Contract Manager - Lyft

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Lyft is hiring an experienced, talented and energetic Contract Manager to join our Legal team. Lyft is seeking a candidate who can help us achieve our goals by managing a high-volume commercial agreement negotiation and approval process.  The successful candidate will be an engaged and resourceful self-starter, comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment and excellent at building strong relationships with team members.

Responsibilities:

• Draft, evaluate, negotiate and execute commercial agreements
• Manage and respond to a high volume of daily contract-related inquiries
• Assist with audit requests, contract program reports, and contract searches
• Ability to understand when and how to escalate open items during negotiation terms with leadership, partners and key stakeholders
• Partner with and advise internal stakeholders on risk and other business matters related to contracts and partnership while establishing and maintaining relationships with internal stakeholders
• Shape and improve our legal processes that enable both legal and business functions to scale effectively
• Manage record-keeping for all contract-related correspondence and documentation
• Assist other teams with projects on an as-needed basis

Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• 3+ years of progressive responsibility with quantifiable results in contract negotiation, administration and/or management; in-house experience a plus
• Resourceful self-starter with excellent problem-solving capabilities, judgment, negotiation, communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to manage high-volume workloads, multiple stakeholder demands and ever-shifting priorities all while instilling confidence
• Proficiency working in a Mac environment, Google application, and Microsoft Office applications
• Sense of humor and a willingness to dive into new areas
• Paralegal certification or a JD (or equivalent) is a plus, but not required
• Legal operations experience is a plus, but not required

Benefits:

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled
• Mental health benefits
• Family building benefits
• Child care and pet benefits
• 401(k) plan to help save for your future
• In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
• Subsidized commuter benefits
• Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program

Lyft is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid

The expected base pay range for this position in the New York City area is $108,000 - $135,000. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Range is not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.

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