and record-keeping Execute assigned projects as determined by needs of the business and department.

About You

Basic Qualifications

• Law degree (or equivalent qualification) Master's or PhD in Law with at least 5-7 years of relevant experience managing contracts (including drafting and negotiation) in a corporate environment.
• Demonstrated experience with complex commercial contract terms and a solid understanding of contract law principles.
• Proficiency in German language is essential.

Other Qualifications

• Licensed to practice law in relevant European jurisdiction (e.g. Ireland, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy) is highly desirable.
• Proficient in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with a contract management system, e.g. Apttus or others.
• Experience with e-signature software, e.g. EchoSign, DocuSign.
• Strong collaborative spirit, including outstanding influence and interpersonal skills
• Positive attitude and ability to work in a fast-paced, high-output, team-oriented environment.
• Demonstrates enthusiasm for solving problems and adding value to the Company.
• Comfortable in addressing new situations and in use of independent judgment.
• Committed to own personal growth and development by actively seeking feedback and responding with action.
• Open and honest in communications with all partners - legal colleagues, management, customers and others.
• Comfortable with dealing of highly confidential information with professionalism and integrity.
• Additional European language skills (German, Italian or Spanish) are highly desirable

Workday Pay Transparency Statement (For Poland Locations Only)

Listed below is the base salary range applicable to this position. Workday pay ranges (and the precise pay offered to the successful candidate) are based on a number of objective criteria such as relevant experience and skills, and educational qualifications, level of responsibility, demands of the role, work location and business need. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants awarded by Workday Inc. For more information regarding Workday's comprehensive benefits, please click here.

Primary Location: IRL.Dublin.Kings

Additional Poland Location Base Pay Range: 72,800 PLN - 109,400 PLN

Our Approach to Flexible Work

With Flex Work, we're combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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