SUMMARY

The Contracts & Legal Senior Manager will play a critical role within Prosci Europe’s legal team, driving excellence in contract negotiation and administration, data privacy, and legal compliance. This role will focus primarily on leading the negotiation of client contracts and providing strategic legal oversight across a range of commercial agreements, including government, vendor, partner, and Associate agreements.
The successful candidate will bring a strong track record of negotiating a broad spectrum of agreements, including NDAs, MSAs, PSAs, DPAs, RFPs, RFQs, license agreements, SOWs, and SaaS contracts - while effectively communicating Prosci’s contractual positions and maintaining a calm, professional approach in client interactions.
In addition to contract leadership, the role will support Prosci Europe’s broader risk management efforts, with responsibilities including data privacy compliance (GDPR and global data privacy laws), insurance matters, and information security. The ideal candidate will possess strong business judgment, exceptional attention to detail, and a proactive approach to managing legal and regulatory risk.

TECHNICAL/FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

• Contract law and legal framework – understanding contract principles, legal terms, and contract law is essential. This includes knowledge of different types of contracts, contract formation, interpretation, and enforceability.
• Legal Risk Management – Applies sound legal judgment to identify, assess, and mitigate risks across a wide range of contractual, regulatory, and commercial matters.
• Understanding and application of GDPR and ISO 27001 principles.
• Proficient user of Microsoft 365; Experience with a Contract Lifecycle Management system is a bonus.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in, law, business administration, management or a related field.
• Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) or European equivalent is desirable.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in contract & risk management, commercial management, procurement or related field.
• 3+ years of managerial experience
• Proven ability to assume increasingly challenging responsibilities.

ADDITIONAL ROLE DATA

• Position reports to: Director, Legal Services
• Job Band: People Leader
• Job level: 5 (Senior Manager)
• Supervisory Responsibilities: Number of direct reports and/or roles: 1+ Contract Specialist/Trainee: 1x external contract expert (if required)
• Key Stakeholders: All internal Prosci Europe functions & Certain Global Market functions
• Work location: Remote
• Travel expectations: 5%