Priyanka A
Associate Manager Contracts
Bengaluru
Summary
Contract Management professional with commitment to excellence and more than 9 years of experience in negotiating, drafting and reviewing contractual and legal documents across NA, ANZ, ASEAN and India Regions.
Known for adaptability and delivering consistent results in dynamic settings. Strong focus on leadership, problem-solving, and effective communication.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Associate Manager Contracts
DXC Technology India Private Limited
07.2023 - Current
- Spearhead the initiation, negotiation, execution, and lifecycle management of contracts, subcontracts and legal documents for both government and non-government entities across ANZ region.
- Review tenders and bids to ensure legal soundness and alignment with organizational policies.
- Ensure adherence to all applicable legal and regulatory compliance requirements throughout the contract process.
- Offer strategic counsel to identify, assess, resolve contractual issues, minimizing exposure to legal disputes.
- Perform risk assessment and mitigation planning for new and existing contractual relationships.
- Partner with cross-functional teams including sales, business, finance, supply chain, security and compliance to align contract terms with business strategy and risk appetite.
- Drive contract process improvement initiatives
- Collaborate with internal legal team to develop and implement contract strategies aligned with business goals.
- Train internal stakeholders on contract processes, legal risks and contract considerations to improve contract quality and risk mitigation.
- Balance risk mitigation with commercial flexibility to prevent revenue leakage and enable strategic deal closures.
Contract Senior Analyst
Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd
02.2019 - 07.2023
- Provide contract administration support for contract management processes for five NA Clients;
- Draft and review contractual documents (i.e., Statements of Work, Change Requests, Arrangement Letters, Subcontracts and Non-Disclosure Agreements, etc.) and collaborate with other internal organizations where appropriate;
- Provide support for pre-award sales activities including supporting the development of responses to client RFPs or similar, working with business to draft contract schedules and participate in negotiations;
- Work with delivery and client counterparts to assist with day-to-day service delivery;
- Provide post-award support such as documents management, deliverables and obligations tracking, conducting contract awareness sessions for delivery teams and ensuring CDP compliance.
- Drive process efficiency to current tasks and seek innovative ways to improve performance of the team.
- Identify and solve commercial and contract risks and issues
- Work with delivery and finance teams to assist with identification and application of appropriate contract levers affecting revenue, cost and profit.
- Participate in the development and delivery of contract/commercial training modules for new contract management staff in the accounts.
Contracts Administrator - Deal Specialist and Quality Analyst
Oracle India Pvt. Ltd
07.2016 - 02.2019
- Collaborate with solution architects, sales and end customers to understand contractual and system requirements;
- Assist sales organization leads in raising approvals for commercial and legal deviations;
- Draft non-standard legal clause(s) based on deviations approved by Head Quarters;
- Liaison with core legal teams across ANZ, ASEAN and India to arrive at consensus on marked up versions of the Agreements and orders shared by sales organization.
- Review Data Privacy policies to ensure they are compliant to the current General Data Protection Regulation
- Review Egregious terms in RFP’s and RFI’s
- Draft Contractual amendments and unilateral letters
- Reply to legal notices issued by end customers
- Work with revenue recognition team to ensure there are no revenue leakage’s or negative cash adjustment against executed deals
- Conduct awareness session across sales organization on Do’s and Don’ts of Oracle policies and systems
- Point of Contact to cascade policy changes and its contractual impact across the team
- Responsible for creating training materials and conducting training sessions to new joiners
- Auditing for Compliance and Due Diligence adherence for all drafted deals
Intern
INTEPAT IP SERVICES
11.2015 - 11.2015
- Researched on various IP related issues.
- Dealt with various arbitration cases and cases relating to CPC.
- Drafted affidavits for trademarks.
- Visited the High Court of Calcutta.
- Dealt with few IP related cases.
- Learnt how to study judgments and analyze the same.
Intern
IC SANCHETI & CO
11.2014 - 11.2014
- Researched on various IP related issues.
- Dealt with various arbitration cases and cases relating to CPC.
- Drafted affidavits for trademarks.
- Visited the High Court of Calcutta.
- Dealt with few IP related cases.
- Learnt how to study judgments and analyze the same.
Intern
INDO LEGAL INC
11.2013 - 11.2013
- Researched on various family law matters.
- Met and interacted with clients.
- Visited the Family Court.
Intern
ARUTCHELVAM, ADVOCATE, DISTRICT COURT
11.2012 - 11.2012
- Researched on various family law matters.
- Met and interacted with clients.
- Visited the Family Court.
- Wrote three research papers related to Family Law.
- Witnessed proceedings at District at Erode and attended Client Conferences at seniors’ office.
- Researched on Essentials of ‘object Clause’ in Memorandum of Association with reference to Companies Act, 1956.
Education
B.A., LL.B (Hons.) - Law
School of Law, Christ University
Bengaluru, India 01.2011 - 01.2016
12th Standard -
01.2009 - 01.2011
10th Standard - undefined
Bharathi Vidya Bhavan
01.2007 - 01.2009
Skills
Contract management expertise
Certification
Banking Law
Accomplishments
Employee Recognition Awards
CCM certified Practitioner
Participant of WCC Leaders of the future program
Timeline
Associate Manager Contracts
DXC Technology India Private Limited
07.2023 - Current
Contract Senior Analyst
Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd
02.2019 - 07.2023
Contracts Administrator - Deal Specialist and Quality Analyst
Oracle India Pvt. Ltd
07.2016 - 02.2019
Intern
INTEPAT IP SERVICES
11.2015 - 11.2015
Intern
IC SANCHETI & CO
11.2014 - 11.2014
Intern
INDO LEGAL INC
11.2013 - 11.2013
Intern
ARUTCHELVAM, ADVOCATE, DISTRICT COURT
11.2012 - 11.2012
B.A., LL.B (Hons.) - Law
School of Law, Christ University
01.2011 - 01.2016
12th Standard -
01.2009 - 01.2011
10th Standard - undefined
Bharathi Vidya Bhavan
01.2007 - 01.2009
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