Contracts Manager

The role

You will manage the end-to-end commercial contracting process and build scaling operations. This includes conducting first-pass reviews of agreements and coordinating with legal and business teams.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end contract management process including intake, triage, tracking, and execution.
• Conduct first-pass review and negotiation of routine agreements like NDAs.
• Support commercial contracting for vendor, procurement, SaaS, technology, and data licensing agreements.
• Coordinate between Legal and business stakeholders to manage follow-ups and execution timelines.
• Coordinate cross-functional reviews with Security, Privacy, Compliance, and Finance teams.
• Manage contract documentation, version control, signature workflows, and storage.
• Identify nonstandard contractual terms and escalate issues to stakeholders.
• Develop and improve contracting workflows, templates, playbooks, and standard operating procedures.
• Maintain contract trackers and report on volume, status, and turnaround times.
• Identify opportunities to automate and scale contracting processes.

Required qualifications

• At least 5+ years of experience in contracts management, commercial legal operations, or a related role.
• Prior experience working directly with an in-house legal team.
• Demonstrated experience independently managing commercial agreements from intake through execution.
• Familiarity with commercial contracts, including NDAs, vendor agreements, SaaS agreements, and other technology-related agreements.
• Strong understanding of contract lifecycle management, internal approval processes, and signature workflows.
• Familiarity with AI-powered tools and workflows, including the ability to use AI agents and automation.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Sound judgment regarding independent work and escalation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating with significant autonomy.

Benefits

• Salary and equity
• Stock options
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life
• Annual wellness allowance
• Lunch and dinner provided in the office daily
• 22 weeks paid parental leave for all new birthing and non-birthing parents
• Unlimited paid time off in the U.S.
• 30 days paid time off in the U.K.
• Visa sponsorship support
• Regular off-sites, happy hours, and team celebrations

Before you apply

• This position may require access to technology or source code subject to U.S. Export Administration Regulations.
• Any offer may be conditioned on the Company's ability to provide access to technology or source code in compliance with U.S. export control laws.

About the company

Reflection is a research lab making intelligence open and accessible for everyone to use, customize, and build on. They build open models to help shape the future of AI.