Contract Manager, Research & Development

Now you have the chance to take on a position as Contract Manager within an innovative and cooperative Research & Development organization. You will work closely with managers and engineers to understand their needs for various agreements and manage the whole agreement life cycle. Depending on your profile you will be able to independently handle some or most of the agreements but you will always have a close relationship with internal Legal Counsels at Axis Legal Department who are there to assist you in the more complex cases. The Contract Manager job location is at our headquarters in Lund. Who is your future team? Depending on how you view your team it can be everyone that you assist with agreements to other contract managers within Axis to the legal team that you work closely with. From an organizational perspective you will report to R&D Director, Base Video Products. The culture is open and supportive as within all parts of Axis. What you'll do here as Contract Manager? The Contract Manager assists in the intake of technology, tools or services for R&D in each step of the way through collaboration with other Axis stakeholders, including the Legal department, IPR, IT, Finance, and Operations. You will support R&D managers and engineers with their needs when entering into agreements of various kinds. In this role you will: * Facilitate and coordinate the agreement process from start to finish as "agreement project manager" * Understand the need for the agreement that is often on a deep technical level * Interact with third parties and negotiate terms * Review terms and highlight risks for decision makers * Coordinate basic data protection-related matters * Work with the Legal Department for deeper agreement and risk analysis * Handle agreement administration in our systems Who are we looking for/Who are you? We are looking for a person that enjoys cooperating with a wide range of colleagues while driving the agreement process and other general matters involving tech, data protection and legal material forward. You are structured, have an eye for details and can take pleasure in reading and summarizing the risks and issues you can see in agreement proposals from third parties. We'd love to hear that you: * Find the job description appealing * Have an academic degree in either law or tech It is a bonus if you have * Experience from a similar role What Axis have to offer We want you to enjoy working with us! Therefore, we offer great benefits, e.g. flexible working hours, breakfast every day, classic Swedish fika on Fridays, corporate bonus, physical training grants, insurances, your very own Axis bicycle and relocation assistance if needed - just to name a few. Ready to Act? Questions? Please contact recruiting manager Olof Larsson at +46 73 314 7802