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Commercial Contracts Manager

🕒 20 days ago
📍 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - Hybrid🎹 Mid-level⚖️ General Counsel💼 Full-Time
Contract DraftingContract NegotiationCommercial ContractsTechnology Contracts
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📜 Description

  • Draft, review, and negotiate commercial and technology contracts.
  • Support strategic supplier and services arrangements.
  • Manage contractual risk and provide guidance on data protection and intellectual property licensing.
  • Assist legal team members with transactional matters.
  • Develop and enhance the use of AI in contract review and management.
  • Maintain and develop the in-house contract management system.

🛠️ Requirements

  • Excellent academic credentials and either: (a) extensive experience as a commercial contracts paralegal or contracts manager or (b) prior experience as a contracts solicitor in private practice or in an in-house role.
  • Strong experience of drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts.
  • Experience using AI tools in the context of contract review and analysis.
  • Prior exposure to technology/IT contracts, SaaS and software licensing, IP licensing, and services and supplier contracts.
  • Commercial awareness and the ability to balance legal risk with business objectives.
  • Excellent analytical, verbal, and written communication skills.
  • Strong client-service and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively with employees at all levels of the organization, in different business units, and in multiple time zones.
  • A collaborative and adaptable approach, with the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment. Proven experience in stakeholder management.
  • Experience of drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts that relate to, or involve, the processing of personal data, and an understanding of data protection law in the context of licensing and services contracts.
  • Experience creating AI agents and/or developing automated contract skills/workflows.
Full job description
For over four decades, Cirrus Logic has been propelled by the top engineers in mixed-signal processing. Our rockstar team thrives on solving complex challenges with innovative end-user solutions for the world's top consumer brands. Cirrus Logic is also known for its award-winning culture, built on a foundation of inclusion and fairness, meaningful community engagement, and delivering enjoyable employee experiences at every turn. But we couldn’t do it without our extraordinary workforce – and that’s where you come in. Join our team and help us continue to make Cirrus Logic an exceptional place to grow your career!

Cirrus Logic has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic commercial contracts manager to join its legal team in Edinburgh, UK. As part of the Cirrus Logic Legal Team, you will work with cross-functional teams located primarily in Edinburgh, and in Austin, Texas, supporting the creation and sale of products that make Cirrus Logic the number one choice in signal processing. Working as part of an international team, and supporting a truly global business, you will be drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a broad variety of contracts and technology licenses across all aspects of the Cirrus Logic business.

For over four decades, Cirrus Logic has been propelled by the top engineers in mixed-signal processing. Our rockstar team thrives on solving complex challenges with innovative end-user solutions for the world's top consumer brands. Cirrus Logic is also known for its award-winning culture, built on a foundation of inclusion and fairness, meaningful community engagement, and delivering enjoyable employee experiences at every turn. But we couldn’t do it without our extraordinary workforce – and that’s where you come in. Join our team and help us continue to make Cirrus Logic an exceptional place to grow your career! This position is based in our Edinburgh office, UK. You must be based within commutable distance of the work location listed on the job posting, or willing to relocate prior to beginning employment with Cirrus Logic.   #LI-HD1 #LI-Hybrid Export control restrictions based upon applicable laws and regulations would prohibit candidates who are nationals of certain embargoed countries from working in this position without Cirrus Logic first obtaining an export license.  Candidates for this role must be able to access technical data without a requirement for an export license. We are unable to sponsor or obtain export licenses for this role. At Cirrus Logic, we believe that diversity drives innovation, and we are committed to encouraging an open and collaborative culture where different approaches, ideas, and points of view are respected and valued. We aim to promote a workplace where everyone can contribute irrespective of race, colour, national origin, religion or belief, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy status, or disability.

Responsibilities

  • Key responsibilities will include drafting, reviewing, negotiating and advising on commercial and technology contracts, supporting strategic supplier and services arrangements, managing contractual risk, and providing guidance on areas such as data protection, AI, and intellectual property licensing.
  • The provision of commercial input on contract related issues material to the business, and assisting other legal team members with transactional matters.
  • Developing and enhancing Cirrus Logic’s use of AI in relation to contract review and management.
  • Maintaining and developing our in-house contract management system, and approach, including the development and use of metrics.

    • Required Skills and Qualifications

  • Excellent academic credentials and either: (a) extensive experience as a commercial contracts paralegal or contracts manager or (b) prior experience as a contracts solicitor in private practice or in an in-house role.
  • Strong experience of drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts.
  • Experience using AI tools in the context of contract review and analysis.
  • Prior exposure to technology/IT contracts, SaaS and software licensing, IP licensing, and services and supplier contracts.
  • Commercial awareness and the ability to balance legal risk with business objectives.
  • Excellent analytical, verbal, and written communication skills.
  • Strong client-service and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively with employees at all levels of the organization, in different business units, and in multiple time zones.
  • A collaborative and adaptable approach, with the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment. Proven experience in stakeholder management.

    • Preferred Skills and Qualifications

  • Experience of drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts that relate to, or involve, the processing of personal data, and an understanding of data protection law in the context of licensing and services contracts.
  • Experience creating AI agents and/or developing automated contract skills/workflows.
  • Familiarity with, or willingness to learn, basic aspects of electronics and semiconductors. An interest in technology, innovation, AI and emerging legal issues.
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