Director of Contract Management

Are you passionate about the chance to bring your contract management and leadership experience to a world class organization that is leading the way in both content and technology to serve and protect our citizens home and abroad? Do you have the skills necessary to ensure scalable contract execution in a technology driven environment? Then Thomson Reuters Special Services (TRSS) is looking for you!

The Director of Contract Management is a senior leader responsible for owning and scaling the company's contracts function across U.S. Government and commercial business lines. This role leads contract negotiation strategy, execution, governance, and process discipline in a high-velocity environment characterized by frequent negotiations, evolving products, and recurring "battle of the forms" scenarios. The Director serves as the operational counterpart to Legal-translating legal risk frameworks into repeatable, scalable contract execution.

This role is accountable for negotiation consistency, contract lifecycle integrity, audit readiness, and the effective use of technology and data to streamline and professionalize the contracts function as the company grows.

This is not a legal role; it is a leadership, execution, and governance role that partners closely with Legal, Finance, Business Development, Product, and Program Management.

As the Director of Contract Management, you will also contribute to a variety of areas including:

• Owning the contracts function end-to-end, including negotiation strategy, execution standards, templates, playbooks, and internal controls.
• Establishing and enforcing contract governance frameworks that ensure consistency, scalability, and disciplined risk management across all deals.
• Serving as the escalation point for complex contract issues prior to Legal involvement, ensuring only true legal exceptions reach Legal.
• Eliminating single-point-of-failure risk through cross-training, documentation, and clear role design.

• Defining and overseeing negotiation playbooks, fallback positions, and escalation thresholds for both government and commercial contracts.
• Leading and supervising high-complexity negotiations involving competing templates, non-standard terms, and ad hoc deal structures.
• Ensuring consistent enterprise positions across repeated negotiations while allowing controlled flexibility to close deals.
• Partnering with Legal to ensure negotiation outcomes remain within approved legal and risk tolerances.

• Overseeing the full contract lifecycle across prime contracts, subcontracts, contract vehicles (GSA, OASIS+, MDA Shield, IDIQs, and others), task orders, and commercial agreements.
• Ensuring disciplined handling of contract modifications, change orders, funding actions, and close-outs.
• Maintaining accurate contract records, version control, and documentation to support audits, billing, and compliance.

• Owning the selection, implementation, and optimization of contract lifecycle management (CLM) and related tools.
• Driving automation and workflow improvements to reduce cycle time, increase visibility, and support scale.
• Establishing metrics and reporting to track contract throughput, negotiation trends, risk exposure, and team capacity.
• Ensuring contracts infrastructure keeps pace with evolving products, offerings, and territories.

• Partnering with Product, Engineering, and Business teams to understand evolving technology and data-driven offerings.
• Ensuring contract templates, SOWs, and data/IP provisions accurately reflect current product capabilities and delivery models.
• Implementing disciplined product-to-contract change control processes to prevent contract drift as offerings evolve.

• Serving as the primary contracts interface to:
  • Legal (risk frameworks and exception handling)
  • Finance (pricing, funding, billing, and audit readiness)
  • Business Development & Capture (proposal strategy and deal structuring)
  • Program Management (contractual performance and change management)
• Acting as a trusted advisor to leadership on contract risk, negotiation posture, and execution readiness.

• Leading, mentoring, and developing contracts managers and administrators.
• Defining roles, responsibilities, and career paths within the contracts organization.
• Establishing consistent training on negotiation standards, compliance, and systems.
• Building a scalable contracts organization aligned with the company's growth trajectory.

You're a good fit for the role of Director of Contract Management if you have/are:

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree or professional certification (e.g., CPCM, CFCM) strongly preferred.
• 12-15+ years of progressive experience in contracts management, including leadership responsibility.
• Deep experience with U.S. Government contracting,…