Senior Contracts Manager

About this role

Own vendor contracting at Supabase, negotiating technology and procurement agreements while balancing commercial risk and speed. Build playbooks and workflows that help teams handle low-risk contracts independently, using AI tools and contract lifecycle management software.

About the company

Supabase builds an open-source backend platform with Postgres, auth, storage, and realtime APIs. It helps developers launch production apps without managing custom infrastructure.

The team

Operations and Legal, partnering with FinOps, IT, Security, and the Commercial Legal team.

Stack

What you'll do

• Review, draft, and negotiate vendor agreements, including SaaS, cloud, data protection, and security terms
• Manage vendor contracts from intake through signature, renewals, amendments, disputes, and offboarding
• Apply and maintain contract playbooks, escalating novel or out-of-policy risks to Legal
• Build vendor contracting playbooks and intake, triage, approval, and self-service workflows
• Manage the vendor workflow in Ironclad and coordinate renewal tracking with FinOps
• Create training and self-service resources for business partners

What we're looking for

• 6–8+ years negotiating procurement, vendor, or technology contracts, ideally buy-side at a U.S. SaaS or technology company
• Deep knowledge of SaaS, cloud, and software licensing terms
• Experience negotiating directly with vendors and their counsel independently
• Working knowledge of privacy, data protection, security terms, DPAs, and international data transfers
• Experience designing clear and consistent contracting processes
• Strong communication and judgment in assessing, approving, and escalating risk
• Comfort using AI tools such as Claude, verifying outputs, and protecting confidential information

Nice to have

• Relevant degree, though experience is valued over a specific degree
• Sell-side SaaS or technology contracting experience
• Experience with Ironclad or another CLM tool, AI-assisted legal workflows, or AI governance
• Experience working across jurisdictions or with distributed international teams
• Experience at a fast-growing developer-focused, cloud, security, or open-source company

Benefits

• Global remote work with a WeWork membership or coworking allowance
• Employee equity through ESOP
• Technology allowance
• Health insurance covered 100% for employees and 80% for dependents
• Annual company off-sites
• Flexible, asynchronous work
• Annual professional development allowance