Remote-First Contract Manager: Commercial & Vendor Deals

Affirm, Inc.; Baltimore (MD); Remote; USD 88,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage at no cost

Stipends for tech setup and health/wel

Time off to recharge

ESPP stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a Contract Management Specialist II to deliver responsive contract support for Commercial and Vendor Legal teams.

You’ll draft, negotiate, and manage agreements, support legal intake, and partner with Legal Operations, Revenue, Finance, Procurement, and other teams. This hands-on role rewards resourcefulness, speed, curiosity, and good judgment, with opportunities to improve templates, playbooks, and knowledge resources, while ensuring aggressive SLAs and scalable

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience in contract management, as a paralegal, or in a comparable contracting role, preferably at a fast-paced technology company
• Bachelor’s degree (no JD required)
• Experience using a contract lifecycle management platform; Ironclad experience is preferred
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple matters and competing deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to independently manage routine and moderately complex contract matters and recognize when attorney or specialist involvement is appropriate
• Sharp judgment and critical thinking, with a track record of applying lessons learned across negotiations, template drafting, and internal guidance
• Comfort operating in a high-volume, fast-moving environment where priorities may shift
• Detail-oriented, proactive, and solutions-focused
• Team-first mindset: no task is too small, no problem is too big
• Willingness to contribute to both shared operational work and specialized contracting matters

Responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate, and manage commercial and vendor agreements, amendments, NDAs, and other contracts
• Triage incoming legal requests, support the business by answering contract and process questions, and route matters that require specialized knowledge
• Coordinate contract approvals and cross-functional reviews and help keep contract matters moving toward execution
• Maintain and help improve standard contract templates, playbooks, training materials, and knowledge management resources
• Communicate contract positions, requirements, risks and next steps clearly and concisely to internal business partners
• Identify recurring pain points and opportunities to implement process improvements that optimize for speed, efficiency, and quality
• Manage and meet aggressive internal SLAs while balancing shifting priorities and escalating urgent or high-risk matters appropriately
• Partner with Legal Operations, Financial Systems, and Procurement on solution design and delivery
• Support ad-hoc matters and special projects as the contract management function evolves

Skills

Contract management

Legal coordination

Communication

Project management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Ironclad

CLM software

Job description

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a Contract Management Specialist II to deliver responsive contract support for Commercial and Vendor Legal teams.

You’ll draft, negotiate, and manage agreements, support legal intake, and partner with Legal Operations, Revenue, Finance, Procurement, and other teams. This hands-on role rewards resourcefulness, speed, curiosity, and good judgment, with opportunities to improve templates, playbooks, and knowledge resources, while ensuring aggressive SLAs and scalable