Contract Specialist

Job Summary

Project-based consultant responsible for reviewing complex commercial agreements and supplemental documents, with emphasis on liability allocation, indemnification, affirmation addendums, waivers, and third-party obligations. Identify contractual exposure and provide concise, actionable risk commentary for executive review.

Key Responsibilities

• Review agreements, affirmation addendums, liability waivers, and hold harmless provisions to identify risk transfers and responsible parties.
• Evaluate affirmation statements, warranties, and compliance representations for potential breach or liability exposure.
• Analyze indemnification, duty-to-defend, limitations of liability, and assumption-of-risk language.
• Identify ambiguous, overly broad, restrictive, or unfavorable terms and recommend clearer or more balanced wording.
• Prepare written risk assessments and executive-level summaries of material contractual concerns.

Minimum Education & Experience

• Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent senior-level corporate contract review experience.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing, analyzing, and redlining commercial agreements, amendments, and addendums.
• Strong understanding of liability transfer, indemnification, affirmations, and contract risk allocation.
• Ability to work independently under project deadlines and communicate findings clearly to non-legal stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in corporate legal departments or law firms as a contract manager, risk analyst, or legal operations specialist.
• Experience with high-risk contracts, equipment/property addendums, or third-party vendor liability arrangements.
• JD strongly preferred when qualifications are otherwise comparable.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Contract interpretation and redlining; indemnity and hold harmless provisions; liability caps and waivers; affirmation and warranty language; third-party risk; precise written analysis; executive-level communication.