Contract Manager

Cardea Group; United States; Remote; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Cardea Group seeks a highly organized Contract Manager to join its legal team in a fully remote capacity, aligned to PST hours. This role focuses on contract management, process improvement, and leveraging technology to drive efficiency.

You will maintain contracts, review NDAs, manage intake and execution workflows, and collaborate with stakeholders and outside counsel to streamline contracts and data integrity across the firm's systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred; 2–5 years in contract management, administration, paralegal, or legal operations.
• Experience in private equity or law firm environments with exposure to private funds.
• Experience managing contracts through intake, review, execution, organization, and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and organize contracts, records, and supporting documentation across legal systems.
• Review, revise, and redline routine agreements (NDAs) and related docs; escalate with outside counsel when needed.
• Manage legal intake process; route, track, and advance requests and contracts to completion.

Skills

Contract management

Attention to detail

Documentation

Communication

Independent work

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Contract management systems

Document management systems

Job description

Contract Manager (Remote): Our client, a prestigious private equity fund, seeks a highly organized Contract Manager to join its legal team and support the day-to-day management of the firm's contracts and legal operations. Joining a collaborative and high-performing team, this is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented professional who enjoys contract management, process improvement, and leveraging technology to create greater efficiency. The individual must be willing to work PST hours.

Key Points:

• Fully remote opportunity with an exceptional team
• Opportunity to help enhance contract workflows, automate processes, and support the team's growing use of AI and legal technology.
• Tremendous team culture with a collaborative, supportive, and low-ego environment.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and organize contracts, legal records, and supporting documentation across the firm's legal and contract management systems.
• Review, revise, and redline routine agreements, including NDAs and related documentation, escalating matters and coordinating with outside counsel when appropriate.
• Manage the legal intake process, ensuring requests, contracts, and related documentation are appropriately routed, tracked, and advanced through completion.
• Manage execution workflows for routine agreements and support the broader administration of contracts throughout the process.
• Work closely with the hiring manager to enhance contract workflows, streamline processes, and implement technology-driven efficiencies.
• Support legal reporting, process documentation, contract data management, and ongoing data integrity initiatives.
• Provide operational and project-based support to the legal team and assist with additional contract administration needs as they arise.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree preferred with 2-5 years of experience in contract management, contract administration, paralegal, or legal operations capacity.
• Private equity experience required. Strictly law firm experience welcome with exposure to private funds.
• Experience managing contracts and related documentation through various stages of the contract lifecycle, including intake, review, execution, organization, and ongoing maintenance.
• Familiarity with contract management systems, legal technology platforms, contract repositories, or document management systems preferred.
• Experience reviewing, revising, and redlining routine agreements, including NDAs and similar commercial agreements, preferred.
• Exceptional attention to detail with strong organizational skills and the ability to maintain accurate contract records and data.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of contract-related processes, manage follow-up, and drive matters through completion.
• Resourceful and proactive, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple contracts, requests, and workflows simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to coordinate effectively with internal stakeholders, legal team members, and outside counsel.
• Proven ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and remain highly responsive in a fully remote environment.