The Senior Contract Manager is responsible for applying business and legal judgment to analyze, structure, draft, review, and negotiate contracts with strategic and key customers, distributors, group purchasing organizations, and governmental entities. This role ensures that customer requests for proposals and information (RFPs and RFIs) are complete, accurate, and submitted on time. The Senior Contract Manager manages the end-to-end contract lifecycle, identifies, evaluates, and negotiates contract terms, conditions, and related requirements/risks, while leading process improvement initiatives to support the organization’s lean strategy.
Role Scope:
The Senior Contract Manager operates as a key member of the Commercial Operations team, reporting to the Sr Manager, Contracts and Projects. This role supports the Radiopharma franchise in Pharmaceutical Diagnostics and collaborates closely with Sales, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Marketing, and other Commercial Operations teams. The scope includes managing complex, multi-year agreements, supporting strategic initiatives such as new product launches, and driving process improvements that enhance operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.Job Description
Expected Outcomes:
Collaborate with various business functions, including Legal to draft and negotiate a wide variety of complex contracts.
Advise sales and business teams on agreement structure, risks, and alternatives.
Consult with legal team, compliance, and other business functions to ensure templates comply with legal requirements and best practices.
Facilitate signatures and countersignatures to ensure timely contract execution.
Track and communicate contract expirations within assigned territory.
Facilitate cross-functional meetings; manage agenda, post minutes, and manage participants.
Actively participate and assist with executing new product launches.
Assist with executing price increases and price adjustments.
Manage contract templates, including systematic review and incorporation of best practices.
Maintain SOPs and Guide Sheets specific to Contract Authoring.
Collaborate with trainers to design and deliver training materials for Sales on contracting processes, policies, and procedures.
Train Commercial Operations staff on contracting processes.
Participate in periodic review of 5.0 and 6.0 flags to ensure alignment with PDx needs.
Identify, participate, and lead process improvement initiatives to support lean strategy.
Critical Experiences Required:
Bachelor’s Degree or paralegal certification with 5+ years of related experience, JD or MBA Preferred
Minimum of 5 years of experience with contract drafting and negotiation with customer/client interaction and managing successful relationships
Experience in the HealthCare, Pharmaceutical, and/or Life Sciences industry
Demonstrated experience prioritizing conflicting demands from multiple business clients in an extremely fast-paced environment
Ability to interact and communicate effectively with individuals from multiple departments at all levels of the organization
Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills, language proficiency in English
Ability to work successfully towards strict deadlines, as well as independently on multiple, simultaneous assignments
Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)
Experience negotiating and drafting complex multi-year supply agreements
Experience using, developing, and/or implementing a Contract Lifecycle Management system
Experience using software including SAP, Salesforce.com and Power BI or similar tools
Enable collaborative culture and organization to improve customer/client satisfaction levels and responsiveness
We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. For U.S. based positions only, the pay range for this position is $113,600.00-$170,400.00 Annual. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the pay range and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including skills, qualifications, experience and location. In addition, this position may also be eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). GE HealthCare offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, and tuition reimbursement.Additional InformationGE HealthCare offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE HealthCare will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
While GE HealthCare does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, some GE HealthCare customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE HealthCare employees.
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
Application Deadline: January 26, 2026