Role:Northwood is hiring a Contracts Manager to own the full lifecycle of commercial agreements and government contracts, from first draft to execution to amendments. As a part of our legal team, you will help negotiate customer, vendor, and partner contracts that protect the company while supporting the fast pace of our operations. This is a hands-on role for someone with experience running high volume technology contracting and can build the processes that let it scale.
Responsibilities:
- Own the contract lifecycle management system: intake, workflows, approvals, signature, and the central repository. Track obligations, renewals, expirations and amendments, and upcoming deadlines to stakeholders.
- Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of agreements in conjunction with legal counsel. Lead redlining with customer and vendor legal and procurement teams.
- Identify legal, financial, and operational risks and ensure that contracts align with privacy, security, and revenue obligations.
- Develop and maintain a contract playbook, fallback positions, and approval matrix.
- Design scalable processes including by building/refining standard templates, clause libraries, and self-serve paper for low-risk deals.
Basic Qualifications:- 7+ years of contract management or commercial contracting experience, with at least 3 years at a software or technology company.
- Proven record of negotiating complex enterprise agreements independently.
- Strong working knowledge of technology contract terms: IP licensing, data privacy, information security, liability and indemnification considerations.
- Clear, concise writing and the ability to explain legal concepts to non-lawyers.
- Strong organization skills and an ability to manage a high volume concurrent negotiations.
Preferred Qualifications:- Paralegal certificate or professional credential.
- Experience with public-sector or regulated-industry ucstomers.
- International contracting experience.
