Contracts Manager

What You’ll Do

• Manage and coordinate the end-to-end review processes for both the sell-side and buy-side, including NDAs, MSAs, Statements of Work, and procurement agreements.
• Partner closely with Sales, Finance, Security, and other stakeholders to enable deal velocity.
• Serve as the primary administrator for Temporal’s CLM platform by owning system configuration, workflow design, user management, and ongoing optimization.
• Build, maintain, and improve automated contract workflows and intake processes that reduce cycle times and minimize manual steps.
• Develop and maintain commercial contract templates, clause libraries, and playbooks, and continuously improve and scale the Legal team's contracting operations.
• Create and deliver training materials, internal guidelines, and FAQs to assist cross-functional partners and improve self-service on routine questions for Legal.
• Contribute to Legal team operational initiatives, including process improvements, tool implementations, and reporting standardization.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of experience in contract management for commercial transactions, ideally supporting a SaaS or tech company.
• Experience with managing a wide variety of commercial agreements, such as procurement agreements, MSAs, NDAs, and/or other commercial SaaS and technical agreements.
• Hands-on experience with contracts management systems (such as, or similar to, Ironclad, Zip, and Docusign).
• Ability to think creatively, function independently, and work proactively.
• Team-focused and collaborative work style, and a willingness to build expertise and solve new challenges in an evolving setting.
• Hyper-responsive and service-oriented attitude, and a love for solving hard problems on a small team.
• Experience with AI-powered contract tools.
• Experience implementing CLM systems and other legal operations tools.
• Project management skills are a bonus.

Compensation

The estimated pay range for this role is $115,000-$170,000. Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal’s equity plan. Compensation ranges reflect salary and commission compensation (when applicable) across several geographic markets.

U.S. Benefits

• Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays
• 100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision
• AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance (Standard & Supplemental Available)
• Empower 401K Plan
• Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more!