Associate Contracts Manager, AWS Legal

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Seattle (WA)

On-site

USD 80,000 - 102,000

Full time

5 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Paid time off
Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon's Legal Department is seeking an Associate Contracts Manager to review, draft, and negotiate critical contracts that enable AWS to innovate at scale. You'll provide day-to-day legal counsel, drive process improvements, and collaborate with internal teams to streamline contracting workflows.

This role sits in the Enterprise Tech Sourcing Legal team within AWS Products Legal. As part of the team, you will manage diverse agreements, navigate complex transactions, and help reduce friction in

Qualifications

  • Experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating commercial contracts.
  • 2+ years of contracts management experience.

Responsibilities

  • Review, draft, and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements including hosted services agreements, software licensing agreements, professional services agreements, amendments, and non-disclosure agreements.
  • Provide day-to-day legal counsel to business clients on transactions, processes, and communications, helping them navigate complex commercial relationships
  • Identify and implement process improvements across the legal team to enhance efficiency and consistency in handling commercial matters
  • Manage multiple contracts and priorities simultaneously, meeting tight deadlines while maintaining attention to detail
  • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve contract issues and support successful transaction outcomes

Skills

Contract management
Commercial contracts
Negotiation
Cross-functional collaboration
Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

MS Office
Word
Excel
PowerPoint

Job description

Description

Join Amazon's Legal Department as an Associate Contracts Manager and shape how we build trusted partnerships across our technology ecosystem. You'll review, draft, and negotiate critical contracts that enable Amazon and AWS to innovate at scale, while collaborating with internal teams to streamline processes and solve complex business challenges.

Key job responsibilities
  • Review, draft, and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements including hosted services agreements, software licensing agreements, professional services agreements, amendments, and non-disclosure agreements
  • Provide day-to-day legal counsel to business clients on transactions, processes, and communications, helping them navigate complex commercial relationships
  • Identify and implement process improvements across the legal team to enhance efficiency and consistency in handling commercial matters
  • Manage multiple contracts and priorities simultaneously, meeting tight deadlines while maintaining attention to detail
  • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve contract issues and support successful transaction outcomes
A day in the life

As an Associate Contracts Manager, you'll be at the center of our technology sourcing work, supporting Amazon's internal technology teams and AWS with contract management. Your day might include reviewing a hosted services agreement, drafting amendments to software licensing contracts, or negotiating terms with external partners. You'll provide strategic advice to business clients on transactions and processes, helping them navigate complex commercial relationships. Beyond routine contract work, you'll identify opportunities to improve how we handle agreements—finding ways to simplify workflows and reduce friction across the legal team. You'll work across multiple projects simultaneously, shifting between detailed contract analysis and collaborative problem-solving with colleagues who depend on your guidance.

About The Team

We are the Enterprise Tech Sourcing Legal team within AWS Products Legal, and we support business teams across Amazon and AWS as they pursue technology transactions, product developments, and launches. Our mission is to enable innovation by providing clear, practical legal guidance that builds trust with both internal stakeholders and external partners. We're committed to creating an environment where thoughtful legal work meets collaborative problem-solving. As part of our team, you'll work alongside colleagues who value both precision and partnership, and you'll contribute to our ongoing effort to make legal processes more efficient and accessible to the business teams we serve.

Basic Qualifications
  • Experience in reviewing, drafting, and negotiating commercial contracts
  • 2+ years of contracts management experience
Preferred Qualifications
  • Can work proactively and independently, meet deadlines, and deliver on projects and tasks
  • Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience in computer skills, including proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  • 2+ years of in-house legal experience
  • Ability to simplify legal and contracting processes

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 80,200.00 - 101,800.00 USD annually

Company

Amazon.com Services LLC

Job ID: A10459415

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