Contracts Manager

The role

You will manage, draft, administer, and execute contracts and lead legal operations projects. You will support contract owners across CZI, including Biohub and Learning Commons.

What you will do

• Own and execute end-to-end contracts management from intake to execution of contract.
• Draft, revise, review, negotiate and complete inbound commercial contracts and transaction documents.
• Interface regularly with and advise internal partners on contracts-related questions, tasks and best practices.
• Identify and implement solutions to recurring requests, negotiation blockers, and inefficient processes.
• Contribute to general team and organizational operations and special projects.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of in-house contract management experience at a rapidly scaling and/or matrixed organization supporting internal clients with a broad range of inbound (non-Sales) commercial contracts.
• Ability to prioritize and reasonably manage client expectations.
• Strong judgment and the ability to assess, balance and mitigate risk associated with contracts.
• Effective collaboration with contract owners and cross-functional teams.
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Proficiency with contracts management tools (e.g., Salesforce, Conga, DocuSign).
• Comfortable and adaptive to an array of technology tools (e.g., Slack, Microsoft Word, Google Suite products, AI chatbots and agents).

Benefits

• Generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions.
• Paid time off to volunteer at an organization of your choice.
• Funding for select family-forming benefits.
• Relocation support for employees who need assistance moving

About the company

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative was founded in 2015 by Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg to harness the power of technology to pursue some of society’s most ambitious goals. The organization includes flagship nonprofit organizations, Biohub and Learning Commons.