Contracts Manager

Socket.dev; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, vision & dental

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

General Matter is seeking a Contracts Manager to support commercial, procurement, construction, and government-contracting activities essential to building America’s next-generation uranium enrichment capability. You will draft, negotiate, and administer agreements affecting facilities, suppliers, and mission-critical programs within a regulated environment.

The ideal candidate is organized, detail-oriented, and thrives in a fast-moving startup setting. U.S.

Qualifications

• Manage contracts from intake through execution, administration, amendments, renewals, and closeout (MSAs, SOWs, purchase orders, supply agreements).
• Develop and implement contract policies, templates, workflows, and obligation tracking.
• Coordinate with Procurement and Compliance on vendor diligence, screening, and export controls.
• Familiar with FAR/DEAR flowdowns and other regulated requirements.
• Maintain organization and resolve issues in a fast-paced startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate, and administer NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, purchase orders, and related contracts.
• Manage contract lifecycle steps from intake to closeout and renewal.
• Incorporate flowdowns like FAR/DEAR, export-control, insurance, and cybersecurity requirements.
• Support federal contracting activities, including DOE contracts and contract modifications.
• Develop templates, playbooks, and standard negotiation positions to improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Engineering, Supply Chain, Construction, Finance, and Operations on complex agreements.

Skills

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Contract administration

Policy development

Stakeholder coordination

Compliance

Security clearance

U.S. Person

Startup environment

Tools

Contract management system

Job description

About the Company

General Matter enriches uranium.

We are designing, building, and operating the world’s lowest-cost enrichment services, here in the US.

In the process, we are restoring America’s ability to produce nuclear fuel to power AI, advanced manufacturing and critical industries our country relies on to remain competitive.

Fuel drives the cost of advanced reactor electricity production, and enrichment drives the cost of the fuel that advanced reactors consume. Reliable, low-cost enrichment is the catalyst for the nuclear Renaissance now under way.

Our mission is to make nuclear not only the cleanest and safest source of baseload power, but also the most affordable. We believe abundant nuclear energy will lead to a post-scarcity society.

We were incubated inside Founders Fund, like Anduril and Palantir before us, and are backed by over a dozen of the world’s top venture capital firms.

Our lean, world-class team of engineers and operators is applying a first-principles approach to solving the problem of nuclear fuel production.

We are a mission-driven company with a culture of urgency, accountability, and transparency.

Help us build a high-energy society by making the cleanest, safest form of baseload energy the most affordable.

About This Role

General Matter is seeking a Contracts Manager to support the commercial, procurement, construction, and government-contracting activities required to build America’s next-generation uranium enrichment capability. You will be a member of the Legal team and work cross-functionally with Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Operations to draft, negotiate, and administer agreements that directly affect our facilities, suppliers, and mission-critical programs. The ideal candidate is organized, practical, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving, highly technical, and regulated environment. Your work will help General Matter move faster, solve complex challenges, and rebuild America’s nuclear fuel supply chain from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate, and administer nondisclosure agreements (NDAs), purchase orders, master services agreements (MSAs), statements of work (SOWs), vendor agreements, technical proposals, supply agreements, professional services agreements, and related commercial contracts.
• Manage contract lifecycle steps, including intake, negotiation, execution, amendment, renewal, compliance tracking, and closeout.
• Identify, incorporate, and manage applicable contractual flowdowns, including FAR, DEAR, export-control, insurance, cybersecurity, and other government or customer requirements.
• Support General Matter’s federal contracting activities, including IDIQ task orders, DOE contracts, communications with contracting officers, contract modifications, deliverables, notices, and related compliance processes.
• Develop, maintain, and improve contract templates, playbooks, clause libraries, and standard negotiation positions to support efficient and consistent contracting.
• Partner with Procurement, Engineering, Supply Chain, Construction, Finance, and Operations on complex commercial, construction, engineering, and supplier agreements, including change orders, payment milestones, schedules, and contractor performance.

Basic Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to manage contracts from intake through execution, administration, amendments, renewals, and closeout. Experience drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and administering MSAs, SOWs, purchase orders, supply agreements, and professional services agreements.
• Experience with identification, development, and implementation of new contract policies and processes.
• Ability to support implementation and ongoing use of the company’s contract management system, including intake workflows, contract metadata, reporting, obligation tracking, and repository hygiene.
• Ability to coordinate with Procurement and Compliance on vendor diligence, third-party questionnaires, restricted-party screening, export-controlled information (ECI) review, and other pre-contracting requirements.
• Familiarity with FAR, DEAR, or other requirements applicable to regulated programs, including their relevant flowdown provisions.
• Strong judgment and ability to elevate issues appropriately.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple contracts, stakeholders, deadlines, and priorities.
• Practical business judgment and ability to identify when legal, compliance, finance, procurement, or technical input is needed.
• Experience supporting or improving contract policies, templates, workflows, or tracking processes.
• Comfort operating with ambiguity in a fast-moving startup environment.
• U.S. Person status, as this position requires access to export-controlled data.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• 7+ years of experience with contract drafting, negotiation, administration, or full lifecycle contract management.
• Ability to work five days a week in the company’s Los Angeles office.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience in a fast-paced engineering, manufacturing, energy, defense, aerospace, nuclear, construction, or highly technical environment, with a resourceful approach to delivering under tight timelines or budget constraints.
• Experience negotiating and administering complex construction, engineering, EPC, installation, commissioning, and site-services agreements, including change orders, schedule delays, payment milestones, liens, insurance, acceptance, and contractor performance.
• Experience working with ECI and complying with applicable access, handling, storage, transmission, and disclosure requirements
• Experience supporting government contracts and working directly with contracting officers, including contract administration, modifications, deliverables, notices, compliance requirements, and resolution of contractual issues.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work extended hours or weekends as necessary.

Equal Opportunity Employer

General Matter is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with General Matter is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Compensation and Benefits

The base salary range for this role is $150,000-$195,000 annually.

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case‑by‑case basis and may vary based on job‑related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. Please note that the stated salary range is an estimate and may be adjusted based on market conditions, business needs, or other factors. In addition to base salary, for full‑time hires, you may also be eligible for long‑term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.