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Principal Contracts Manager (Office Nashville, TN or Cambridge, MA)

Philips


Job Location:

Nashville, IN - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 117000 - 187000
Posted: 29 September 2026 (7 days ago)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title
Principal Contracts Manager (Office: Nashville TN or Cambridge MA)

Job Description

Principal Contracts Manager (Office: Nashville TN or Cambridge MA)

The Principal Contract Manager leading complex contract negotiations and ensuring terms align with company goals legal requirements and organizational standards. Serves as a contract management subject matter expert providing strategic guidance to senior leaders assessing and mitigating risk and resolving challenging disputes. Also mentors team members contributes to policy development and partners across functions to align contract strategy with business objectives.


Your role:

  • Subject matter expert in contract management providing strategic guidance on high-value complex GPO and enterprise contracts to senior leadership the C-suite and key stakeholders.
  • Leads negotiation drafting and execution of intricate contracts ensuring alignment with business objectives legal standards and Philips policies controls and procedures.
  • Conducts risk assessments develops mitigation strategies resolves complex disputes and ensures contractual terms can be operationalized across fulfillment invoicing and other downstream processes.
  • Partners across sales operations legal and other functions to support RFP/RFI/RFQ efforts improve contract processes and tools mentor team members and contribute to policy and strategy development.

Youre the right fit if:

  • 7 years of experience in drafting reviewing and negotiating complex enterprise commercial contracts within a technology-based company (i.e. Microsoft Dell Oracle Intuit etc.)
  • Bachelors Degree in Business Administration Law or equivalent. Legal Degree preferred.
  • Your skills include experience drafting and negotiating GPO contracts solution focused problem-solving collaborating with internal and external stakeholders strong Microsoft Office Suite. Experience with Salesforce Conga/Apttus Adobe Sign; Lean process training a bonus.
  • Youre an excellent communicator whose style is energetic inspirational and empathetic with the skill to persuade others and gain cooperation. Additionally you are very organized can multitask thrive in a deadline-driven workplace manage the day-to-day transactional work associated with projects and establish priorities to make sure tasks are completed. Flexible hours with 10% travel based on customer needs and business expectations - required.
  • You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.

How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the companys facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the companys main facilities generally at the customers or suppliers locations.


This is an office based role.

About Philips
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters and we wont stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.


Philips Transparency Details

The pay ranges for this position are:


  • The pay range for this position in Nashville TN is $117000 to $187000
  • The pay range for this position in Cambridge MA is$132000 to $209000

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills experience business needs geographical location and internal equity.

In addition other compensation such as an annual incentive bonus sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program which includes a generous PTO 401k (up to 7% match) HSA (with company contribution) stock purchase plan education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here.

At Philips it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.


Additional Information

  • US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa now or in the future.
  • Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this hybrid position you must reside in or within commuting distance to Nashville TN or Cambridge MA.

This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.


Required Experience:

Manager


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