Agreements & Contracts Sr. Specialist

Role Summary

The job holder is responsible for supporting contract drafting, review, execution, and coordination with stakeholders, ensuring compliance and follow-up on contract performance and risks to ensure controlled and compliant contract management that supports NHCI’s objectives.

Functional Accountabilities

• Collect legal and contractual requirements by reviewing applicable laws, procurement objectives, and contractual categories, and identifying compliance gaps and risk exposures.
• Research and analyze relevant laws, regulations, and contractual frameworks to support the development and improvement of contract governance standards.
• Assist in developing and updating standardized contract drafting guidelines, approval workflows, and governance checkpoints to ensure consistency in contract processes.
• Implement standard contract templates (e.g., NDAs, SLAs) incorporating approved clauses, risk mitigation terms, and compliance requirements.
• Execute contract drafting, negotiation, and structuring of agreements such as MoUs and service contracts in line with approved legal and contractual standards.
• Perform detailed review of third-party contract drafts against internal templates, identifying deviations, assessing risks, and recommending required amendments.
• Support validation of contractual compliance prior to execution, ensuring regulatory requirements, proper authorization, and complete documentation.
• Coordinate contract lifecycle activities including renewals, extensions, amendments, and terminations to ensure continuity and compliance.
• Follow up on contract execution milestones, obligations, and deliverables to ensure adherence to agreed terms and timelines.
• Assist in conducting legal and contractual reviews for renewals and terminations, including assessment of liabilities, risks, and compliance obligations.
• Implement contract repository management activities to ensure accurate documentation, indexing, storage, and retrieval of agreements.
• Support tracking and monitoring of contractual risks, obligations, and deadlines, maintaining updated risk registers for governance purposes.
• Coordinate updates to contract templates, policies, procedures, and standard clauses based on regulatory changes and operational feedback.
• Perform support activities for internal and external audits related to contracts, ensuring documentation completeness and compliance readiness.
• Follow up on implementation of contract governance decisions, corrective actions, and improvement initiatives.
• Assist in preparing contract-related reports, summaries, and updates for internal stakeholders and management review.
• Coordinate with internal departments such as Procurement, Finance, Compliance, and Legal to obtain required inputs for contract execution.
• Support identification of recurring contract issues and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives in contract management processes.
• Follow up on contract performance indicators and highlight deviations or risks requiring attention.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, International Business Law, or any related field is required 
• 2-4 years of relevant experience
• Certifications in legal licensure (Saudi law license or bar admission) 

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