Lead Contracts Coordinator

Lead Contracts Coordinator, North America Plaza Premium Group NYC - Remote Plaza Premium Group is the global leader in airport lounges and hospitality! With over 25 years of experience, we are redefining travel by creating seamless, world-class airport experiences in over 350 locations worldwide. From award-winning lounges to premium airport services, we take pride in delivering exceptional comfort, convenience, and care to travelers. As a dynamic and fast-growing company, we offer exciting career opportunities, a diverse and inclusive workplace, and the chance to be part of a team that’s shaping the future of travel. If you're passionate about hospitality and thrive in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment, we’d love to have you on board! The Lead Contracts Coordinator is the front-line owner of contract lifecycle management for Plaza Premium Group's U.S. and Canada operations, managing a high volume of commercial agreements across multiple business lines and jurisdictions. This role goes beyond administrative support: the Lead Contracts Coordinator applies sound legal and commercial judgment to draft, review, and negotiate standard-to-moderate complexity agreements independently using approved templates and playbooks, escalating novel or high-risk issues to the Director. This role also drives process improvement and CLM system administration, and serves as the team's go-to resource and informal mentor for contract-related questions from other coordinators and business stakeholders across Legal, Finance, Operations, Procurement, and HR. Key Responsibilities: Contract Lifecycle Ownership: Own the end-to-end contract lifecycle process, including intake, drafting, review, negotiation support, approval routing, execution, renewal tracking, and archival, for a high-volume portfolio of commercial agreements. Track contract status, approval workflows, execution deadlines, notice periods, and renewal dates, proactively flagging risk and bottlenecks to the Director. Maintain contract repositories, version control, and tracking databases, ensuring accuracy and audit-readiness across the full contract portfolio. Drafting, Review & Negotiation Draft, revise, and format commercial agreements, amendments, NDAs, vendor agreements, service agreements, leases, and other legal documents using approved templates and playbooks. Conduct substantive first-pass review of contracts to identify key commercial terms, legal risks, missing information, and non-standard provisions, applying independent judgment on standard-to-moderate complexity matters and escalating novel or high-risk issues for Director review. Lead redline comparisons and manage revision tracking through multiple rounds of negotiation with internal and external counterparties. Maintain and continuously improve legal templates, forms, precedent documents, and clause libraries to reflect current playbook positions and lessons learned from prior negotiations. Legal Operations, Systems & Reporting Support implementation, administration, and continuous improvement of the contract lifecycle management (CLM) system and related legal operations processes. Prepare contract summaries, obligation trackers, KPI reports, and departmental dashboards for business stakeholders and leadership. Coordinate legal matter intake and assist with tracking ongoing legal matters and outside counsel engagements. Maintain signature authority records and coordinate internal/external signature processes, ensuring executed agreements are properly filed and distributed. Cross-Functional Partnership & Team Support Serve as the team's go-to resource on contract-related questions, providing guidance and informal mentorship to other coordinators and business stakeholders on contract process, templates, and playbook positions. Collaborate with internal stakeholders across Legal, Finance, Operations, Procurement, Human Resources, and executive leadership to support timely, well-documented contracting outcomes. Support special projects, process improvement initiatives, and other responsibilities as assigned. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Legal Studies, Business Administration, Paralegal Studies, or a related field preferred. 5–7 years of experience supporting contract administration, legal operations, paralegal functions, or corporate legal departments, ideally within a high-volume or multi-jurisdictional environment. Demonstrated experience independently reviewing, drafting, redlining, and negotiating commercial contracts using established playbooks and templates. Strong understanding of contract lifecycle management processes, legal documentation, and risk-flagging practices. Hands-on experience with contract repositories, document management systems, or CLM platforms required. Exceptional attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to distinguish standard issues from those requiring escalation. Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain contract terms and risk clearly to non-legal stakeholders. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Ability to manage a high volume of concurrent matters and competing deadlines in a fast-paced, multi-jurisdictional environment. Ability to work independently while providing guidance to team members and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams. Experience supporting multi-jurisdictional or international operations strongly preferred.