Contract Manager - San Francisco - REMOTE

Contracts: land, power, construction, equipment, colocation and customer capacity agreements, legal partners negotiate its complex agreements.

As Contracts Manager, you will build s contracts management and legal operations function from the ground up. You will own the full contract lifecycle, from intake and negotiation through signature, obligations and renewal.

A hands-on, build-from-scratch role: You will draft and negotiate standard agreements yourself, support V legal partners on complex deals and put the systems, playbooks and processes in place to scale. You will work closely with the Head of Operations and outside counsel today, and partner with new teams across the business as client's scales.

▸ Contracts & Legal Operations Function: Design and stand up client's contracts and legal operations function, including policies, intake, approval matrix and signature authority.

▸ Contract Lifecycle Management: Select and implement a CLM system and central repository so every agreement, version and obligation is searchable and tracked.

▸ Data Center Agreements: Support client's legal partners on colocation, capacity, land, lease, power, construction and equipment agreements, leading first-pass review, issues lists and business terms.

▸ Vendor & Customer Contracts: Draft, redline and negotiate NDAs, vendor, purchase and standard customer agreements using client's templates and playbook.

▸ Playbooks & Templates: Build client's standard templates, clause library and fallback positions so routine agreements close quickly and consistently.

▸ Obligations & Renewals: Track milestones, SLA credits, liquidated damages, renewals and termination rights, and flag risk well before deadlines.

▸ Legal Partner Management: Route complex negotiations to client's legal partners, keep them on scope and budget and decide what stays in-house.

▸ Reporting & Enablement: Report contract status, cycle times and risk exposure to the Head of Operations, and train new teams on the contract process as client grows.

▸ Contracts experience: 10+ years of hands-on contracts management, with substantial time in the data center, cloud or digital infrastructure industry.

▸ Data center agreements: Direct experience with colocation, power, construction, land or critical equipment contracts, working alongside legal counsel.

▸ Building from the ground up: Startup or high-growth experience as part of a small team, building contracts or legal operations processes from scratch.

▸ CLM implementation: Experience selecting, implementing or running a contract lifecycle management system, such as Ironclad, Icertis, Agiloft or DocuSign CLM.

▸ Strong drafting and redlining skills on standard agreements, and judgment on when to escalate to counsel.

▸ Working knowledge of liability, indemnity, insurance and force majeure terms in infrastructure deals.

▸ Ability to manage a high volume of agreements and prioritize without losing control.

▸ Clear communication with technical, commercial and executive stakeholders.

▸ Comfort working independently in an early-stage company where processes are still forming.

▸ Experience at a hyperscaler or neocloud.

▸ Power purchase agreements or utility interconnection contracts.

▸ Supporting multi-site data center builds or expansions.

▸ Familiarity with SOC 2, ISO 27001 or customer audit requirements.

▸ A JD, paralegal certificate or contracts management certification.