Contracts Manager

Harvey Harvey · AI Frontier · New York, NY · Legal

This role is for a Contracts Manager to join the legal team at Harvey, a company transforming legal and professional services with agentic AI. The manager will interface with cross-functional teams, manage contracts (NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, etc.), develop contract templates and playbooks, refine workflows, and ensure compliance. They will also provide training and develop resources for go-to-market teams. The role requires 4+ years of in-house experience, ideally in SaaS/tech, with experience in contracts management systems. While AI experience is welcomed, it's not required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Draft, review, and negotiate NDAs, Master Service Agreements, Statements of Work, Marketing and Sponsorship Agreements, Staffing Agreements, and other Procurement Agreements
  2. Develop and maintain contract templates and playbooks, refine approval workflows and intake processes, and leverage Harvey to continuously improve and scale the legal team's contracting operations
  3. Flag non-standard terms and issues affecting product, privacy, and regulatory compliance, escalate to legal counsel as needed, negotiate Data Processing Agreements, and ensure contracts comply with internal policies
  4. Provide training and develop resources in support of our go-to-market and other cross-functional teams

Skills

Required

  • 4+ years of in-house experience, ideally supporting a SaaS or tech company
  • Hands-on experience with Procurement, Master Services Agreements, NDAs, SaaS, technology, and/or IP licensing commercial agreements
  • Experience with contracts management systems and related systems (such as or similar to Ironclad, Zip and Docusign)
  • Exceptional project management skills
  • Ability to think creatively, function independently and work proactively in a fast-paced environment
  • Team-focused and collaborative work style; willingness to build expertise and solve new challenges in an evolving practice
  • Hyper-responsive and service-oriented attitude, and a love for solving hard problems with a small tight-knit team

Nice to have

  • AI experience

What the JD emphasized

  • AI experience welcomed but not required