# Contracts Manager, Research & Operations

**Company**: Anthropic
**Location**: New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $170,000-$220,000 USD
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116758847

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## Description

We're seeking an exceptional Contracts Manager to support commercial and technology transactions. You'll review, draft, and negotiate commercial and procurement contracts to support our cutting-edge AI systems. You'll also build scalable contracting processes and collaborate across Research, Product, Finance, Security, Business Operations, and Procurement teams.

Key responsibilities include:

- Drafting, analysing, negotiating, and completing complex commercial transactions with vendors, including SaaS and IP licensing agreements

- Proposing and developing scalable solutions to improve contracting efficiency

- Collaborating with business units and legal team members to streamline contract management processes, identify potential risks, and drive continuous improvement in contract handling efficiency

- Collaborating with Research, Product, Finance, Security, Business Operations, and Procurement teams to achieve key business objectives and deliver strategic, business-minded, and solutions-focused counsel

Minimum qualifications include:

- Experience operating in a fast-paced technology startup with adaptability and ability to pivot with speed and grace

- Initiative and autonomy in managing complex contractual matters, effectively prioritising competing deadlines

- Understanding of what's important in the context of a contract, the organisation's mission, when to be flexible, and when to draw a hard line

- Excitement to grow with an organisation and help shape the culture of the commercial function

Preferred qualifications include:

- 7+ years of related contract management experience, with at least 3 years of experience supporting technology transactions, vendor engagements, or partnerships

- Proven ability to collaborate across various organisational levels and functions to facilitate efficient contracting processes and execution while building strong relationships

- Substantive knowledge of software agreements, reseller agreements, services agreements, strategic partnerships, and general contract terms

Annual compensation range for this role is $170,000-$220,000 USD.

## Skills

### Required
- Contract Management
- Commercial Transactions
- Procurement
- Negotiation
- Contract Analysis

### Nice to have
- Software Agreements
- Reseller Agreements
- Services Agreements
- Strategic Partnerships
- General Contract Terms

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