Contracts Manager (AI)

Location: Hybrid, with presence required 4 days per week at the San Francisco, San Jose, or Bellevue office; designated work-from-home day is Tuesday. United States.

Annual salary: $198,000–$264,000 for San Francisco/San Jose; $178,000–$238,000 for Bellevue.

Company

Lambda provides AI cloud infrastructure for AI researchers, enterprises, and hyperscalers.

What you will do

• Set contracting and supply chain standards, including SOPs, playbooks, approval matrices, templates, clause libraries, and negotiation frameworks.
• Lead master supply agreements and negotiate pricing, payment terms, capacity reservations, warranties, damages, performance security, liability, indemnities, insurance, changes, suspension, and termination.
• Assess commercial risk, advise Construction, Sourcing, Finance, and project teams, and act as the business liaison to Legal and outside counsel.
• Own claims, disputes, contract obligations, milestones, notices, warranties, capacity commitments, liquidated damages, renewals, and closeout.
• Manage supplier onboarding, sanctions and denied-party screening, insurance, certifications, tariffs, import and export controls, audit readiness, and procurement controls.
• Set reporting standards, build dashboards, train site teams, secure deviation approvals, and improve contracting and procurement processes through standardization and lifecycle tools.

Requirements

• 7+ years of contracts or commercial management experience on large capital projects, with deep experience in construction and equipment contracts.
• Datacenter or mission-critical experience, or extensive experience in oil and gas, energy, or other complex construction and equipment programs.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Construction Management, Engineering, Law, Quantity Surveying, Supply Chain, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Personal experience negotiating master supply agreements and strong command of terms and conditions and their commercial impact.
• Experience owning claims and disputes through resolution and tracking contract obligations through closeout.
• Experience building master agreement templates, clause libraries, SOPs, playbooks, or approval matrices adopted by an organization.
• Experience owning supply chain compliance, including supplier onboarding, trade compliance, audit readiness, and procurement controls.
• Experience setting reporting standards, building dashboards for contract, spend, or compliance data, and training teams across multiple sites.
• Experience serving as the primary business liaison to in-house Legal and outside counsel; clear written and verbal communication, executive-level risk communication, ambiguity management, and the ability to manage several high-value negotiations on compressed timelines.

Nice to have

• Experience at a hyperscaler, AI cloud, colocation provider, datacenter developer, large EPC, or general contractor.
• Paralegal experience, a JD, or a construction law background.
• Experience implementing contract lifecycle management or procurement systems.
• Experience with SOX or internal audit controls, or trade compliance certification such as CCS.
• Experience establishing a contracts or commercial function in a high-growth company.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-growing AI cloud company founded in 2012 with more than 500 employees.
• Cash and equity compensation.
• Health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles.
• 401(k) plan with a 2% company match for USA employees and flexible paid time off.