Senior Contract Specialist

Overview/About Lumanity

Lumanity is dedicated to improving health outcomes by accelerating and optimizing access to life-changing medicines. As a global strategic partner that brings together strategy, evidence, engagement, and technology, we were designed to engineer breakthrough value to tackle our clients’ toughest challenges by revolutionizing how value is generated, demonstrated, and communicated.

Responsibilities / Position overview

We are seeking a Senior Contracts Specialist to join our Legal Services department. This role supports the Company’s core business by executing day to day tasks for the successful development, handling, and storing of project-level agreements (e.g. statements of work) and other associated essential contracting and legal documentation that enables Lumanity to effectively contract with its clients.

 

Due to our work with clients globally, candidate must be based on East Coast (or EST) to accomodate time differences.

 

Essential role responsibilities include:

• Understanding the contracting needs and requirements of Lumanity’s operating companies, ensuring agreements align with client specifications, Master Services Agreements (MSAs), and project-level requirements.
• Review and prepare agreements, including Confidentiality Disclosure Agreements (CDAs) and MSAs, using established Lumanity guidelines before coordinating review, amendments, and signatures with commercial teams and clients.
• Creation and organization contracting templates, materials and processes
• Adapting proposals and converting into the relevant project agreements/statements of work specific to the contracting client, ensuring a balance of accuracy and efficiency
• Negotiate contractual terms and conditions with clients, suppliers, and other third parties
• Track contract agreements including but not limited to, MSAs, NDAs, Standalone Agreements, SOWs, and related contract metadata to final execution
• Compile contract related data, analytics and reports and provide expert analysis to understand contract turnaround times at Operating Company and client level
• Develop, implement, and train on compliance and contracting policies and procedures across the organization.
• Support the day-to-day administration of the contracting process, including maintaining contract trackers, organizing legal and corporate documents, monitoring upcoming expirations, and maintaining legal templates and process documentation.
• Provide general administrative support to the Legal Services team, including managing the team inbox and supporting other activities that help ensure an efficient contracting process.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Associate’s Degree with experience creating and supporting contractual agreements
• Relevant experience in a professional services or consulting environment within life sciences, pharma, or biotech industry
• Familiarity with legal and procurement functions in the life sciences or healthcare

Benefits

We offer our employees a comprehensive benefits package that focuses on what matters to you – health and well-being, personal finances, professional development, and a healthy work/life balance:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance options
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Flexible paid time off program + 10 paid holidays
• Flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care
• Health savings account option with employer contribution
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Company-paid life insurance coverage at 1.5x annual salary
• Paid parental leave and more

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