Senior Analyst, Contracts, Japan
Edwards Lifesciences · Tokyo
Innovation starts from the heart. Edwards Lifesciences is the leading global structural heart innovation company, driven by a passion to improve patient lives. With millions of patients served in over 100 countries, each team makes a meaningful contribution by improving patient outcomes and discovering lasting solutions for unmet patient needs. Our Senior Analyst, Contracts position is a unique career opportunity that could be your next step towards an exciting future.
How you will make an impact:
Applies professional expertise and judgment to support contracts activities and business outcomes. Advises sales staff on pricing strategies based on market analysis and develops sales and consignment contracts in accordance with negotiated terms.
- Serve as a key contracting resource and coordinate complex contract reviews through completion with corporate counsel, procurement/sourcing, compliance, risk management, information security, and other functional stakeholders; plan schedules, manage follow-ups, and drive alignment across groups to meet project objectives.
- Independently initiate, review, redline, coordinate, and negotiate a broad range of transactional contracts, including complex or non-standard matters, applying contracting principles, established precedents, company policies, and sound judgment to obtain business-appropriate solutions.
- Evaluate contract intake materials for completeness, accuracy, risk, and stakeholder readiness; resolve ambiguous or complex intake issues with requestors and determine appropriate review path based on contract type, business need, and applicable policies.
- Review and analyze contract redlines and proposed edits to determine alignment with contracting standards, negotiated positions, business requirements, and risk tolerance; recommend negotiation strategy or escalation where terms are complex, non-standard, or precedent-setting.
- Interact with management and cross-functional stakeholders on significant contracting matters requiring coordination between organizations; resolve complex pending approvals, workflow issues, and contracting questions using established precedents, policies, and sound judgment.
- In conjunction with Legal, analyze contract terms and conditions, identify the need for amendments, renewals, terminations, or other contracting actions, and recommend or negotiate appropriate changes within approved parameters while recognizing matters that may affect broader business or legal objectives.
- Review contracts for compliance with established contracting guidelines, secure appropriate reviews and approvals, identify opportunities for process improvements, and support implementation of enhancements that improve contract review quality, consistency, and cycle time.
- Lead contract termination reviews by analyzing applicable agreement terms, assessing business and legal considerations in partnership with Legal, determining appropriate course of action, and preparing related correspondence consistent with contract requirements and stakeholder direction.
- Other incidental duties
- Participate in key Legal and CoE meetings, as well as required workshops and trainings to drive overall compliance with Edwards’ policies and procedures as it relates to contracting.
What you’ll need (Required):
Bachelor's Degree in related field, 5 years experience
Details contract or bid management required
What else we look for (Preferred):
- Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel;
- Native-level Japanese and fluent English
- Good written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills
- Good problem-solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills
- Strong knowledge of contract terms and conditions, with demonstrated ability to interpret complex provisions, apply approved positions, and recommend appropriate negotiation or escalation strategy.
- Strict attention to detail
- Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to lead work within inter-departmental teams, serve as a key contact on significant contracting projects, and coordinate effectively with senior internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to build and maintain productive internal and external working relationships, including networking with senior representatives in the contracting area of expertise.
- Contract or paralegal certification preferred
- Experience in healthcare related contracts
- Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control