Contract Administrator

Additional Location(s):  US-MN-Arden Hills

Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.

About the role:

The Contract Administrator will partner and liaise with various internal and external teams and other business stakeholders and provide support which advances the overall goals and strategy of the department. The Contract Administrator will be responsible for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts, as well as maintaining accurate records and facilitating effective communication between internal stakeholders and external partners while managing risk and ensuring the use of best practices are used to support business needs.

Your responsibilities include:

• Oversees and prepares IP contract documents from initial stages through execution.
• Reviews, negotiates, drafts, revises, and amends contracts to ensure compliance with Boston Scientific policies and procedures.
• Drafts various agreements including, but not limited to, master services agreements, research agreements, material transfer agreements, and design and agreements, collaboration agreements, license agreements and data use agreements.
• Coordinates work of various departments and acts as liaison between the Legal Department and external and internal stakeholders.
• Collaborates with departmental staff, legal team, and other personnel involved with contract development and approval processes.
• Manages IP Agreement process and helps to refine and makes recommendations for improvement of processes and procedures related to contracts.
• Partners with IP Attorneys to collaboratively negotiate and manage contracts.
• Provides IP input and IP language into non-IP agreements. 

 
What we're looking for: 
Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent is required. 
• 3+ years of related experience 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Intellectual Property 
• Previous experience working in a cross-functional and collaborative business environment.
• Ability to identify and implement process improvement opportunities.
• Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to effectively communicate with leadership.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Demonstrates courage in ensuring value-driven solutions are delivered.
• Self-starter, collaborative nature, time management

Requisition ID: 579921

Minimum Salary: $67500

Maximum Salary: $128200

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) – see --will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements.

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Boston Scientific Corporation has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To ensure full implementation of its equal employment policy, the Company will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.