Manager Contracts

10Pearls; Lahore; On-site; PKR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

10Pearls, LLC is seeking an experienced contracts professional to review, draft, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements with US-based clients, vendors, and partners. The role emphasizes risk assessment, practical negotiation positions, and facilitating efficient deal closure.

You will collaborate with Sales, Delivery, Finance, HR, and Leadership to balance business priorities with legal risk, while ensuring compliance with US laws and privacy requirements for technology services.

Qualifications

• 4–5 years of experience in commercial contracts or in-house legal roles.
• Experience reviewing and negotiating contracts with US-based clients, vendors, or partners.
• Strong knowledge of US contract law and technology contracts.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and negotiate MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, and software-related agreements.
• Assess key terms including liability, IP, confidentiality, data security, and termination.
• Provide guidance on US contracting requirements and cross-border considerations.
• Collaborate with Sales, Delivery, Finance, and Leadership to support deal closure.
• Maintain contract templates, clause libraries, and negotiation playbooks.
• Monitor regulatory developments affecting technology services and cross-border operations.

Skills

Legal drafting

Contract review

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

US contract law

Education

LLB/JD or equivalent

Tools

DocuSign

Contract lifecycle tools

Job description

Job Description:

Company Overview

10Pearls is a global, purpose-driven AI-Native digital engineering partner helping businesses re-imagine, digitalize, and accelerate. As an end-to-end digital technology partner, 10Pearls helps businesses create future-proof, transformative digital products that leverage emerging technologies. 10Pearls clients include Global 2000 enterprises, high growth mid-size businesses, and some of the most exciting start-ups from industries like healthcare, fintech, energy, education, real estate, retail, and hi-tech. Headquartered in the Washington DC metro area, 10Pearls has product engineering and software development centers in North America, Latin America, Europe, and South Asia. To learn more, visit https://10pearls.com.

Role

10Pearls is seeking a business-oriented contracts professional to review commercial agreements, identify high-risk terms, and recommend practical solutions to protect 10Pearls interests. The role will focus primarily on US-governed agreements and work closely with business and sales teams to assess risks, recommend positions, and support efficient deal closure.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and negotiate MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, software development agreements, SaaS and subscription agreements, DPAs, vendor agreements, partner agreements, and consulting contracts.
• Assess and advise on key commercial terms, including limitation of liability, indemnities, warranties, intellectual property ownership, confidentiality, information security, data breach obligations, termination rights, and dispute resolution.
• Provide practical guidance on US commercial contracting requirements and agreements governed by applicable US federal and state laws.
• Partner with Sales, Delivery, Finance, HR, Procurement, and Leadership to support deal closure while managing legal and commercial risk.
• Support contract reviews involving data privacy and information security requirements, including GDPR and applicable US privacy regulations.
• Develop and maintain contract templates, clause libraries, negotiation playbooks, approval standards, and contract records.
• Manage contract renewals, amendments, claims, disputes, and legal escalations, engaging external counsel where required.
• Monitor relevant legal and regulatory developments affecting technology services and cross-border operations.

Requirement

• LLB, JD, or equivalent law degree from a recognized institution.
• 4-5 years of experience in commercial contracting, corporate legal practice, or an in-house legal role.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing and negotiating contracts with US-based clients, vendors, or partners.
• Strong working knowledge of US contract law and commercial contracting practices.
• Sound understanding of technology contracts, intellectual property, data privacy, and information security provisions.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, analytical, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to explain legal issues clearly and balance risk with business priorities.
• Experience in technology, IT services, consulting, SaaS, or professional services.
• Exposure to international contracts and cross-border transactions.
• Familiarity with contract lifecycle management tools and legal operations processes.
• Experience supporting distributed teams and US business operations.