Blue Matter
Contract Manager (Legal Team)
About this role
Blue Matter is a strategic consulting firm serving clients in the life sciences industry. We partner with our clients to help them achieve commercial success across the lifecycle of their products, portfolios and organizations. About the Role Blue Matter is building out its legal function, and we're looking for a Contract Manager to own the day-to-day contract lifecycle across the firm. This role handles NDAs, Master Service Agreements, Statements of Work, and settlement agreements — and more broadly, anything transactional in nature that supports the General Counsel's work. This is a hands-on operational role with real ownership over a high-volume contract process at a growing, PE-backed life sciences consulting firm. It does not require a law degree or bar admission — it requires strong judgment, precision, and the ability to work independently against an established playbook.Key Responsibilities
- Draft, review, and negotiate routine NDAs (mutual and one-way) against established playbook positions, escalating deviations to the General Counsel
- Draft and manage client Master Service Agreements and Statements of Work, including redlines against Blue Matter's standard paper
- Support drafting and tracking of settlement agreements and other transactional documents as needed
- Track contract status, renewal dates, and key obligations across the active client and vendor portfolio
- Own and administer the contract lifecycle management platform (Juro) — intake, workflow routing, e-signature coordination, and recordkeeping
- Maintain and improve contract templates and the playbook/negotiation guidelines used across the team
- Coordinate with Finance, People, and Consulting leads on contract terms that touch their areas (pricing, staffing, data handling, etc.)
- Provide administrative and organizational support on M&A due diligence and equity award recordkeeping as needed
- Flag legal or business risk issues to the General Counsel promptly rather than resolving them independently Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in contract management, paralegal work, or a similar commercial contracts role — ideally in professional services, consulting, or life sciences
- Strong working knowledge of NDA, MSA, and SOW structures and common negotiation points
- Comfortable working independently against a playbook, with good judgment about when to escalate