Contracts Manager
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Description
You will manage the contracting process from intake through execution. You will review and negotiate routine agreements, coordinate approvals and signatures, maintain contract records and reporting, identify matters requiring escalation, and improve templates, playbooks, procedures, automation, and workflows for commercial contracting.
Responsibilities
- Own contract management from intake through execution
- Conduct first-pass review and negotiation of routine agreements, including NDAs
- Support vendor, procurement, SaaS, technology, data licensing, and other commercial agreements
- Coordinate Legal and business stakeholders and manage follow-ups, issues, and execution timelines
- Coordinate reviews and approvals with Security, Privacy, Compliance, Finance, and other teams
- Manage contract documentation, version control, signature workflows, and executed agreement storage
- Identify nonstandard terms and escalate substantive issues
- Improve contracting workflows, templates, playbooks, and standard operating procedures
- Maintain contract trackers and reporting on volume, status, turnaround times, and bottlenecks
- Identify automation opportunities to scale contracting processes
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in contracts management, commercial legal operations, or a related role
- Experience working directly with an in-house legal team
- Experience independently managing commercial agreements from intake through execution
- Familiarity with NDAs, vendor agreements, SaaS agreements, and technology-related agreements
- Understanding of contract lifecycle management, internal approval processes, and signature workflows
- Familiarity with AI-powered tools, AI agents, and automation for contracting processes
- Organizational and project management skills
- Written and verbal communication skills
Benefits
- Equity
- Stock options
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Annual wellness allowance
- Daily in-office lunch and dinner
- 22 weeks of paid parental leave
- Unlimited paid time off in the U.S.
- 30 vacation days in the U.K.
- Visa sponsorship support
- Regular off-sites, happy hours, and team celebrations
