Contracts Manager

About Us

Temporal is an open source programming model that can simplify code, make applications more reliable, and help developers focus on the important things like delivering features faster. We are on a mission to be the reliable foundation of every developer’s toolbox, and are building the team that will make that happen.

Our values guide us —they are present in how we show up, make decisions, and work together to make an impact. We’re curious, driven, collaborative, genuine and humble.

Temporal is growing and we are looking for those who share our values, challenge 'standard' thinking, and want to influence our future. If you have a passion for improving the developer experience, building world-class open-source software and communities, and want to be a part of our amazing team, we'd love to hear from you!

Summary

Temporal is seeking a skilled Contracts Manager to join our Legal team.

As a key member of our Legal team, you'll work across a diverse mix of customer, procurement, and other commercial contracts while serving as a trusted legal partner to cross-functional teams. You'll build and maintain direct relationships with key stakeholders and have the opportunity to develop scalable resources that make the Legal team, and company, more efficient. 

Reporting to the Director of Commercial Legal, you'll manage Temporal's contract lifecycle management platform, including the templates, playbooks, and documentation used by cross-functional teams. You'll support commercial transactions end-to-end by drafting, reviewing, and negotiating standard agreements, coordinating signature workflows, and ensuring on-time execution at scale. You'll also help build the processes and systems for the entire Legal team needed to support Temporal's current and next stage of growth.

What You’ll Do

Manage and coordinate the end-to-end review processes for both the sell-side and buy-side, including NDAs, MSAs, Statements of Work, and procurement agreements.

Partner closely with Sales, Finance, Security, and other stakeholders to enable deal velocity.

Serve as the primary administrator for Temporal’s CLM platform by owning system configuration, workflow design, user management, and ongoing optimization.

Build, maintain, and improve automated contract workflows and intake processes that reduce cycle times and minimize manual steps.

Develop and maintain commercial contract templates, clause libraries, and playbooks, and continuously improve and scale the Legal team's contracting operations.

Create and deliver training materials, internal guidelines, and FAQs to assist cross-functional partners and improve self-service on routine questions for Legal.

Contribute to Legal team operational initiatives, including process improvements, tool implementations, and reporting standardization.

What You’ll Bring

Bachelors degree

5+ years of experience in contract management for commercial transactions, ideally supporting a SaaS or tech company.

Experience with managing a wide variety of commercial agreements, such as procurement agreements, MSAs, NDAs, and/or other commercial SaaS and technical agreements.

Hands-on experience with contracts management systems (such as, or similar to, Ironclad, Zip, and Docusign).

Ability to think creatively, function independently, and work proactively.

Team-focused and collaborative work style, and a willingness to build expertise and solve new challenges in an evolving setting.

Hyper-responsive and service-oriented attitude, and a love for solving hard problems on a small team.

Experience with AI-powered contract tools.

Experience implementing CLM systems and other legal operations tools.

Project management skills are a bonus.

Compensation

The estimated pay range for this role is $115,000-$170,000.

Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal’s equity plan.

Compensation ranges reflect salary and commission compensation (when applicable) across several geographic markets. Employment offers carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, knowledge, expertise, skillset, market location, and job level assessed during the interview process.

Employee benefits and perks below are for full-time employees, part-time or temporary positions are excluded. 

U.S. Benefits 

Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays

100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision

AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance (Standard & Supplemental Available)

Empower 401K Plan

Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more!

International Benefits

Paid Time Off (PTO) and Benefits outside the United States vary by country, and are issued in partnership with Remote.com .  Additionally, Temporal offers perks to all international employees for learning & career development, a lifestyle spending account, in-home office setup (in addition to company-issued hardware), professional memberships, work-from-home meals, and access to the Calm app for mental wellness.

Travel

Temporal is a globally distributed, collaborative team that values opportunities for in-person connection. Occasional travel may be required for company events, team offsites, and other meaningful moments that bring us together.

Additional Perks 

$3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals 

$1,800 / Year Professional Enrichment (Career Development & Professional Memberships)

$1,200 / Year Lifestyle Spending Account

$1,000 / Year In-Home Office Setup (In addition to Temporal issued equipment - laptop, monitor, keyboard, mouse, trackpad, and extension power cable at no cost to you)

$74 / Month Reimbursement for Internet

Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness

Temporal Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Temporal Technologies does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We embrace and celebrate differences and diversity.

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