• The Contracts Administration Manager is responsible for negotiating, structuring, and/or administrating contractual documents that establish business relationships with vendors, customers and/or partners • Works with sales and service teams as well as the legal department to structure contracts • Analyzes contracts to ensure compliance to company policy, government specifications and other requirements • Confers with procurement staff, legal staff and management on various legal matters; inspects and reviews contracts for compliance with certification requirements, laws, regulations, policies, and procedures • Develops short and long-term strategies and goals for the administration of assigned contracts • Leads the work of others • May conduct training on complex contracting issues of statewide significance • Oversees contract documents and ensures management understands and authorizes contract terms involving multiple statewide contracting programs • Oversees development, writing, revision and/or preparation of highly complex contracts, amendments, subcontracts, procedures, forms, related documents and provisions and reports • Oversees maintenance, updating, and compilation of detailed data, reports, summaries, files, records, logs statistics or specific contracts including procurement documents and revisions; oversees writing of routine and unique correspondence • Oversees the administration of complex agreements and contracts • Provides advanced technical and administrative support to include reviewing, processing, answers questions, provides assistance and handles complaints and resolution of discrepancies and problems regarding contracts, billing, payment and warrants