Contracts Manager

Cirrascale Cloud Services; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off (PTO)

Opportunities for professional dev.

Job summary

Cirrascale Cloud Services is seeking an experienced Contracts Manager to support our growing legal team and scale our contracting function. You will own the full contract lifecycle across our commercial and public sector business, drafting, reviewing, and liaising with internal departments.

You will build templates and playbooks, drive process improvements, and leverage AI-powered tools to increase speed and consistency while managing contract metrics to reduce turnaround time and risk.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of contracts experience, including in-house work.
• Experience drafting MSAs, SOWs, partnership and lease agreements.
• Strong knowledge of commercial terms, indemnification, liability, IP, data protection.

Responsibilities

• Own the full contract lifecycle across commercial and public sector.
• Draft, review and edit a high volume of agreements including MSAs, SOWs, leases.
• Create, update and manage standardized contract templates and playbooks.
• Develop and refine AI-assisted workflows for contract review and data extraction.
• Track contract metrics (cycle time, volume, bottlenecks) to drive improvements.

Skills

Contracts experience

In-house experience

Communication

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AI contract tools

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY

We are seeking an experienced Contracts Manager to support our growing legal team and scale our contracting function. In this role, you will own the full contract lifecycle across our commercial and public sector business by drafting, reviewing, and liaising with internal departments. Also, the Contracts Manager will help build templates and playbooks, drive process improvements, including the use of AI-powered tools to increase speed and consistency.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for the internal review process as well as drafting, reviewing and editing a high volume of commercial agreements including MSAs, SOWs, purchase agreements, partnership/channel agreements, and lease agreements.
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, and Operations on escalations and approvals.
• Create, update, and manage standardized contract templates to support business velocity
• Develop and maintain contract playbooks with preferred positions, approved fallback language, escalation guidelines, and clause libraries.
• Identify opportunities to streamline the contract management lifecycle and implement process improvements that reduce turnaround time and risk
• Leverage AI-enabled tools for contract review, redlining, summarization, and data extraction; help design and refine AI-assisted workflows
• Track and report on contract metrics (cycle time, volume, bottlenecks) to drive continuous improvement

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of contracts experience, including significant in-house experience. SaaS experience is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience drafting, editing and working with internal departments on MSAs, SOWs, partnership agreements, and lease agreements
• Experience handling commercial contracts (public sector a plus)
• Experience implementing or administering legal AI tools (e.g., generative AI review and redlining assistants) Strong grasp of key commercial terms and risk allocation (indemnification, limitation of liability, IP, confidentiality, data protection)
• Excellent communication, organization, and stakeholder-management skills
• Bachelor’s degree required

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The base salary range for the Contracts Manager is $110,000 to $150,000. This pay range reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay range for this job for the location for which it has been posted. Compensation decisions are dependent on several factors including, but not limited to, an individual’s qualifications.

Benefits include:

• 401(k) with company match.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Paid time off (PTO).
• Opportunities for professional development and growth.

WHY JOIN CIRRASCALE?

Join a growing team that’s pushing the boundaries of AI infrastructure. At Cirrascale, you’ll contribute to projects powering next-generation AI applications while working with top-tier hardware in a collaborative and innovative environment. From custom deployments to hands‑on customer support, every role here plays a part in enabling breakthroughs in AI.