Contracts Specialist, News Group

This is a Full Time Job

Role Overview:

NBCUniversal News Group is seeking a highly organized, detail-oriented Contracts Specialist to join the Commercial Transactions News Legal team. This non-attorney role will provide legal operations, contracts, and administrative support to in-house commercial transactions attorneys across a broad range of commercial agreements. The successful candidate will be comfortable managing a high volume of contract requests, exercising sound judgment, and communicating effectively with internal stakeholders and external counterparties in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities:
• Support Commercial Transactions News Legal attorneys with day-to-day legal operations and administrative tasks across the full contract lifecycle
• Draft, review, revise, and manage commercial agreements and related documents, including vendor, technology, e-commerce, events, licensing, services, statements of work, work orders, amendments, and renewals, independently using approved templates and playbooks or in collaboration with attorneys
• Prepare contract summaries, redlines, signature packets, and related correspondence for attorney review
• Coordinate the team’s matter intake process, triage contract requests, and help attorneys prioritize matters to support timely and efficient service to the business
• Maintain the contract lifecycle management system and related records, ensuring accurate tracking of key dates, deadlines, renewals, obligations, and status updates
• Use contract management technology and awareness of legal operations developments (including use of AI) to identify practical, business-oriented solutions to deal-related issues
• Maintain and update standard contract templates and develop improvements to processes

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:
• 3 years of relevant experience in contracts management, legal operations, paralegal support, or a comparable role in an in-house legal department, law firm, or professional services environment
• Experience in media, entertainment, technology, or other content-driven industries is a plus
• Demonstrated experience supporting the drafting, review, and negotiation of commercial contracts, including familiarity with common commercial contract terms and workflows
• Experience using contract lifecycle management tools, document management systems, or comparable legal operations platforms
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint, and comfort learning and using legal technology tools
• Bachelor’s degree and/or paralegal certificate, with strong academic achievement

Desired Characteristics
• Solid analytical skills and sound judgment, including the ability to identify issues, escalate appropriately, and propose practical solutions
• Ability to work independently with appropriate guidance and collaborate effectively as part of a team

This position currently has a hybrid schedule, which requires contributing from the New York, NY office a minimum of four days per week. The Company reserves the right to change in-office requirements at any time.