Contracts Manager
OpenAI
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $265,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
About the role
- Serve as a legal partner for OpenAI’s business transactions, partnerships, and operations.
- Collaborate with colleagues from Infrastructure, Sales, Partnerships, Procurement, and Operations, to ensure terms align with our abilities, interests, and compliance requirements.
- Develop scalable processes and systems to streamline and accelerate the business while managing legal and regulatory risk.
- Identify and address commercial, product, regulatory, privacy, and other legal issues arising from commercial transactions.
- Develop strategies and processes for handling legal issues in creative and scalable ways that support growth.
- Collaborate with colleagues across OpenAI’s global legal team to ensure alignment across jurisdictions.
Requirements
- Have 15+ years of experience across in-house and technology-focused law firm roles.
- Bring a strong background in drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts.
- Are comfortable operating in an entrepreneurial environment and are proactive and independent.
- Communicate with clarity and business judgment, tailoring advice to enable responsible growth.
- Build cross-functional relationships and adapt communication styles to diverse audiences.
- Have a strong sense of ownership, intellectual curiosity, and enthusiasm for technology.
- Can demonstrate sound judgment in ambiguous or fast-changing situations.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
- Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
- Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
- 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
- Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
- Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
- Relocation support for eligible employees
- Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
drafting complex commercial contractsnegotiating commercial contractslegal risk managementregulatory complianceprivacy lawcommercial transactionslegal strategy developmentprocess developmentscalable systems
Soft skills
communicationbusiness judgmentcross-functional collaborationadaptabilityownershipintellectual curiosityenthusiasm for technologyproactivityindependencesound judgment