Arcesium
Legal Operations and Contracts Manager
$150K–$180K
New York · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jun 16, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree required; J.D. or paralegal certification is a plus.
About the job
Manages Arcesium’s contract portfolio and legal operations, negotiating agreements, tracking obligations and renewals, and improving contracting processes across internal teams and external stakeholders.
What you'll do
- Draft, review, and negotiate client, vendor, partner, SaaS, professional services, software, and data licensing agreements; escalate non-standard risks to counsel.
- Maintain the contract repository and track obligations, renewals, expirations, amendments, and other milestones.
- Lead legal operations improvements, including CLM tooling, negotiation guidance, and contracting-process training.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of experience in contracts, legal operations, or a closely related field.
- Direct exposure to SaaS, enterprise software, or financial technology.
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Strong commercial judgment, communication skills, and ability to manage a high-volume contract portfolio across legal, business, and technical stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Experience drafting or negotiating enterprise SaaS and data licensing agreements, and understanding financial operations workflows.
- Experience negotiating agreements with AI component terms, using AI tools for efficiency, or evaluating or implementing CLM platforms; J.D. or paralegal certification is a plus.
Pay
$150,000.00-$180,000.00 USD annual base salary
Tools
contract lifecycle management (CLM)
AI focus
Negotiates agreements that include AI component terms and uses AI tools to drive efficiency; both are strongly preferred.
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