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Commercial Contracts Manager

DensityAI - Palo Alto, CA, United States - In-office - posted 2026-10-06

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Salary: USD 250,000 - 300,000 / annual

DensityAI is seeking a Commercial Contracts Manager to own the contracting engine across the organization. Reporting into the legal team, you will manage the full contract lifecycle—intake, drafting, redlining, approval, execution, and post-signature obligation tracking—for vendor, services, and supply-chain agreements. You will handle high-volume contracting independently, allowing counsel to focus on complex technology and foundry transactions. Key responsibilities include: - Manage the complete contract lifecycle end-to-end, from intake through obligation tracking - Draft and negotiate high-volume agreements from templates: NDAs, vendor and services agreements, SOWs, purchase terms, and amendments - Support counsel on semiconductor supply-chain agreements, including foundry, OSAT, and contract manufacturing (MSAs, MPAs, capacity and pricing, NRE/tooling) - Build and maintain the contract repository, template set, clause library, and negotiation playbooks - Implement and administer CLM tooling; define intake and approval workflows with legal, finance, and supply chain - Track obligations, renewals, expirations, and deliverables; surface risk and escalate to counsel - Partner with supply chain, finance, engineering, and GTM teams to unblock deals and maintain cycle times - Leverage AI-assisted tool flows to accelerate drafting, review, and contract reporting Requirements: - 5+ years managing commercial contracts in-house, at a law firm, or in a contracts/procurement function - Hands-on drafting and redlining experience with NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, and vendor/services agreements - Demonstrated ownership of contract lifecycle end-to-end, including post-signature obligation management - Working knowledge of CLM platforms (Ironclad, Agiloft, DocuSign CLM, LinkSquares, or equivalent) and e-signature workflows - Strong organizational discipline to manage high-volume queues without dropping obligations - Ability to operate independently in a fast-moving startup environment and build processes from scratch - Optional: semiconductor, hardware, or supply-chain contracting experience; foundry, OSAT, or contract-manufacturing agreement expertise; export-control awareness (EAR/ITAR); data privacy and DPA knowledge; paralegal certification or JD; experience supporting early-stage legal teams

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