Overview
This role supports procurement contracting across the organization under the Director, Legal (Procurement and Strategic Sourcing). You will serve as a day-to-day legal partner to Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering, and business teams, negotiating agreements for hardware, software, networking components, services, and other operational spend.
You will independently handle a broad portfolio of matters, escalate thoughtfully, and help build templates and processes that enable contracting quickly and safely at scale.
Responsibilities
Contracting
- Draft, review, and negotiate procurement agreements, including:
- Hardware purchase and supply agreements
- Software licenses and SaaS subscriptions
- Support and maintenance agreements
- Professional services agreements
- Statements of work
- NDAs
- Support the Director, Legal (Procurement and Strategic Sourcing) on strategic, high-value supply agreements for compute, networking, and storage, owning defined workstreams and ancillary documents.
- Negotiate key commercial and legal terms such as pricing and payment, delivery and acceptance, warranties, service levels, data protection and security, IP, indemnities, and limitations of liability.
- Review supplier terms related to data protection, information security, export control and sanctions, and anti-corruption requirements, coordinating with Privacy, Security, and Compliance.
Business partnership
- Act as a responsive, practical legal advisor to Procurement, Nscale Cloud, AI Infrastructure, and Finance stakeholders—helping teams understand risk and move deals forward.
- Triage incoming requests, prioritize based on business timelines, and escalate material issues appropriately.
- Help resolve day-to-day supplier issues such as delivery delays, warranty claims, and contract interpretation questions.
Process and scale
- Develop and maintain procurement templates, clause libraries, playbooks, and FAQs to support self-service for lower-risk contracts.
- Supervise and support the Procurement Paralegal, and partner with Legal Operations on contract lifecycle management and reporting.
- Provide training to business teams on contracting processes and key risk areas.
Requirements
- JD from an accredited US law school and active membership in good standing of at least one US state bar.
- 5–8 years of legal experience at a law firm and/or in-house, with a strong focus on commercial and procurement contracts.
- Hands-on experience negotiating agreements for software, hardware, networking components, and technology services.
- Solid understanding of technology contracting topics, including licensing, SaaS, data protection, warranties, indemnities, and limitations of liability.
- Ability to manage a high volume of matters independently with sound judgment on when to escalate.
- Strong drafting, negotiation, and communication skills, with a collaborative, service-oriented approach.
Preferred Qualifications
- In-house experience at a cloud provider, data center operator, telecom, semiconductor, or high-growth technology company.
- Familiarity with hardware supply chain concepts (allocation, lead times, RMA, spares) and trade compliance.
- Experience with CLM tools and building scalable contracting processes.
Compensation & Benefits
- Compensation and benefits information are not specified in the provided description.
Location
- Location information is not specified in the provided description.
Equal Opportunity
The organization is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. Applications are welcome from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
If you require reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please let the team know.
Recruitment Policy
The employer does not accept unsolicited candidate submissions from recruitment agencies.