Contracts Manager

The role

The Contracts Manager will own the full lifecycle of commercial agreements and government contracts. You will negotiate customer, vendor, and partner contracts as part of the legal team.

What you will do

• Own the contract lifecycle management system including intake, workflows, approvals, signature, and central repository.
• Track obligations, renewals, expirations, amendments, and upcoming deadlines.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of agreements with legal counsel.
• Lead redlining with customer and vendor legal and procurement teams.
• Identify legal, financial, and operational risks.
• Ensure contracts align with privacy, security, and revenue obligations.
• Develop and maintain a contract playbook, fallback positions, and approval matrix.
• Design scalable processes including building standard templates, clause libraries, and self-serve paper.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of contract management or commercial contracting experience.
• 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.
• Ability to explain legal concepts to non-lawyers.
• Strong organization skills.
• Ability to manage a high volume of concurrent negotiations.

Nice to have

• Paralegal certificate or professional credential.
• Experience with public-sector or regulated-industry customers.
• International contracting experience.

Before you apply

• To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligib

About the company

Northwood is a modern space infrastructure company building a global network of phased array and parabolic ground stations. They design, build, and deploy scalable systems for satellite missions.