Anthropic seeks a Contracts Manager to join its Commercial Legal team in Singapore. The role involves drafting, negotiating, and managing complex commercial and procurement contracts for technology transactions and strategic partnerships across APAC. The successful candidate will work closely with in‑region and global counsel, streamline contracting processes, drive regional rollouts of policy improvements, and collaborate cross‑functionally with Product, Sales, Business Operations, Research, and Procurement teams. This position offers a hybrid work arrangement, competitive compensation, and benefits such as equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible hours, and office space.
Contracts Manager, APAC at Anthropic
Hybrid - Singapore
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Skills
- Substantive knowledge of software and SaaS agreements, reseller agreements, services agreements, strategic partnerships, and general commercial contract terms
- Ability to independently draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial and procurement contracts
- Experience managing the full contract lifecycle for technology transactions, sales organizations, and/or partnerships
- Minimum 8+ years related contract management experience, with at least 5 years supporting technology transactions, sales organizations, and/or partnerships
- Experience operating in a fast‑paced technology startup
- Prior experience as part of a global or distributed legal team
- Track record of operating with a high degree of autonomy while keeping global stakeholders appropriately informed
- Experience with contract lifecycle management platforms such as Ironclad
- Strong habits around asynchronous communication, proactive status updates, and operating effectively with a remote manager across time zones
- Understanding of the importance of contracts and the organization’s mission, with flexibility in drafting
- Ability to identify and implement efficient processes and policies
- Preference for straightforward, concise explanations over legalese
- Comfort operating outside one’s areas of expertise and in uncharted legal territory
- Ability to thrive as a member of cross‑functional teams building frontier technologies
- Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical, collaboration, and interpersonal skills
- Authentic integrity and a deep understanding of the importance of ethics in business
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
Responsibilities
- Draft, analyze, negotiate, and complete complex commercial transactions with enterprise customers, vendors, and strategic partners, including IP licensing agreements
- Propose and develop scalable solutions to improve contracting efficiency
- Collaborate with business units and legal team members to streamline contract management processes, identify potential risks, and drive continuous improvement in contract handling efficiency
- Work cross‑functionally with Product, Sales, Business Operations, Research, and Procurement teams to achieve key business objectives and deliver strategic, business‑minded and creative solutions
- Partner closely with in‑region counsel and lead counsel on day‑to‑day triage of regional legal matters, ensuring workload is prioritized effectively and seamlessly coordinated between regional and global teams
- Drive the regional rollout of process improvements, policy updates, and programs initiated from global headquarters, including planning and facilitating local enablement sessions to keep commercial and cross‑functional stakeholders informed and ready to execute
- Pitch in across other areas of the legal function, practicing across multiple areas and contributing where experience or interests allow
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