Job Description and Responsibilities:Neuralink is seeking a skilled Contracts Manager to join our Legal team. This role partners closely with Procurement/Supply Chain, Operations, Construction, and Engineering to support the company's procurement and operations initiatives. As a key liaison between business stakeholders and the legal team, the successful candidate will excel in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and demonstrate exceptional attention to detail. This is a hands-on role focused on day-to-day contracting and operational efficiency, and you will always have an attorney to whom you can escalate complex legal questions. This is a fully on-site role based in our South San Francisco office.
What you'll do:
- Review, negotiate, draft, and manage a high volume of commercial agreements, including non-disclosure agreements, vendor agreements, statements of work, order forms, amendments, and renewals
- Serve as the primary triage point for incoming legal support requests, resolving standard requests independently and escalating complex or high-risk issues to the attorneys on the team
- Own the contract workflow end-to-end, including intake, e-signature, execution, filing, and post-signature obligation tracking
- Manage and build upon Legal's technology platform, including contract lifecycle management, e-signature, and document storage systems
- Develop and implement process improvements, automation, and AI-enabled tooling to increase contract efficiency and reduce cycle times
- Create and manage contract templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and self-service workflows that let the business move quickly on standard agreements
- Manage contract repositories and databases
- Develop strong relationships with internal business clients and stakeholders
Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree (J.D. preferred), or equivalent practical experience
- 4+ years of contract management experience, preferably in a hardware, technology, medical device, or manufacturing environment
- Proficiency with contract management systems
- High attention to detail and excellent organizational skills
- Proficiency with common commercial contract terms and legal principles
- Demonstrated ability to independently manage a high volume of contracts from intake through execution, with strong judgment about when to escalate
- Experience working cross-functionally with legal and business teams
- Effective negotiation, drafting, and communication skills
- Proven ability to maintain strict confidentiality and exercise professional judgment when handling sensitive information
Preferred Qualifications:- Prior experience with Ironclad, Lexion, or similar contract lifecycle management systems, including implementation or administration
- Prior experience at an in-house legal department, particularly at a high-growth or regulated company
- Experience supporting procurement, supply chain, construction, or hardware manufacturing contracting
- Familiarity with leveraging AI/generative technology and legal tech tools to drive process automation and efficiency
- Experience organizing and maintaining legal files, contracts, or corporate records
- Technology-savvy, including proficiency with productivity software, database software, electronic signature, and cloud storage tools
Additional Requirements and Competencies:- Act with kindness. Communicates clearly and respectfully with stakeholders and builds trust across non-legal teams
- Deliver urgently without compromise. Consistently meets contract turnaround commitments without sacrificing accuracy, and implements workflow improvements rather than absorbing inefficiency
- Demand excellence. Exceptional attention to detail at high volume, and catches errors in terms, party names, exhibits, and signature blocks before they become problems
- Focus on the user. Treats internal business partners as customers and designs contracting processes around reducing friction
- Roll up your sleeves. A commitment to a "no job is too big or too small" approach to work
- Think from first principles. Questions why a process exists and applies good judgment about what to preserve, what to improve, and what to rebuild
Expected Compensation:The anticipated base salary for this position is expected to be within the following range. Your actual base pay will be determined by your job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. We also believe in aligning our employees' success with the company's long-term growth. As such, in addition to base salary, Neuralink offers equity compensation (in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSU)) for all full-time employees.
Base Salary Range:
$65,000-$109,000 USD
What We Offer:Full-time employees are eligible for the following benefits listed below.
- An opportunity to change the world and work with some of the smartest and most talented experts from different fields
- Growth potential; we rapidly advance team members who have an outsized impact
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance through a PPO plan
- Paid holidays
- Commuter benefits
- Meals provided
- Equity (RSUs) *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
- 401(k) plan *Interns initially excluded until they work 1,000 hours
- Parental leave *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
- Flexible time off *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
