Contract Specialist - 100% Remote!

February 24, 2026

Practice: Legal Position Title: Contract Specialist Position Location: Remote Reports to: Director or Manager We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Contract Specialist to support our legal team with information technology contract review and negotiation. This role is responsible for reviewing and negotiating a variety of IT professional services agreements, including Master Services Agreements (MSAs), Statements of Work (SOWs), Master Subcontractor Agreements, and Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), as well as assisting with completion of information security due diligence requests. The ideal candidate will have prior experience in contract review and negotiation, possess strong analytical skills, and be comfortable working independently in a fast-paced environment. Essential Duties and Responsibilities <ul style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Review, draft and negotiate master agreements and transactional contracts involving equipment sales and IT professional services, software licenses, and subscription-based offerings. Contracts may include reseller agreements, master services agreements, statements of work, proposals, nondisclosure agreements, referral agreements, government contracts, and other contracts supporting the legal team as needed.</li> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Ensure contractual terms and conditions are consistent with established company policy and risk profile. Ensure compliance obligations are managed across the contract chain, documented, and communicated to appropriate stakeholders.</li> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Provide legal/risk summaries, draft corporate policies and governance documents, and participate in other projects as directed.</li> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Prepare responses to information security due diligence requests. </li> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Maintain organized records of contract versions, approvals, and correspondence.</li> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Assist the legal team with tasks supporting mergers and acquisitions activity.</li> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Perform legal review and risk assessments of competitive solicitations.</li> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">The candidate must show flexibility and resilience, including ability to adapt to changing/uncertain business surroundings, and ability to manage workload in a remote environment while coordinating with multiple stakeholders.</li> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Handle general corporate legal duties as assigned and the ability to prioritize and work under tight deadlines.</li> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Additional duties as assigned.</li> </ul> Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities <ul style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Strong understanding of contracting and negotiation concepts, practices, procedures and risk mitigation strategies.</li> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Ability to communicate clearly verbally and in writing with Pellera personnel as well as third parties and to effectively coordinate with the sales team.</li> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Must be well organized, self-motivated with excellent attention to detail.</li> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">A positive and professional acumen is also of critical importance.</li> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Demonstrate strong leadership and negotiation skills.</li> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Effectively identify, manage, and complete projects.</li> </ul> Education and/or Experience <ul style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Minimum 5 years of experience reviewing and negotiating information technology contracts.</li> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Experience in information technology or government contracting and competitive procurements is strongly preferred.</li> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Familiarity with data privacy, intellectual property, and indemnification clauses.</li> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Bachelor’s degree in Business, Legal Studies, or a related field (JD not required).</li> </ul> Environmental Factors and Physical Requirements: This is a work-from-home position anywhere in the US supporting CT & ET times zones. <ul style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Physical environmental factors of this position include those found in typical business office environment or home office environment.</li> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Requires use of general office equipment and personal computer equipment.</li> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Ability to travel. Various means of travel may be required, including auto and air travel. This position requires travel: Rarely</li> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">May be required to work irregular schedules including but not limited to as applicable: Nights, weekends, holidays, on-call, and/or overtime.</li> </ul> <div style="background: white; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.5pt; border: none; padding: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;"> <p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; margin: 0px 0in; padding: 0in;">Pellera provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. </div>

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