Contracts Manager
If you’d like to make the online world a safer place, come and join us.
About iProov:
iProov is the world leader in face biometric verification. We establish trust in remote users and deliver effortless, customer centric, device independent authentication tied to trusted ID credentials. We are on a mission to make the Internet a safer place for businesses and consumers.
Our unique facial biometric technology allows banks, governments, healthcare and travel providers to verify customer identity online and provide simple access to secure services. In 2020 we were recognised as a Gartner Cool Vendor and as the 5th fastest growing technology company in the UK by Deloitte. We work with leading customers & partners across a number of industry sectors worldwide - organisations using our technology include the US Department of Homeland Security, the UK Home Office, the NHS, Eurostar, the Australian government, the Singapore government, ING and many more.
Our flagship Genuine Presence Assurance technology continues to solidify its global market leadership, with verifications growing at a consistent rate of 25% per month worldwide. This has been driven by demand from organizations needing to verify the identity of online users to prevent fraud. iProov’s patented technology assures the genuine presence of an online user to ensure they are the right person, a real person, and authenticating right now.
Diversity at iProov is about reflecting the customers we serve, holding the principles of equality and inclusion at the heart of everything we do and all that we stand for, embracing differences, creating possibilities, and growing together. We aim to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to our purpose.
Our Role:
Are you an efficient, highly organised person who likes to work at pace, make an impact and deliver in a high growth environment? If so, we would love to hear from you!
Our highly ambitious growth plans for 2022 and beyond mean we require an experienced Contracts Manager to join our Compliance function to manage all supplier contracts and customer contract negotiations within the business.
The role promotes variety, autonomous working (whilst being part of an amazing team) and interacting with a wide range of stakeholders across iProov. Your role will see you lead the contract negotiation process, liaising directly with stakeholders and customers, to drive contracts through to completion.
As mentioned, the role will involve working closely with business area owners, second line functions within iProov and our external legal counsel, ensuring stakeholders are comfortable with the terms agreed and that iProov’s interests are advanced and protected.
Role Responsibilities:
- Contract drafting (NDA, MSA and DPA)
- Supplier contract review and negotiation (working on NDA, DPA, SCC & MSA)
- To manage the inbound/ supplier contracts process
- Lead negotiation of outbound customer contracts from commit stage to closed-contracted
- Coordinate all stakeholders internally through contracting process – Revenue; Solutions Consulting; Customer Success; Technical; Compliance; Finance
- Establish internal and external processes for contract management
- Establish a streamlined and effective feedback process on customer contracts
- Negotiate and manage NDAs, POCs, customer contract variations and renewals
- Coordinate RFI and RFP processes, working closely with internal stakeholders
- Perform risk assessments of proposed contractual terms and conditions, and develop recommendations to minimise their potential risk to the business
- Liaise with Legal Counsel to ensure all contracts/ agreements are negotiated in line with our legal requirements
- Identifies areas in contract negotiations where senior management support and/or intervention is required
- Develop standard form customer contracts
- Share knowledge of customer contracts with wider team to foster commercial awareness
- Train and provide guidance to business personnel on contracting policies and procedures
What we’d like from you:
Key to success
- Extensive experience as an outbound commercial contracts negotiator
- Good understanding of applicable data protection legislation (UK GDPR, GDPR, DPA 2018) & contractual requirements
- Process driven, ability to multitask, prioritise and manage time efficiently
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Good judgement in balancing business and commercial needs and potential risks/exposures with counterparty requirements
- Accurate and precise attention to detail
- Previous experience of working at pace within a fast growth environment
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Understanding of the various functions within iProov and how these come together through customer contracts
- Pragmatic approach, maintaining balance between speed and ensuring a positive outcome that meets our commercial objectives and legal/ compliance requirements
Desirable
- Advantageous if you have any understanding of US data protection laws.
- A Bachelor’s degree in Law will be beneficial to someone in this role
- Relevant industry or product specific experience of advantage
- Saas Contract experience
- Contracting with financial institutions and/or government departments
Company Benefits
- Competitive reward package
- Shares incentive scheme
- 25 days Annual Leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays
- Vitality Health insurance (Gym memberships, Health Screening and Discounts)
- Life Assurance
- Award winning L&D platform to continue your development with personal allocated training budgets
- Pension
- A true flexible and hybrid approach to working
- Free Barista Coffee/Tea, biscuits and fruit in the office
- Access to any global WeWork office, their discounts, offers and online well-being sessions
Awards
iProov Is Recognized as One of the World’s Most Innovative Companies in the CyberTech100
- U.S. Govies Government Security Awards! - Genuine Presence Assurance® won Gold (2022)
- iProov is listed as the 57th fastest-growing company in Europe in the FT1000
- iProov takes home Gold in 3x Cybersecurity Excellence Awards: Government, Financial Services, and Identity Proofing & Corroboration
- iProov wins Best Biometric Solution at 2021 Cyber Security Global Excellence Awards!
- iProov named winner of coveted Global InfoSec Award during RSA Conference