Commercial Counsel (Technology & Procurement)

• Owning the full lifecycle of vendor and technology agreements, from initial engagement through master agreement, statements of work, and renewals, across AI, SaaS, cloud infrastructure, professional services, consulting, and data agreements.
• Reviewing, negotiating, and closing technology vendor agreements, applying iManage's established risk positions and playbooks while exercising sound judgment on deviations that require escalation.
• Partnering with the procurement team on vendor governance and contract administration, with legal owning substantive positions and Procurement handling workflow and tracking.
• Managing a diverse pipeline of vendor agreements concurrently, prioritizing based on business urgency, risk profile, and strategic importance.

• Building and maintaining iManage's procurement legal playbook, including standard positions, approved templates, fallback language, and escalation triggers for all major vendor and technology contract categories.
• Developing self-service resources for procurement and finance that enable routine vendor agreements to be handled efficiently without requiring legal involvement on every transaction.
• Identifying recurring vendor-contract risk themes and opportunities to improve iManage’s procurement legal framework.

• Building trusted relationships with finance, procurement, engineering, security, product, and people ops as a practical, business-enabling legal partner on all technology and procurement matters.
• Advising internal stakeholders on vendor contract risk in clear, business-accessible language, enabling informed decision-making rather than simply flagging issues.
• Coordinating with the privacy and security teams on vendor contracts with data protection or security implications, ensuring appropriate review and approvals before execution.

• A Juris Doctor (J.D.) and active membership in at least one state bar.
• 3-5 years of commercial legal experience with a meaningful focus on technology procurement, vendor contracting, or buy-side commercial transactions.
• Solid experience negotiating AI and SaaS agreements, cloud and infrastructure contracts, professional services agreements, and data agreements from the buyer's perspective.
• An ability to manage a diverse and concurrent vendor contract pipeline independently, prioritizing effectively and maintaining quality across a high volume of agreements.
• Working knowledge of data protection and privacy provisions in vendor contracts, including DPAs, security schedules, and AI data provisions, sufficient to coordinate effectively with the privacy and security teams.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills; able to partner effectively with finance, procurement, engineering, and security stakeholders and translate legal requirements into practical business guidance.
• A self-starter attitude with the ability to build reusable legal positions and playbooks where they do not yet exist, and to improve workflows continuously as the function scales.

• Experience with AI-related vendor contracts, including AI tooling agreements, data licensing, model API terms, and AI governance provisions.
• Familiarity with privacy-related vendor requirements under GDPR, UK GDPR, or CCPA, including DPA negotiation and vendor privacy assessments.
• Experience building or scaling a procurement legal playbook or vendor contract program.
• Prior experience using contract lifecycle management tools (Ironclad, Coupa, or similar) and comfortable designing legal workflows within procurement systems.

• Join a supportive, experienced team with an inclusive, encouraging, and vibrant culture.
• Have flexible work hours that allow me to balance my ‘me time’ with my work commitments.
• Collaborate in a modern open plan workspace, with a gaming area, free snacks, drinks and regular social events.
• Focus on impactful work, solving complex, real challenges utilizing the latest technologies and protocols.
• Own my career path with our internal development framework. Ask us more about this!
• Learn new skills and earn certifications with access to unlimited courses in LinkedIn Learning.
• Join an innovative, industry leading SaaS company that is continuing to grow & scale!

• Creating an inclusive environment where I can help shape the culture not just by fitting in, but by adding to it.
• Providing a market competitive salary that is applied through a consistent process, equitable for all our employees, and regularly reviewed based on industry data.
• Rewarding me with an annual performance-based bonus.
• Offering comprehensive Health/Vision/Dental/Life Insurance, and a 401k Retirement Savings Plan with a company match up to 4%.
• Giving access to HealthJoy, a healthcare concierge service, to help me maximize my health benefits.
• Granting enhanced leave for expecting parents; 20 weeks 100% paid for primary leave, and 10 weeks 100% paid for secondary leave.
• Providing me with a flexible time off policy to take the time off that I need. Be it for vacation, volunteering, celebrating holidays, spending time with family, or simply taking time to recharge and reset.
• Caring for my mental health and well-being with multiple company wellness days and free access to the Healthy Minds app for mindfulness, meditation and more.

At iManage, we are dedicated to Making Knowledge Work™. Our intelligent, cloud-enabled, and secure platform is trusted by 4,100+ customers and 430,000 users worldwide, managing over 11 billion documents and 11 petabytes of data. We empower professionals across 65+ countries to unlock the full potential of their business content and communications.  

We are continuously innovating to solve the most complex professional challenges and enable better business outcomes; Our work is not always easy but it is ambitious and rewarding.  

So we’re looking for people who embrace challenges. People who thrive on solving problems, pushing boundaries, and collaborating with the industry’s best and brightest. That’s the iManage way. It’s how we turn the impossible into reality, empower our employees to grow, unlock their potential, and create a meaningful impact on everything we do.  

Whoever you are, whatever you do, however you work. Make it mean something at iManage. 

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