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Every day, the world's leading manufacturers rely on Minitab to increase efficiency, improve quality, reduce waste, and make smarter, data-driven decisions that power better factories and better products. Our smart manufacturing platform connects data across the enterprise to uncover hidden capacity, eliminate bottlenecks, optimize machine performance, simulate improvements before implementation, and accelerate innovation through advanced analytics and experimental design. As part of our team, you'll collaborate with passionate, talented colleagues who are solving meaningful, real-world challenges for global industry leaders. With more than 250,000 users, 30,000 organizations, and 90% of the Fortune 100 trusting Minitab, you'll have the opportunity to make a measurable impact while growing your career in a collaborative, innovative, and customer-focused environment where your ideas matter.\nBehind every customer relationship and business partnership is an agreement that helps move the business forward.\nWe’re seeking a Commercial Contracts Manager to support global customer, partner, and vendor transactions. Based at our headquarters in State College or our Chicago, IL office and reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, you’ll join a collaborative Legal team and work closely with colleagues across Sales, Finance, Sales Operations, Information Security, Professional Services, and Vendor Management.\nThis role combines hands-on contract drafting and negotiation with business partnership and process improvement. You’ll help teams navigate contracting requirements, resolve obstacles, and move agreements from initial request through execution and operational handoff.\nWhat you’ll do\nSupport global sales and partner agreements\nManage contracting intake and coordination for software subscription and license agreements, order documents, statements of work, partner agreements, renewals, and amendments.\nDraft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements in coordination with the Legal Department and within approved negotiating positions and delegated authority.\nHelp Sales structure transactions consistent with approved pricing, discounting, licensing, and contracting requirements.\nCoordinate cross-functional reviews and approvals, document exceptions, and recommend practical alternatives when issues arise.\nProvide guidance, training, and resources that help Sales navigate contracting processes and systems.\nGuide procurement and vendor contracting\nDraft, review, and negotiate vendor agreements under the direction of the Legal Department and in partnership with Vendor Management.\nSupport agreements covering technology and cloud services, consulting, professional services, confidentiality, and data processing and security terms.\nProvide hands-on guidance to employees and business owners, helping them complete intake, select templates, obtain approvals, and resolve process obstacles.\nCommunicate agreement status, follow up with reviewers, and escalate risks or stalled decisions.\nManage workflows and improve processes\nTrack transaction status, dependencies, approvals, and turnaround times to keep agreements moving.\nCoordinate execution by authorized signatories, maintain complete contract records, and support the handoff of executed terms to order management and operational teams.\nMaintain templates, clause libraries, playbooks, and guidance materials.\nUse transaction data and recurring issues to improve workflows, training, automation, and controls.\nEnsure agreements reflect approved commercial terms and revenue-recognition determinations made by Revenue Accounting.\nEscalate legal, commercial, financial, and operational risks to the appropriate decision-makers.\nWhat you’ll bring\nA bachelor’s degree in business or a related field.\nAt least five years of experience drafting and negotiating commercial software, SaaS, or technology licensing contracts, including domestic and international customer or partner agreements.\nExperience drafting and negotiating procurement and vendor agreements and guiding business owners through cross-functional contracting workflows.\nWorking knowledge of intellectual property, software licensing, and commercial contracting principles.\nStrong negotiation, analytical, problem-solving, and written and verbal communication skills.\nThe ability to manage competing priorities, coordinate multiple stakeholders, and move transactions forward in a changing environment.\nThe ability to learn Minitab’s agreements, business functions, and information-security review processes for cloud products.\nExperience using transaction data and recurring issues to improve processes, templates, controls, and training.\nThe ability to speak, read, write, and understand English and travel as requested.\nQualifications that would be a plus\nA law degree, paralegal certification, or comparable legal or contracts training.\nExperience with Deal Desk functions and processes.\nWorking knowledge of software revenue-recognition principles and their application to deal structure, contracting, and order processing.\nExperience with contract management, CRM, quoting, or workflow systems.\nProficiency in French, German, Spanish, Japanese, or Korean.\nWhy join Minitab?\nYou’ll work at the intersection of legal judgment and commercial execution, supporting transactions across a global software business. As part of a close-knit Legal team, you’ll build relationships across the organization and have a direct opportunity to improve how agreements get done.\nIf you enjoy negotiating technology agreements, helping colleagues solve problems, and making complex contracting processes easier to navigate, we encourage you to apply.\nOur Benefits:\nHEALTH INSURANCE: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance is provided at no cost for full-time employees upon date of hire. Low co-pay pharmacy benefit and affordable family coverage plan is available. Short and Long Term Disability is fully paid by Minitab. Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Provides guidance for personal issue and information on other Work Life Matters.\nLIFE INSURANCE: Group Term Life Insurance is provided at no cost for full-time employees at three times employee base salary. Minitab provides eligible employees the opportunity to purchase Voluntary Life Insurance for themselves and eligible dependents at affordable rates.\nRETIREMENT PLANNING: A 401k Retirement Plan with T. Rowe Price is provided with eligible employee contribution immediately. Minitab will match dollar for dollar up to the first 6% of employee’s contribution. Employees are fully vested in the Minitab, LLC 401(k) Retirement Plan upon date of hire.\nPAID TIME OFF: Paid holidays, as well as 4 weeks of annual paid time off are provided. The annual paid time off increases one week every five years.\nHIGHER AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: The pursuit of ongoing development is important and valued at Minitab. In support of this value, Minitab offers tuition and related expenses assistance for both higher education and other professional development.\nFLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNT: Medical and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts - Pre-tax Deductions. 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