Senior Contracts Counsel — Negotiation & Risk

Antithesis; Vienna (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Antithesis is seeking a Contracts Manager to own day-to-day contract review and negotiation across commercial matters, enabling fast, thoughtful deal closure while managing legal and operational risk. This role requires translating complex issues into clear business guidance and improving processes that support contract review at scale.

You will work with cross-functional partners in sales, finance, and leadership, draft and negotiate NDAs and vendor/customer agreements, and help build a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of commercial transactions experience
• Strong judgment about risk, materiality, and when to elevate
• Ability to explain contract issues in plain English to non-lawyers
• Experience with Ironclad is a plus
• Excellent drafting, issue-spotting, and negotiation skills
• A highly organized working style and the ability to manage multiple matters at once
• Comfort working in a fast-moving environment where priorities can shift quickly
• A service-oriented mindset and a bias toward solving problems, not just identifying them

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including NDAs, vendor agreements, customer-facing agreements, and other operational contracts
• Partner closely with sales, finance, and leadership teams to provide clear, actionable guidance during contract review
• Identify legal, business, and operational risks in proposed agreements and recommend practical paths forward
• Support all aspects of the Legal department as needed in a dynamic, rapidly growing organization.
• Help maintain and improve contract templates, fallback language, playbooks, and internal review processes
• Support contract intake and triage so requests are routed appropriately and handled efficiently
• Advise internal stakeholders on approval requirements, escalation points, and contracting best practices
• Track recurring issues in negotiations and help turn them into better standards, tools, and workflows
• Contribute to the buildout of a legal function that is trusted, responsive, and business-minded

Skills

Commercial transactions

Risk assessment

Negotiation

Drafting

Plain-English explanations

Multitasking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Ironclad

Job description

Antithesis is seeking a Contracts Manager to own day-to-day contract review and negotiation across commercial matters, enabling fast, thoughtful deal closure while managing legal and operational risk. This role requires translating complex issues into clear business guidance and improving processes that support contract review at scale.

You will work with cross-functional partners in sales, finance, and leadership, draft and negotiate NDAs and vendor/customer agreements, and help build a