Contracts Manager

Overview

An AI-driven enterprise procurement platform is seeking a Contracts Manager to scale its legal function through process design, contract management, and modern tooling. This role focuses on managing procurement-related workflows, reviewing routine commercial agreements, and administering legal tools and automations such as DocuSign. The position offers hands-on involvement with AI-enabled legal operations and contract workflow automation.

Responsibilities

• Manage legal support for internal procurement and purchasing workflows, including intake, triage, routing, approvals, and coordination with business stakeholders
• Review, mark up, and negotiate routine and lower-risk commercial agreements such as NDAs, vendor agreements, order forms, and standard customer and supplier templates
• Escalate non-standard, high-risk, or strategic issues to counsel efficiently and with good judgment
• Build, improve, and maintain contracting workflows to reduce turnaround time and improve consistency
• Develop and manage automations for legal intake, approvals, document generation, signature workflows, and contract tracking
• Administer and optimize key legal tools, including DocuSign and other contract workflow systems
• Collaborate with Legal, Procurement, Security, Finance, IT, and business teams to streamline request-to-signature processes
• Create and maintain templates, clause libraries, playbooks, approval matrices, and self-service resources
• Track operational metrics, identify bottlenecks, and recommend process improvements
• Support implementation and testing of AI-enabled workflows to automate repeatable legal and contract management tasks
• Design a scalable legal operations environment that supports growth without adding unnecessary friction

Requirements

• Meaningful experience in contracts management, legal operations, procurement operations, paralegal work, or related functions
• Strong familiarity with commercial contracts and ability to review routine agreements with sound judgment
• Experience supporting procurement, purchasing, vendor intake, or contract approval workflows
• Comfort working with contract lifecycle tools, e-signature platforms, workflow automation tools, and systems administration
• Experience managing tools such as DocuSign, CLM platforms, ticketing systems, or workflow orchestration tools
• Strong operational discipline and attention to detail
• Ability to manage a high volume of requests while keeping stakeholders informed and work progressing
• Systems mindset with a focus on process improvement
• Interest in AI, automation, and practical applications of technology in legal and contracting workflows
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively across legal and non-legal teams
• Ability to operate in a fast-moving environment with evolving priorities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a high-growth SaaS or enterprise software company
• Experience with contract lifecycle management platforms and workflow design
• Familiarity with procurement systems and intake tooling
• Experience building no-code or low-code automations
• Exposure to data privacy, security review, or compliance-related contract terms
• Experience creating dashboards, reporting, or operational metrics for legal workflows
• Prior involvement in AI-enabled process design or legal tech implementation

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $140,000 - $173,000, determined based on factors including location, experience, education, and skills
• Start-up equity
• Full health, vision, and dental coverage
• Catered lunches and dinners for employees in San Francisco or New York
• Commuter benefits
• Team building events and happy hours
• Flexible paid time off
• Apple equipment plus home office budget
• 401(k) plan

Location

This role is based in either San Francisco or New York, with catered meals provided for employees in these locations.