Hybrid Contracts Manager - Negotiations & Compliance

Scale; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Paid vacation and holidays

401K matching

Job summary

Scale is seeking a Commercial Contracts Manager to lead customer-facing negotiations and manage contracts through full life cycle. You will structure commercial terms within our standards, coordinate with business development and project management, and support due diligence for acquisitions.

Hybrid work options include our Ridgewood, NJ, NYC Union Square, and Santa Monica offices. The role emphasizes deal structuring, drafting, and improving contracting workflows, with a fast-paced PE-backed

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required; 3+ years of relevant experience. Legal training or paralegal/JD background is a plus but commercial orientation is key.
• Proven success leading customer-facing negotiations and managing projects on time.
• Strong deal-structuring instincts; able to shape and propose commercial terms.
• Quick study with numbers; able to learn cost models and deal economics without a finance background.
• Experience with power purchase agreements, energy services agreements, leases, or similar commercial agreements in distributed energy or related industries preferred.
• Strong contract drafting acumen and attention to detail; capable of improving templates and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a customer-facing lead on commercial negotiations using playbooks and balance customer needs with commercial and risk objectives.
• Manage end-to-end contracting from structuring through negotiation, redlines, signature, and post-execution administration.
• Maintain and improve standard form agreements and templates; propose risk allocations.
• Support commercialization and standardization of new products.
• Prepare standard and customized agreements for customers, partners, and vendors as needed.
• Analyze third-party paper against standard positions to resolve inconsistencies.
• Understand project cost models and deal economics to negotiate scope and risk.
• Manage contracts database and monitor deadlines, obligations, and renewals.
• Support project management and business development in clearing conditions; ensure approvals are met.
• Oversee signature collection and compliance with internal approval processes.
• Handle legal and regulatory diligence for distributed energy deals.

Skills

Negotiation

Contract management

Deal structuring

Project management

Attention to detail

Business acumen

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Legal training a plus

Job description

Scale is seeking a Commercial Contracts Manager to lead customer-facing negotiations and manage contracts through full life cycle. You will structure commercial terms within our standards, coordinate with business development and project management, and support due diligence for acquisitions.

Hybrid work options include our Ridgewood, NJ, NYC Union Square, and Santa Monica offices. The role emphasizes deal structuring, drafting, and improving contracting workflows, with a fast-paced PE-backed