Contract Specialist

Bachelor's Degree
- 3+ years of relevant contracting experience in reviewing and drafting contract terms in technology licensing and or other standard commercial contracts
- Analytical and Problem Solving skills
- Proactive and can-do approach
- Understands and works with global team to deliver to customer

Job summary

For more than 11 years, Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. AWS offers over 100 fully featured services to millions of active customers around the world, including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies, to power their infrastructure. This role will be within the larger World Wide Revenue Operations (WWRO) team which supports Sales, Marketing and Support teams within AWS.

The Contract Specialist will support AWS Professional Services and AWS Legal by operationalizing the contract creation process for Statements of Work (SOWs) and related contracting structures. We're looking for a motivated self-starter who's passionate about drafting and reviewing contracts, managing operational processes, analyzing trends and recommending and implementing process improvements.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have twelve employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences.

Work/Life Balance

Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment.

Mentorship & Career Growth

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.

Key Responsibilities:

- Own the SOW process, which includes drafting and reviewing SOWs to ensure alignment with business and legal requirements, gathering approvals, tracking status and communication.
- Support weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reporting
- Proactively identify and implement operational improvements and enhancements that meet business requirements
- Communicate daily with cross functional teams including Sales, Legal, Operations and Management
- Recruit, onboard, train and influence Contract Specialists
- Create and maintain standard operating procedures
- Drive continuous process improvement while developing relationships for long term solutions
- Conduct quality assurance audits

This position may be based in our AWS offices in Sydney, NSW.

Key job responsibilities

Contract Drafting

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

A day in the life

Contract Drafting

Stakeholder Engagement

Project Work

Liaising with ICON Global team

About the team

The ICON team is diverse and dynamic Currently a team of 8 people (6 located in Sydney and 2 in Tokyo) that support the ProServe business in the APJ region. And we are still growing thanks to business demands
- Additional education beyond a four year university degree is strongly preferred
- Salesforce Experience
- Strong attention to detail and excellent problem solving skills
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Ability to communicate effectively across all functions and levels of the organization
- Ability to work independently while being able to contribute successfully to cross-functional team

Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

IDE statement:
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected attributes.