Apr 2017 – Aug 2019 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• Manage and supervise a team of Legal and Financial operations at TEK, Hyderabad.
• Draft, review and redline MSAs, RFPs, SOWs, Change Orders, Pricing Change requests, Addendums, BBAs, NDAs, etc. for IT Staffing and Services within TEK.
• Prepare the risk review matrix associated with the above agreements. Pay special attention to clauses like Precedence, Acceptance, Limitation of Liability, Warranty, Acts that void Warranty, Confidentiality, PII, PHI, Drug and Background Screening etc.
• Update the Playbooks on a timely basis.
• Work on contract abstraction and upload the contracts.
• Mentoring the new on boards.
• Attend Stakeholder Meetings
• Present KPI dashboards for legal and finance operations within the team.
• Efficiently handling client requests.
• Performing quality control, submission checks as needed, on all contracts management work being performed by the associates.
• Delivering error free work to the client.
• Responsible for creating, revising and modifying the service catalogs and process maps.
• Travel to our Off-Shore business sites for attending Stakeholder meetings.
• Have visited Switzerland, USA (Maryland, Baltimore) and UK (Bracknell and London) offices for attending key meetings, team on-boarding and Service Transitions in last 3 years.
• Conduct Performance Appraisals for team.
• Have bi-monthly 1-2-1's with the team
• Connect with key leadership on a weekly basis to provide an update on India Operations.

Dec 2014 – Mar 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• Key point of contact at Hyderabad Service Centre for contract Management within Novartis.
• Providing end to end contract management support for Health Care Professionals (HCP) and Health Care Organizations (HCO) which includes drafting, summarizing, analyzing, comparing, risk analysis of contracts and execution of various contracts like Consultancy agreements, Service agreements, Research agreements, Distribution agreements, Confidentiality agreements, In-licensing agreements, manufacturing and supply agreements for Novartis Global.
• Providing invoicing assistance to third parties for payment of services rendered pursuant to the executed contracts.
• Responding to FAQ on Contract management processes.
• Responsible for presenting roadshows on contracting process within Novartis.
• Serving as a liaison between the client and internal contract management resources to ensure timely delivery of the project deliverables. This includes preparing and disseminating information on a regular basis with the client on the status of the project, including but not limited to facilitating answers/responses to any concerns associated with the work.
• Effectively implementing client instructions considering into fact the economic risks involved.
• Monitoring and preparing reports required to monitor compliance of Key process indicators
• Identifying, implementing and simplifying the contract management tools and techniques
• Serve as a professional mentor for Contract Management processes.
• Working closely with the Legal Heads, and ensuring streamlined and simplified contract management processes
• Actively involved in Regional or Global Initiatives within Novartis.

Oct 2010 – Dec 2014 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• Key responsibilities -Contract Management
• Review and Redlining of Confidentiality Agreements (CDAs), Master Service Agreements (MSA).
• Provide Negotiation assistance.
• Provide end to end contracting support.
• Responsible for quality and submission checks.
• Delivering error free work to the client.
• Key responsibilities- Litigation (Document Review)
• Key and vital role in Second Request Projects, Anti-Trust review, Insurance claims, Internal Investigations, Employee solicitation cases, Patent infringement cases, Early case analysis, Privilege log etc.
• Help the search team in identifying refined responsive terms from the database.
• Identifying the risk if any in the miscellaneous and zero concepts pool.

Jun 2006 – Aug 2009 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Hyderabad Area, India