Contracts Manager - MakeMusic
We are hiring at Peaksware Music Brands (MakeMusic and Alfred Music)!
MakeMusic, Inc., is a world leader in music technology. More than a software company, we are a collection of people and personalities who share a passion for music. Our products include Finale, the world’s best-selling music notation software; SmartMusic, interactive software featuring the world’s largest accompaniment library; Garritan, the leading provider of quality virtual software instruments; and MusicXML, the standard open format for exchanging digital sheet music.
Alfred Music’s passion is supporting music education with a focus on quality methods, performance, and reference materials for teachers, students, and professionals, spanning every musical instrument, style, and difficulty level. Since 1922, Alfred Music has been a world leader in music education and has helped over 10 million individuals learn, teach, and play music through our pedagogically sound products. We currently have over 150,000 active titles and represent a wide range of well-known publications—from methods like Alfred’s Basic Guitar, Alfred’s Basic Piano Library, Premier Piano Course, Sound Innovations, and Suzuki, to artists like Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, and The Who, to brands like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Wizard of Oz, Rolling Stone magazine, and Billboard.
General Summary
As Contracts Manager, you will be responsible for reviewing, preparing, negotiating, and recording business contracts on behalf of Music Brands (MakeMusic and Alfred Music). Additionally, you will be responsible for researching and communicating key legal changes in the EdTech marketplace specifically related to data privacy and compliance, as well as training internal staff on how the changes impact the business.
You will sit directly with the Business Affairs team, work in close collaboration with Product Managers, Sales Managers, and executive leadership, and report to the VP of Business Affairs.
Core Functions:
- Review contract terms and conditions to verify that they are in compliance with data privacy and other related statutory requirements
- Ensure the organization's internal contract documents are accurate and well-maintained
- Maintain records for correspondence and documentation in relation to established contracts and those in progress
- Provide advice and guidance to the different teams relating to contract generation and compliance as well as ensuring compliance throughout the duration of each contract
- Maintain excellent working relationships with clients to ensure their needs are met
- Create, prepare, review and edit all contracts as needed
- Provide support and advice on new potential business opportunities
- Identify opportunities to improve business processes and devise plans to implement these changes
- Monitor the ever-changing EdTech legal landscape including making recommendations on what changes need to be made to remain compliant through various resources such as research and educational opportunities
- Train internal staff on changes in the legal and compliance landscape that impact the business
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
Required Qualifications:
- Knowledge of and/or previous experience working with contract regulations related to data privacy, compliance and terms and conditions
- Demonstrate a solid understanding of legal terminology
- Comfortable working as part of a multidimensional team
- Exemplify strong attention to detail
- Possess superior organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects with shifting deadlines
- Have strong computer skills and knowledge of common programs such as Microsoft Office and G Suite
- Possess excellent written and oral communication skills
- Capable of professionally managing confidential information
- Exemplify creative problem-solving abilities
Desired Qualifications:
- A passion for music or music education
- Previous experience navigating the K-12 EdTech legal landscape
Benefits
Compensation:
Peaksware/Music Brands is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this role is $59,524 - $99,207. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate's relevant work experience, skills, and certifications.
This role is eligible for variable compensation including bonus.
Benefits and Perks:
Health
- 100% company-paid Medical for employees with buy-up options
- Dental
- Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Flexible Spending Account
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- Paid Parental Leave
- Teladoc
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Additional coverage options such as accident and critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity
Disability and Life
- Company-paid Short Term Disability
- Company-paid Long Term Disability
- Company-paid Basic Life Insurance and AD&D
- Employee-paid Supplemental Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and/or Child
Additional*
- 401(K)
- 401(K) Matching
- Pet Insurance
- Significant investment in resources for employee development and professional growth
- Flexible work schedule in a culture of trust
- 9 paid holidays annually and unlimited Flexible Time Off (FTO)
- Free TrainingPeaks, TrainHeroic, MakeMusic accounts, and Alfred Music product
- Access to on-site workout room, including locker rooms and showers
- Secure on-site bike storage
- Access to our on-site music studio
- Corporate discounts on select gym memberships and top-brand gear
- Access to nutritious snacks and devour hour, weekly subsidized lunch
*Please note - due to COVID-19 some perks are not readily available at this time.
Please contact [email protected] if you require a reasonable accommodation to review our website or to apply online.
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Company Information:
We are musicians, athletes, coaches, and teachers who truly believe in our mission to help people achieve their best. Our software platforms connect performers, instructors, and creators enabling them to publish, teach and train using the principles of deliberate practice.
You may know us as TrainingPeaks, MakeMusic, TrainHeroic, and Alfred Music. All these brands are under the Peaksware umbrella. TrainingPeaks develops software for coaches and athletes to track, analyze and plan endurance training. TrainHeroic develops software solutions for the strength and conditioning needs of coaches and athletes. MakeMusic develops software to transform how music is composed, taught, learned, and performed. Alfred Music creates and publishes educational music to help teachers, students, professionals, and hobbyists experience the joy of making music.
Peaksware has been featured in BuiltInColorado’s Top 100 Companies list since 2017 and our brands have been recognized in Outside Magazine’s “Best Places to Work” multiple years in a row. Peaksware has also been honored as a part of Mogul’s “Top 1,000 Companies for Millennial Women Worldwide”. We are proud of our company culture and of consistently being recognized, both locally and nationally, as a top workplace.
We would love to have you join our ever-growing team!
Please contact [email protected] if you require a reasonable accommodation to review our website or to apply online.