Strategic Contract Manager — CLM & SaaS

Axiom Talent Platform; United States; Remote; USD 64,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid holidays

PTO

Flexible work arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Axiom is seeking a Contract Manager to join our team and oversee a broad spectrum of commercial agreements across industries. You will draft, negotiate, and manage MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, and software licenses, coordinating with legal, procurement, sales, finance, IT, and other stakeholders to mitigate risks and ensure compliance.

Responsibilities include end-to-end lifecycle management, process improvements, and leveraging CLM tools to enhance visibility and efficiency.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in contract management, commercial contracting, procurement contracting, or technology contracting.
• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements and managing contracts throughout the contract lifecycle.
• Experience working cross-functionally with legal and business stakeholders and managing multiple contracts and priorities.
• Experience with CLM or contract management systems required.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a broad range of commercial agreements, including MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, vendor, supplier, services, procurement, technology, SaaS, and software agreements.
• Manage the end-to-end contract lifecycle, including intake, drafting, negotiation, approvals, execution, renewals, amendments, and contract administration.
• Partner with legal, procurement, sales, finance, IT, and other business teams to address contractual and commercial risks, obligations, and business requirements.
• Support contract operations and process improvement initiatives, including templates, playbooks, clause libraries, approval workflows, and contracting procedures.
• Utilize and support CLM and contract management systems to improve contract visibility, workflow efficiency, reporting, and compliance.
• Track contractual obligations, renewals, key terms, and other contract data to support effective contract management.

Skills

Contract management

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Contract lifecycle management

Tools

CLM systems

Job description

Axiom is seeking a Contract Manager to join our team and oversee a broad spectrum of commercial agreements across industries. You will draft, negotiate, and manage MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, and software licenses, coordinating with legal, procurement, sales, finance, IT, and other stakeholders to mitigate risks and ensure compliance.

Responsibilities include end-to-end lifecycle management, process improvements, and leveraging CLM tools to enhance visibility and efficiency.