Specialist - Contracts
- أبو ظبي
- دائم
- دوام كامل
- Draft, lead negotiations and finalise contracts, memoranda of understanding, heads of terms, while always ensuring reasoned risk allocation and protection of the business' commercial, legal and reputational interests
- Draft and amend procurement-related contracts, MoUs, NDAs, and other commercial agreements in line with company policies and templates.
- Ensure alignment of contractual documents with internal governance standards, regulatory requirements, and legal risk management practices.
- Review draft contracts from business stakeholders and incorporate appropriate revisions for clarity, consistency, and compliance.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of UAE contracting practices, including ADGM and onshore legal frameworks relevant to procurement.
- Coordinate with Legal and Compliance teams where needed, particularly in complex or escalated matters. Present to the business on key legal, risk management and contracting topics
- Maintain current knowledge of alterations and introductions of new UAE laws
- Track and maintain a central repository of executed contracts and proactively flag expiry or renewal timelines.
- Assist in resolving contract-related disputes, working closely with Procurement and Legal to ensure prompt and effective resolutions.
- Provide regular reports to the Indirect Procurement leadership on contract cycle status, outstanding reviews, and risk areas.
- Bachelor's degree in law, Business Administration, or a related field.
- High degree of professional ethics and integrity
- Sound judgement and ability to analyze situations and information.
- Fluent spoken and written English
- High working proficiency in spoken and written Arabic desirable, but not essential.
- Strong communicator, presenter and collaborator who can simplify complex issues to lay colleagues.
- Good working knowledge of UAE laws, including ADGM laws (or ability and willingness to quickly upskill on these)
- Awareness of key issues in commercial contracts
- Ability to manage execution processes for legal documentation.
- Highly organized and goal oriented, with a can-do attitude
- High proficiency with MS Office, including Power Point
- Healthcare industry experience helpful but not essential
- Ability to effectively operate in a fast paced, multi-cultural, multi-stakeholder large corporate environment.
- 5-7 years PQE minimum, in contract drafting and governance, preferably within a procurement or shared services function.
- Candidates with more PQE will not be discounted.
- Experience working in-house and Healthcare experience is advantageous.
- Some experience negotiating commercial contracts is essential.
- UAE or wider GCC work experience preferred