Contracts Manager
Core
Own contracting end-to-end across sales, procurement, partnerships, and marketing, negotiating commercial, AI, privacy, and security terms with global enterprises while building and scaling contracting processes and automations.
Role type
Senior in-house Contracts Manager (first legal hire)
Builds
Contracting playbooks, standard templates, intake/triage systems, and post-signature compliance programs
Domain
SaaS / AI / Data Privacy / Enterprise Sales
Required skills
Enterprise SaaS contract negotiation, GDPR/CCPA/EU AI Act/SOC 2 compliance, AI and agentic tools usage, Salesforce, risk assessment, process automation
Preferred skills
JD, paralegal experience, CIPP certification, CLM implementation (Ironclad), public sector experience, reseller/partnership models, early-stage legal function experience
Technologies
Salesforce, AI tools, CLM (Ironclad or similar)
Responsibilities
Negotiate MSAs, DPAs, AI Addenda, BAAs, and order forms with customer counsel; Create and ship playbooks and standard templates; Architect structured contracting systems for intake and triage; Develop data frameworks to reduce cycle times and increase capacity
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC (First in-house legal hire)
