Contracts Manager, AWS Infrastructure Legal

Amazon Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Disability accommodations

Job summary

Amazon Inc. in Seattle seeks a Contracts Manager for AWS Infrastructure Legal to draft, negotiate, and manage technology and infrastructure agreements across product, sales, and engineering teams.

The role focuses on simplifying contracting processes, scaling operations, and aligning legal strategy with rapidly evolving business needs, with visibility across customer-facing and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• 3+ years of contract management, contract negotiation, or paralegal experience.
• Experience reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements, including 1+ years of technology licensing, software, fiber, real estate, or construction
• Experience in telecommunications, technology or media industries
• Experience with operational change and innovation, especially in contracting or legal engagement processes

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate a wide range of inbound and outbound technology and infrastructure agreements, including contracts for infrastructure projects, hardware, software, and professional services
• Identify and execute simplification initiatives that help our team scale operations, including exploring and implementing new tools and methodologies to improve efficiency
• Collaborate with commercial, engineering, procurement, and sales teams to address contracting needs, internet governance, supply chain, and compliance matters
• Support both customer-facing products and sales teams as well as procurement and infrastructure teams with legal guidance and contract management
• Contribute to the legal team's overall effectiveness by serving as a force multiplier, helping us manage increasing complexity and volume of work

Skills

Contract management

Contract negotiation

Paralegal experience

Commercial agreements

Technology licensing

Software contracts

Telecommunications

Media industry experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Join AWS Infrastructure Legal as a Contracts Manager to play your part in shaping the world's most comprehensive cloud. In this role, you'll be advising and structuring deals for strategic businesses that underpin AWS's global network and the biggest media, entertainment, and internet applications in the world. You'll get unique visibility across the full spectrum of AWS’s business, by supporting both customer-facing products and sales teams, as well as infrastructure teams responsible for scaling our physical and logical network worldwide. You'll drive meaningful impact by streamlining complex contracting processes, collaborating across commercial and engineering teams, and helping scale our legal operations to meet rapidly evolving business needs. If you're drawn to variety, thrive in dynamic environments, and want to build expertise across contracting, commercial and legal strategy, and legal operations, this is your opportunity to make a real difference.

Key job responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate a wide range of inbound and outbound technology and infrastructure agreements, including contracts for infrastructure projects, hardware, software, and professional services
• Identify and execute simplification initiatives that help our team scale operations, including exploring and implementing new tools and methodologies to improve efficiency
• Collaborate with commercial, engineering, procurement, and sales teams to address contracting needs, internet governance, supply chain, and compliance matters
• Support both customer-facing products and sales teams as well as procurement and infrastructure teams with legal guidance and contract management
• Contribute to the legal team's overall effectiveness by serving as a force multiplier, helping us manage increasing complexity and volume of work

A day in the life

As a Contracts Manager in AWS Infrastructure Legal, you'll work on a diverse range of technology and infrastructure agreements—from hardware and software contracts to professional services and infrastructure projects. Your day might include drafting and negotiating both inbound and outbound agreements then pivoting to collaborate with our commercial and engineering teams on internet governance, supply chain, procurement, or compliance challenges. You'll also explore how emerging tools and technologies can help our team work more efficiently and scale our capabilities. Your work directly enables critical AWS technology businesses to operate and grow.

About the team

We are a collaborative legal team dedicated to supporting AWS's infrastructure and technology businesses during a transformative period of cloud and AI expansion. Our team values versatility and cross-functional partnership—you'll work closely with commercial strategists, engineers, procurement specialists, and sales leaders to solve complex business and legal challenges. We're focused on building scalable, efficient processes that allow us to support an increasing volume and complexity of work without sacrificing quality or strategic insight. By joining us, you'll become part of a group committed to enabling AWS's most critical technology initiatives while continuously evolving how we approach legal operations and contracting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• 3+ years of contract management, contract negotiation, or paralegal experience
• Experience reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements, including 1+ years of technology licensing, software, fiber, real estate, or construction
• Experience in telecommunications, technology or media industries
• Experience with operational change and innovation, especially in contracting or legal engagement 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.

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