1. Contract Lifecycle Management
  2. Who it's for
  3. B2B sales teams
Who it's for

B2B sales teams

Sales teams handling MS as, SO ws and order forms need a reliable handoff from commercial terms to legal wording and signature. The contract record gives each agreement an owner, counterparty, value, dates and status. Legal Counsel can inspect clause changes and redlines while the Sales Manager supplies deal context. Assigned approvers decide their own steps before the agreement is sent for signature.

How Contract Lifecycle Management is set up for you

Commercial review

A Sales Manager checks agreement value, billing cadence and renewal date before an approval request reaches the next person.

Legal handoff

Legal Counsel reviews negotiated clause text and resolves open redlines against the contract clause.

Execution record

Contract Manager connects the signature envelope and executed document link to the approved contract.

Next term

The account owner follows the renewal through notification, negotiation and a recorded outcome.

Sales teams handling MS as, SO ws and order forms need a reliable handoff from commercial terms to legal wording and signature. The contract record gives each agreement an owner, counterparty, value, dates and status. Legal Counsel can inspect clause changes and redlines while the Sales Manager supplies deal context. Assigned approvers decide their own steps before the agreement is sent for signature.

Start with an MSA that has a named contract owner, a current template and a known counterparty. Agree who checks clauses, which commercial value band needs the CFO, and who reconciles the e-sign envelope. Rehearse a rejected approval as well as a completed signature so the team sees how those outcomes are represented.

Once the agreement is active, add a renewal record with its scheduled date and account owner. Review auto renewal and expiration dates with that owner. The goal is a contract history in which a colleague can identify the final wording, the people who decided, the executed result and the next decision without tracing a private email chain.

Features to start with

Roles on the team

Contract Manager
Owns the contract record and coordinates reviews, signatures and dates.
Legal Counsel
Maintains approved wording and resolves changes to contract clauses.
Sales Manager
Reviews commercial terms and follows contracts owned by the team.

Set up Contract Lifecycle Management your way.

Start free, then use Proto to change fields, steps and approvals before your team goes live.

How to get started