Contract Engagement Advisor

Join a team dedicated to supporting the crucial mission of improving health outcomes.

At Merative,  you can apply your skills – and grow new ones – with colleagues who have deep expertise in health and technology. Merative provides data, analytics and software for the health industry. Our clients include providers, health plans, employers, life sciences companies and governments around the world. With industry-leading products and focused innovation, we help customers improve decision-making and performance so that together, we drive real progress in health. Learn more at merative.com

Our mission is simple: help clients improve healthcare quality and access while controlling costs. We do this by delivering market-leading performance improvement solutions grounded in data integrity, empirical evidence, and trusted advisory.

For more than three decades, our work has supported hospitals and clinicians, employers and health plans, government agencies, life sciences companies, and policymakers—giving them the confidence to make decisions that directly impact the health of individuals and communities across the U.S. and globally.

The Truven business unit has multiple products in the portfolio, the largest of those being:

At Truven, you’ll be part of a team that’s transforming healthcare through data-driven insights and innovation. If you're passionate about making a measurable impact on health outcomes and want to work alongside some of the brightest minds in healthcare analytics, we invite you to bring your expertise to our mission. Together, we’re shaping a healthier future.

The Role

Ready to transform healthcare with powerful data, trusted insights, and real-world results?

At Truven, we’re not just working with healthcare data, we’re changing how the industry uses it to improve lives. We’re looking for a Contract Engagement Advisor who thrives at the intersection of strategy, analytics, and real-world impact. Your expertise will help turn massive amounts of healthcare data into clear, actionable strategies that drive better outcomes and smarter decisions. You’ll have a direct hand in work that impacts real people, every day. If you’re excited about meaningful work, energized by big challenges, and comfortable rolling up your sleeves with a team that values rigor, integrity, and impact—we’d love to hear from you.

How you will contribute:

• Learn and understand Truven’s products, business model, strategy, culture, etc. to develop a deep understanding of the business and support its revenue goals through contractingactivities.
•  Initiate, review, redline, and efficiently negotiate a broad range of transactional contracts including, but not limited to, data agreements, software as a service agreements, master agreements, statements of work, business associate agreements, trial agreements, non-disclosure agreements, teaming agreements independent contractor agreements, and vendor agreements.
• Support Truven by efficiently managing standard and complex contracts. 
• Drive competitive bid efforts through the evaluation of RFIs and RFPs, identification of issues and provision of subject matter expertise bid response.
• Analyze contract terms and conditions, evaluate prior terms and conditions, determine the need for contract amendments or renewals, and make recommendations and/or negotiate revisions within guidelines, utilizing contract playbooks and feedback from subject matter experts to support the company’s financial objectives.
• Coordinate contract review and collaborate with internal subject matter experts and functional leads (e.g., in house counsel, sales, compliance, finance/accounting, information security, etc.) to receive and provide guidance on contract terms and risks; draft alternate contract provisions that are aligned with company policies and stakeholder feedback.
• Develop strong business relationships with key internal stakeholders including Truven leadership, and external parties such as customers and suppliers to ensure an effective,efficient and beneficial contracting experience.
•  Assist with managing playbooks, templates, processes and clause libraries and participate in key meetings and training to optimize enterprise contracting processes and drive compliance with Truven contracting policies and procedures.
• Work with existing contract management systems and contract processes and identify,implement and support improvements and new technologies.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as needed, requested, and/or assigned.

About You

What you will bring:

• Bachelor’s Degree plus 10 years of experience drafting, negotiating and consulting on contracts.
• Experience in working with data privacy issues and agreements
• Experience in some combination of the following industries: healthcare technology, technology software & services or healthcare.
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills and demonstrated ability to close complextransactions.
• Practical, business-driven problem solver with proven ability to manage competing priorities and close complex transactions in a dynamic environment.
• Exceptionally detail oriented, possesses a sense of urgency, and produces high-quality work with minimal supervision
• An unwavering commitment to customer service for internal and external clients.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and verbal and written communication skills, with the ability influence and drive change and communicate with diverse personalities in a tactful, reliable and flexible manner.
• Advanced level skills with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint; experience with or ability to learn to use CRM and CLM tools  

What we would love to see:

•  Experience working in Salesforce, Docusign or similar tools
• Experience providing training or education to internal clients
• Experience in driving organizational change and improvements
• Experience with government contracts and procurement processes 

It is the policy of Merative to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Merative will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.