Director, Commercial Contracts & Lifecycle

NET Power, LLC; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Net Power LLC is seeking an experienced Director, Commercial Contracts to own the operational backbone of the contracting process from draft to execution, and to supervise post-execution obligation management. You will collaborate with the General Counsel, Commercial, Operations, Finance, Project Management, and Supply Chain to ensure timely and compliant performance of project agreements.

This on-site role in Houston features a hybrid schedule (3 days in office, 2 remote) with occasional travel

Qualifications

• Eight or more years of professional experience in energy, power, or infrastructure.
• Demonstrated ownership of at least one executed utility-scale power purchase agreement or comparable long-term commercial agreement.
• Strong drafting, markup, and redlining skills on commercial terms, with attention to detail and templates.
• Experience tracking post-execution obligations across a portfolio of agreements.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end contract execution across project agreements, from final redline coordination through verification of signature authority, signature routing, execution, and filing.
• Maintain and administer the contract lifecycle management (CLM) system and repository, ensuring executed agreements, amendments, and ancillary documents are properly filed, version-controlled, and accessible to internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate approval and signature routing across Commercial, Operations, Finance, and Legal in line with delegations of authority.
• Prepare and maintain diligence trackers, closing checklists, and signature packages for project and financing transactions.
• Coordinate counterparty and supplier onboarding, including diligence, insurance certificates, and system records.
• Build and maintain obligation-tracking and compliance calendars across the project contract portfolio.
• Monitor internal and counterparty compliance with contractual obligations, escalate breaches or missed milestones.
• Maintain a master contract status tracker and report regularly to the General Counsel, leadership, and Board as requested.
• Prepare first drafts and negotiate nondisclosure agreements, letters of intent, vendor and services agreements, and other recurring commercial documents.
• Support negotiation of project agreements by preparing markups and coordinating input from stakeholders.
• Maintain standard contract templates and the delegation of authority matrix with the General Counsel.
• Serve as the day-to-day liaison between Legal, business stakeholders, and outside counsel.
• Partner with outside counsel on drafting and negotiation logistics, tracking scope and budgets.
• Support broader legal-operations processes, including matter intake and process improvements.

Skills

Contract negotiation

CLM management

Drafting & redlining

Cross-functional

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Salesforce

Contract management software

Job description

Net Power LLC is seeking an experienced Director, Commercial Contracts to own the operational backbone of the contracting process from draft to execution, and to supervise post-execution obligation management. You will collaborate with the General Counsel, Commercial, Operations, Finance, Project Management, and Supply Chain to ensure timely and compliant performance of project agreements.

This on-site role in Houston features a hybrid schedule (3 days in office, 2 remote) with occasional travel