Manager, Contracts Compliance

This is a Full Time Job

Warner Bros. Entertainment Group (Warner Bros. Studios/Warner Bros.) a fully integrated, broad-based entertainment company, is the global leader in the creation, production, distribution, licensing and marketing of all forms of entertainment and their related businesses. Warner Bros., a Time Warner Company, stands at the forefront of every aspect of the entertainment industry, from feature films to television, home video/DVD, animation, comic books, interactive entertainment and games, product and brand licensing, international cinemas and broadcasting.

WBEI seeks a Manager, Contract Compliance for the Corporate Projects department. The primary responsibility of this position is to monitor and process contracts and documents. Other responsibilities include:

•Monitoring contract compliance (e.g., price, service quality, quantity), terms and conditions, service level agreements, and status of critical deliverables with multiple providers.
•Acting as first-line subject matter expert for contract interpretation for all alternative sourcing projects
•Overseeing and reviewing overall performance of service level agreements across multiple service providers
•Managing receipt and documentation of change requests and coordinate the review process by appropriate WB stakeholders. Ensuring timely completion of amendments and change orders with all service providers
•Working with key stakeholders to identify issues related to upcoming milestone and contract dates
•Identifying upcoming penalty/trigger events; resolving issues identified by stakeholders
•Managing benchmarking exercises
•Periodically reviewing and evaluating relationship-level Policies and Procedures Guide (PPG) for all service providers
•Overseeing the use and functionality of governance tools (including software)
•Developing and managing systems for document storage and record keeping
•Overseeing service level agreement reviews and change control approvals/coordination
•Ensuring that contract related changes are communicated to appropriate stakeholders
•Preparing agenda and minutes for operational governance meetings for all service providers
•Preparing operational governance reports
•Assisting with the development of training materials
•Reviewing operational issue logs to verify that issues are being addressed at proper levels, governance committees are being utilized and issue escalation processes are being followed
•Gathering data and collation to support internal and service provider audits


To qualify, the candidate must have:

•5-7 years transactional paralegal experience
•Experience working with similar contracts from either service provider or (including shared services) Client perspective preferred
•Bachelor’s degree required. Paralegal certification preferred
•Project management capability to manage the contract change process
•Experience with reconciling contract terms to financial actuals
•The ability to motivate and coordinate activities of people in other work groups
•The ability to operate autonomously with senior management
•Experience with document management
•Experience with Microsoft office suite – expert
•The availability to support special extended hours to support critical periods, such as the month end closing, Transition, etc.
•The ability to communicate effectively and tactfully with persons on all levels, in person and on the telephone
•The ability to resolve complex problems and work well under time constraints
•Excellent time management skills to perform in a fast-paced, high pressure, high volume environment
•Short/Intermediate team travel may be required (some overseas)