PATRICIA MERCADO

Legal Professional

Experienced contract manager with extensive experience in contract drafting, negotiation and legal operations, working directly with all levels of attorneys and senior management. Thorough knowledge of the negotiation and contract process including process improvement. A results-driven legal professional focused on effectively collaborating with cross functional teams. Skilled at relationship building with internal and external clients to provide superior service and relationship management.

CONTACT

415-***-****

ad3c9v@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Sawyer College

Santa Clara, CA

Paralegal Studies

REFERENCES

Available upon request

KEY SKILLS

Legal Operations

Contracts Management

Change Management

Systems Implementation

Contract Negotiation

WORK EXPERIENCE

SENIOR CONTRACTS MANAGER

Apollomics Inc. 6/20–present

Head of Contracts; Lead Negotiator reporting to the President’s Office

Designed, implemented and managed company’s first Contract Management System including creation of signing authority matrix, process mapping and various workflows. Oversight of contract matters, risk management and compliance companywide.

Legal Operations Lead. Presented process improvement initiatives to senior management, streamlined and tailored templates and contract workflows to align with the company’s corporate goals. Periodic review and revision of Contracts Policy.

Managed outside counsel and partnered with CROs to create efficiencies around study start up agreements. Presented contract life cycle trainings companywide.

SENIOR CONTRACTS MANAGER PARALEGAL

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. 3/18–6/20

Received ULTRARARE Awards for contract negotiations that enabled our internal business partners to meet their company goals.

Managed contract matters across Commercial Planning, Global Brand Strategy, Marketing, Managed Care, Patient support services, Clinical QA, Bioanalytics, CMC QA, Quality Systems, CQO Offices and Facilities Planning Departments.

Engaged in ongoing process improvement, streamlining and tailoring templates and contract workflow to meet department specific needs.

SENIOR CONTRACTS ANALYST GLOBAL CLIENT CONTRACT MANAGEMENT

Visa Inc. (contractor) 1/17-2/18

Partnering with the various stakeholders to develop and manage legal binding agreements from approved financial proposals. Advocate for the Sales organization while working closely with Finance and Audit. Develop and manage merchant marketing agreements, master service agreements, signature account agreements, nondisclosure agreements, etc.

Advise internal clients on contract process and procedures and make necessary updates and recommendations to the contracts policy.

WORK EXPERIENCE

SENIOR PARALEGAL CONTRACT MANAGEMENT & CORPORATE

FivePrime Inc. 8/14-12/16

Received two CEO Awards for contract negotiations that led to the clinical team meeting first patient in corporate goals and received a second award for launching the first companywide contract management system in company’s history.

Drafted, reviewed, redlined and negotiated contracts companywide. Identified and provided guidance regarding legal, compliance issues and business risk management. Managed summer interns, administrative staff and contractors. Collaboration with Clinical in filing global regulatory submissions.

Provided process mapping for the entire contract process from initiation to execution and workflow support, including ongoing training of processes and procedures. Updated contract policy and procedures to scale to the increase in demand for agreements. Collaborated with Finance and IT on a systems task force to link business partners under the same platform.

CONTRACTS PARALEGAL, CONTRACT MANAGEMENT

Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Amgen 2/12-8/14

Drafted, reviewed, redlined and negotiated all agreement types. Interpretation and tailoring of contractual terms. Identified and provided guidance regarding legal, compliance issues and business risk management.

Collaborated in implementation of a companywide Contract Liaison program and contract management system. Provided process mapping for the contract lifecycle process from initiation to execution and workflow support, including ongoing training of all contract liaisons on and off site. Reporting of client group metrics.

CONTRACTS PARALEGAL, CONTRACT MANAGEMENT

TIAA-CREF KASPICK (contractor) 11/09-2/12

Contract Management. Development of contract procedures, policy and guidelines. Creation and roll out of company-wide contract management protocol across agreement types and cross functional areas (Finance and Compliance) that included implementation of internal controls.

Design and implementation of contract lifecycle management system. Collaborated with legal counsel to merge existing service templates. Drafted and negotiated inbound & outbound contracts for clients and vendors. Tracked, monitored and generated reports detailing contract statuses and metrics. Compliance support.

Additional professional experience provided upon request.

Contract Management. Development of contract procedures, policy and guidelines. Creation and roll out of company-wide contract management cross agreement types and cross functional areas (Finance and Compliance) that included implementation of internal controls.

Design and implementation of contract lifecycle management system. Collaborated with legal counsel to merge existing service templates. Drafted and negotiated inbound & outbound contracts for clients and vendors. Tracked, monitored and generated reports detailing contract statuses and metrics. Compliance support.

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