Staff Contract Analyst

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Position Summary:
Our growing legal team is seeking a collaborative, commercial-minded Staff Contract Analyst with advanced English and French language skills to be applied in a legal and commercial contracting context to support Illumina stakeholders and customers in the U.S. and Canada . The ideal candidate will have experience in redlining and negotiating legal documents in both English and French , and the ability to effectively manage their workload and adapt in a fast-paced, growth-oriented company.
Responsibilities:

- Review, redline, and negotiate commercial contracts, customer terms and conditions, proposals, subcontracts, equipment leases, rental agreements, and related legal documents, including both Illumina and customer-provided templates.

- Evaluate draft contracts against approved legal and business guidelines to identify and mitigate legal, commercial, compliance, privacy, and operational risks; flag incomplete or non-compliant terms and drive open items to resolution.

- Coordinate with Legal, Sales, Customer Care, Finance, Accounts Receivable, Revenue Recognition, Marketing, and other internal stakeholders to ensure contract processes support business needs, company policies, and applicable legal requirements.

- Provide lead support to Sales Representatives and internal stakeholders on contract workflow questions, bid proposals, customer documentation requests, and issue resolution throughout the sales contracting process.

- Compare new agreements to existing agreements for consistency and accuracy, maintain current contract terms, pricing approval processes, forms, and related resources, and ensure documentation is properly stored for team reference.

- Develop, maintain, and monitor contract-related programs, reports, audits, and compliance processes; publish relevant updates and reports to Finance, Marketing, Sales, and other stakeholders as needed.

- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of Illumina ’s sales and contracting processes and provide education, guidance, and training to Contracts team members and cross-functional partners.

- Assist with the selection, design, implementation, and ongoing improvement of software systems and legal tools used to process contract requests, manage compliance and privacy reporting, and support Legal department operations.

- Represent the Commercial Legal team on company-wide projects affecting the sales contracting process, organize and document stakeholder meetings, and support continuous process improvements.

- Where appropriate, mentor Contract Analysts and provide guidance on department processes, procedures, contract review standards, and stakeholder communications.

- Ability to effectively and authoritatively support sales territories in both the U.S. and Canada as requested.

Requirements:

- Typically requires a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience; or 6 years related experience and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years of experience; or equivalent experience.

- Advanced English and French language skills, including the ability to review, draft, and negotiate legal and commercial documents in both English and French, and to provide clear legal-context support to Illumina stakeholders and customers in the U.S. and Canada.

- Demonstrated experienc