Strategic Commercial Contracts Lead

Nooks; United States; Remote; USD 123,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Yearly bonus structure and equity

Premium health coverage

401(k) employer contribution

Flexible time away

Job summary

Nooks seeks a skilled contracts professional to own the commercial contract cycle, reviewing, redlining, and negotiating agreements with third parties from draft to signature. You will drive playbook development with outside counsel and align deals with playbook positions, reporting to the VP of Growth as a full-time IC.

In this role you will handle amendments, renewals, and template maintenance, train the Growth team, and ensure routine terms are settled in sales conversations.

Qualifications

• Five or more years reviewing, redlining, and negotiating commercial agreements with substantial independence.
• Working command of core commercial terms: liability limits, indemnification, insurance, termination, service levels, and payment.
• Track record negotiating directly with customer legal and procurement teams, holding positions while keeping deals moving.
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate into terms in the agreement.

Responsibilities

• Review, redline, and negotiate commercial customer agreements, including service agreements, NDAs, and teaming agreements, against approved playbook positions.
• Decide non-material terms within guidelines and elevate material terms to the VP of Growth with a recommendation.
• Draft and negotiate amendments, extensions, and renewals of executed commercial agreements, keeping changes consistent with current playbook positions.
• Draft the commercial contract playbook and maintain templates and playbook with updated positions.

Skills

Commercial negotiation

NDAs

Contract drafting

Playbook development

Templates & playbooks

CLM system

Legal collaboration

Defense contracts

Independent work

Pricing terms

Education

J.D. or Paralegal certification

Tools

CLM software

Job description

Nooks seeks a skilled contracts professional to own the commercial contract cycle, reviewing, redlining, and negotiating agreements with third parties from draft to signature. You will drive playbook development with outside counsel and align deals with playbook positions, reporting to the VP of Growth as a full-time IC.

In this role you will handle amendments, renewals, and template maintenance, train the Growth team, and ensure routine terms are settled in sales conversations.