Contract and Paralegal Support Specialist
- Location: Bogotá, Colombia
About the job
Our Hubs are a crucial part of how we innovate, improving performance across every Sanofi department and providing a springboard for the amazing work we do. Build a career and you can be part of transforming our business while helping to change millions of lives. Ready? As Contract and Paralegal Support Specialist within our Global Contract Services Team, you’ll play a critical role in supporting key internal stakeholders, particularly the Legal and Procurement teams, by ensuring accurate documentation and facilitating efficient contract management processes.
Main responsibilities:
- Contract Preparation: Assist in the preparation, review, and editing of contracts, collaborating with legal and procurement when relevant to ensure contract accuracy and, in accordance with relevant contract policies, contributes to the development, deployment, update, and continuous improvement of contract templates and Sanofi contractual landscape.
- Contract Research: Conduct research of existing and related contracts and agreements, keeping informed about relevant laws and regulations affecting current and future contracts.
- Documentation Management: Maintain organized, accurate and up-to-date contract files and documentation and track contract lifecycle events, deadlines, and renewal dates in Coupa CLM.
- Communication and Coordination: Establish and maintain strong stakeholder and customer relationships, acting as a liaison between Procurement Services, Procurement, Legal and Sanofi’s GBUs and Corporate Functions to continuously improve operations, drive simplification and standardization, and strengthen the control environment. Assist and guide customers on questions related to contracts and the contracting process.
- Risk Identification and Mitigation: Identify potential legal and contractual risks and collaborate with legal and procurement teams to develop strategies for risk mitigation.
- Compliance Oversight: Ensure contracts adhere to laws and regulations and internal policies and procedures affecting contracts, in collaboration with legal and procurement teams.
About you
- Experience: Previous experience in a legal support, contract specialist, or paralegal role, with advanced contract drafting and negotiation skills, and a strong understanding of legal terminology and contract principles.
- Soft skills: Highly organized, detail-oriented, proactive, and collaborative, with strong communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
- Technical skills: Familiarity with contract management tools/software. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite is required.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Legal, Finance, or other business discipline.
- Languages: Advanced English proficiency is required. Portuguese is highly desirable.
Why choose us?
- Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
- You’ll be part of leading the first experiences a job seeker has with Sanofi and ensuring it is best-in-class and driving conversions.
- You’ll be part of a truly diverse cross-cultural team and can have real business impact.
- Flexible working policies, including up to 50% remote work.
- Private medical care, life and health insurance, and gender-neutral paid parental leave
- Colombia is one of Sanofi’s key locations for new talents, having a big footprint with the Bogota HUB and its best-in-class operation.
- Mexico and Argentina Play an instrumental part in creating best practice and innovation within our 3 vaccines production plants.
PursueProgress. Discover Extraordinary.
Progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.
To apply under the disability condition, it is necessary to have a certificate issued in accordance with the provisions of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection to comply with the obligations established in Law 2466 of 2025 regarding the hiring of people with disabilities.
If you require any reasonable accommodation or adjustment during the recruitment process, please inform the Talent Acquisition team. This information will be treated confidentially and will not impact your application.
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Pursue progress, discover extraordinary
Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.
Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!
