Contracts Manager

Canva Canva · Enterprise · Austin, TX +1 · Legal

Canva is seeking a Contracts Manager to join their global Commercial Legal team. The role involves preparing, negotiating, and managing contracts for Enterprise sales, Canva for Education, and Procurement teams. Responsibilities include drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements, collaborating with stakeholders, maintaining a contract database, and providing feedback on templates and processes. A key aspect of the role is ensuring the maintenance and enhancement of AI tools within the contracting workflow. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience negotiating SaaS agreements, experience with AI tools for contract review, and a solutions-focused, risk-aware approach.

What you'd actually do

  1. Draft, review, and negotiate agreements with customers and vendors ensuring the terms comply with Canva policies, legal requirements, and industry standards.
  2. Collaborate with internal stakeholders to gather necessary information to address any concerns related to contract terms and deliver timely, practical advice that is calibrated to risk, deal structure, and internal policy.
  3. Maintain a database of contracts including key terms and obligations
  4. Continuously provide feedback to the team on potential improvements to templates and processes to increase efficacy and efficiency, identifying and helping develop improvements to contracting processes, workflows, and enablement tools with a scalable, future-focused mindset.
  5. Provide training sessions for the legal team and stakeholders on the tools utilized during the contracting process, designing and delivering enablement to equip cross-functional stakeholders to move faster and more independently on routine commercial matters.
  6. Ensure the maintenance and continual enhancement of AI tools throughout the contracting workflow.

Skills

Required

  • Extensive experience negotiating SaaS agreements at a high-volume in support of a sales team
  • Experience reviewing vendor agreements
  • Experience using Ironclad, Salesforce, and AI tools for contract review and management
  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Solutions focused, risk aware, and not risk averse
  • Collaborative team player with strong interpersonal skills and a collegial attitude
  • Comfortable negotiating live with customers and vendors
  • Able to prioritize and effectively set and balance expectations
  • Pragmatism and agility required to meet the needs of the business each day

What the JD emphasized

  • AI tools for contract review and management
  • Ensure the maintenance and continual enhancement of AI tools throughout the contracting workflow.