Contracts Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Oversee legal assistance for internal procurement and purchasing processes, encompassing intake, triage, routing, approvals, and collaboration with business stakeholders.

• Evaluate, modify, and negotiate standard and lower-risk commercial contracts, which include:

• - Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)

• - Vendor contracts

• - Purchase orders

• - Standardized customer and supplier templates

• - Additional basic commercial agreements

• Efficiently escalate non-standard, high-risk, or strategic matters to legal counsel with sound judgment.

• Develop, enhance, and sustain contracting processes that minimize turnaround time and foster consistency within the organization.

• Create and oversee automations for legal intake, approvals, document generation, signature workflows, and contract tracking.

• Manage the daily administration and enhancement of essential legal tools, such as DocuSign and other contract management systems.

• Collaborate with Legal, Procurement, Security, Finance, IT, and business teams to streamline the progression of requests from submission to signature.

• Assist in the creation and maintenance of templates, clause libraries, playbooks, approval matrices, and self-service resources.

• Monitor key operational metrics, identify bottlenecks, and propose process enhancements.

• Support the implementation and testing of AI-driven workflows to automate repetitive legal and contract management tasks.

• Contribute to the design of a scalable legal operations framework that accommodates growth without introducing unnecessary complications.

⛳️ Requirements

• Significant experience in contract management, legal operations, procurement operations, paralegal work, or a similar role.

• Strong knowledge of commercial contracts and the capability to review standard agreements with sound judgment.

• Experience supporting procurement, purchasing, vendor intake, or contract approval processes.

• Familiarity with contract lifecycle tools, e-signature platforms, workflow automation tools, and systems administration.

• Proven experience managing tools such as DocuSign, CLM platforms, ticketing systems, or workflow orchestration tools.

• Strong operational discipline combined with meticulous attention to detail.

• Ability to handle a high volume of requests while keeping stakeholders informed and ensuring progress.

• A systems-oriented mindset, recognizing recurring tasks and actively seeking improved processes.

• Interest in AI, automation, and the practical use of technology in legal and contracting workflows.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with both legal and non-legal teams.

• Comfort in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift and speed is essential.

🏝️ Benefits

• Start-up equity

• Comprehensive health, vision & dental coverage

• Catered lunches & dinners for employees in SF or NY

• Commuter benefits

• Team-building events & happy hours

• Flexible PTO

• Apple equipment plus home office budget

• 401k plan