As an Associate Manager Contracts at Gainwell, you will serve as an individual contributor responsible for leading the development, negotiation, interpretation and administration of contracts and contract governance across the enterprise. This role partners closely with legal, procurement, HR, and business stakeholders to manage contractual risk, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive standardized contract practices that support organizational and client objectives.
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Associate Manager Contracts to support a U.S.-based healthcare technology and services organization focused on contracts with state and local governments as well as commercial entities. This role will be responsible for independently managing complex commercial, healthcare, technology, vendor, and government-related contracts throughout the contracting lifecycle.
The ideal candidate will possess exceptional English communication skills, strong contract interpretation and negotiation experience, sound business judgment, and the ability to operate independently while partnering closely with U.S.-based legal, sales, procurement, delivery, and executive teams.
When joining Gainwell, you will:
• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a wide variety of state agreements, including:
• Lead contract negotiations with customers, vendors, subcontractors, and business partners.
• Analyze contractual risks and provide management with suggestions for risk-mitigation strategies.
• Interpret contract provisions and provide clear guidance to internal legal and contracts team members regarding rights, obligations, and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with U.S.-based contract managers, attorneys and business leaders to resolve legal, commercial, operational, and compliance issues.
• Support bid, and procurement activities, including performing proposal and contract reviews associated with RFPs and government healthcare opportunities.
• Ensure contracts comply with corporate policies, applicable laws, healthcare regulations, privacy requirements, and contracting standards.
• Maintain accurate contract records and manage contracts through contract lifecycle management systems.
• Track key contractual obligations, deliverables, renewals, notices, and expiration dates.
• Provide training and guidance to internal stakeholders on contract processes and risk management.
• Build strong working relationships with internal and external business partners and serve as a trusted advisor to the business.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; advanced degree (e.g., JD or MBA) preferred
• 12-15 years of experience in contracts management, legal operations, or related fields
• Strong knowledge of US contract law, regulatory compliance, and risk management principles
• Ability to independently review, negotiate and manage complex agreements and influence stakeholders
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Demonstrated experience in drafting, negotiating and summarizing contracts and associated risks with minimal supervision.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with U.S.-based executives and legal professionals.
• Strong ability to identify, interpret and summarize contractual terms and explain legal and business implications to legal and non-legal stakeholders.
• Experience managing multiple priorities and meeting demanding deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while exercising sound judgment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and contract lifecycle management tools.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience supporting U.S. healthcare, healthcare technology, managed care, health plan, or Medicaid-related contracts.
• Familiarity with healthcare privacy, data security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience supporting U.S. state government contracts, healthcare procurements, or large-scale outsourcing agreements.
• Experience working within a multinational or global organization supporting U.S.-based operations.
Competencies
• Exceptional contract drafting, review and negotiation capabilities
• Contract interpretation and issue spotting
• Executive-level communication skills
• Business acumen and commercial judgment
• Risk assessment and mitigation
• Attention to detail
• Customer-focused mindset
• Ability to influence without direct authority
• Self-starter with strong ownership mentality
• Remote, hybrid, or onsite work depending on business needs. 6:30 AM to 3:30 PM IST shift timing.
• High level of ownership for contract strategy, compliance, and enterprise risk management
• Collaboration with legal, procurement, HR, and business leaders
• Opportunity to influence enterprise contract governance, compliance frameworks, and operational efficiency
For 50 years, our nation’s federal Medicaid program has worked to improve the health, safety and well-being of America’s most vulnerable populations: low-income families, women and children, seniors, and those with disabilities. With positive health and cost outcomes that pierce inequities and impact economies, the success of these programs is inextricably tied to the prosperity of communities, individual states and the nation as a whole. We think that demands respect and, more importantly, is deserving of a lifetime commitment from innovators who can help those who operate within and around health and human services evolve — in any market at any stage. At Gainwell Technologies, that’s our sole focus.
Built across more than five decades, Gainwell has intentionally seized opportunities to advance its digitally enabled services to meet agencies, health plans and MCOs where they are on their modernization journeys and propel them into the future of public health. Our commitment to innovation, deep experience and ability to leverage insights from customers across 50 states has allowed us to expand on next-generation, cloud-enabled technologies.
Today, Gainwell offers one of the most comprehensive suites of scalable services and solutions on the market — all proven to deliver cost savings, better patient outcomes and an improved provider experience. Equally important to our expanding technologies and results: We bring ideas that bring policies to life.
