Legal Contracts Manager (SaaS Commercial)

Legal Contracts Manager (SaaS Commercial)

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Overview

Smarsh empowers its customers to manage risk and unleash intelligence in their digital communications. Our growing community of over 6500 organizations in regulated industries relies on Smarsh to spot compliance, legal, or reputational risks across 80+ channels before they become regulatory fines or headlines. We are recognized by analysts like Gartner and Forrester, and Smarsh has been listed on the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing American companies since 2008.

Summary

We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Contracts Manager to join our Legal team. This role will support our SaaS commercial contracts attorneys in drafting, reviewing, and managing a high volume of customer and vendor agreements. The ideal candidate has experience in technology transactions, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and enjoys partnering cross-functionally with Sales, Procurement, Finance, and Operations.

How will you contribute?

• Manage the contract lifecycle from intake through execution, including triage, review, approval routing, redlining, and signature.
• Draft, review, and negotiate standard agreements such as NDAs, order forms, MSAs, SOWs, and DPAs under attorney supervision.
• Maintain and enforce use of contract playbooks and templates to ensure consistency and risk management.
• Track contract status, obligations, and renewals using the company's CLM system.
• Provide training and guidance to Sales and Procurement on contract submission and escalation processes.
• Collaborate with internal teams to resolve contract-related issues efficiently.
• Generate regular reporting on contract volumes, cycle times, and key legal KPIs.
• Assist in implementing and optimizing CLM tools, templates, and workflows.

What will you bring?

Salary

$124,000 - $159,000 a year. The salary range represents a good faith estimate of base compensation at the time of posting. Any applicable bonus programs will be discussed during the recruiting process. The salary will be set based on factors including internal equity, experience, education, location, and training. Local cost of living assessments are done for each new hire at offer.

About Our Culture

Smarsh hires lifelong learners with a passion for innovating with purpose, humility, and humor. Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. We work with leading cloud platforms and use AI / ML to help customers scale. We value diversity and believe opportunities for everyone to be their authentic self are key to our success. Smarsh leadership and culture have been recognized with Best Places to Work awards. Come join us and discover what the best work of your career looks like.

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