Contracts Manager

Summary

Join GoDaddy's Commercial Legal Team as a Commercial Contracts Manager! This remote position involves managing the full lifecycle of commercial transactions. You will draft, review, and negotiate contracts, collaborate with various departments, and drive process improvements. Success requires strong contract law understanding, negotiation skills, and experience managing multiple projects. GoDaddy offers a competitive benefits package, including paid time off, retirement savings options, bonuses, and health benefits. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree (with preferred qualifications including a paralegal certificate, LLM, or LLB). This role offers the opportunity to contribute to a company empowering entrepreneurs worldwide.

Requirements

• 5+ years of contracts management, paralegal, or other comparable experience in a law firm or legal department with experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a broad range of commercial contracts
• Exceptional understanding of contract law and procurement practices
• Proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and contract management software
• Bachelor’s degree required

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts, including but not limited to vendor agreements, statements of work, amendments, and non-disclosure agreements
• Work cross-functionally with the legal, procurement, and finance departments to close deals with the right amount of risk
• Drive process improvements and initiatives to track and simplify commercial transactions from beginning to end
• Maintain and update contract databases and management systems for easy retrieval and tracking of contract statuses
• Assist in developing and refining contract templates, clauses, and processes to improve efficiency and mitigate risks
• Provide training and support to the company’s departments on commercial transaction processes
• Tracking team metrics including contracting efficiency, negotiation outcomes and outside counsel spend
• Troubleshooting processes and systems, and other legal issues across our team

Preferred Qualifications

Paralegal certificate, LLM, or LLB preferred

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes)
• Bonus/incentive eligibility
• Equity grants
• Participation in our employee stock purchase plan
• Competitive health benefits
• Parental leave