Overview
Senior Contracts and Legal Manager Jobs in Canada at Jobgether
Title: Senior Contracts and Legal Manager
Company: Jobgether
Location: Canada
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Contracts and Legal Manager based in Canada.
This role sits at the core of a global commercial operations function, ensuring contracts are structured, negotiated, and managed in a way that enables sustainable business growth while controlling legal and commercial risk. You will work across complex client, partner, and supplier agreements in a fast-moving international environment. The position combines hands-on contract negotiation with strategic advisory responsibilities, supporting both day-to-day deal execution and high-impact commercial initiatives. You will collaborate closely with sales, finance, legal operations, and executive stakeholders to ensure alignment between business goals and contractual execution. This is a highly visible role where your decisions directly influence deal velocity, compliance, and operational scalability. It also offers exposure to cross-border engagements across North America and beyond, within a remote-first and collaborative culture. You will play a key role in improving contract processes, governance, and tooling in a technology-driven organization.
Accountabilities
- Lead the review, drafting, and redlining of a wide range of commercial contracts (NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, SaaS agreements, procurement and vendor contracts), ensuring accuracy, compliance, and risk mitigation.
- Independently negotiate contractual terms with clients, partners, and suppliers while balancing commercial objectives with legal safeguards and organizational policies.
- Provide senior-level guidance on complex or high-value agreements, including recommendations on contract approvals and escalation to leadership when required.
- Manage contract lifecycle activities, ensuring accurate documentation, structured record-keeping, and effective use of internal contract management systems.
- Collaborate with legal operations and cross-functional teams to improve workflows, templates, playbooks, and contract governance processes.
- Conduct peer reviews of contract redlines and support continuous quality improvement across the broader contracts function.
- Contribute to strategic initiatives such as acquisitions, partnerships, and enterprise deals, ensuring contractual integrity and alignment with business strategy.
- Evaluate and support the adoption of tools and technologies, including AI-enabled solutions, to enhance contract efficiency and decision-making.
Requirements
This role requires strong experience in contract management within commercial, legal, or procurement environments, with proven ability to independently manage end-to-end negotiations. Candidates should bring at least 5 years of relevant experience (or equivalent legal qualification with 3+ years in contracts work), along with strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills. You should be comfortable operating in fast-paced, cross-functional, and geographically distributed environments, with a strong ability to balance detail orientation and commercial awareness.
- Strong experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts across sales, SaaS, or procurement contexts
- Ability to independently lead contract negotiations and engage confidently with senior internal and external stakeholders
- Solid understanding of commercial risk assessment, contract structuring, and legal/compliance considerations
- Experience working with enterprise tools (e.g., Jira, Excel/Google Sheets, contract management systems, CRM platforms)
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to identify inefficiencies and improve contract processes
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to simplify complex legal concepts
- High attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities under deadlines
- Exposure to cloud, data privacy, IP, or software licensing agreements is a strong advantage
- Familiarity with SaaS, cloud computing, or global technology environments is highly valued
Benefits
- Competitive annual salary range (approx. CAD $100,000-$130,000)
- Unlimited vacation policy to support work-life balance
- RRSP matching program up to 4%
- Fully remote-first and flexible working arrangements
- Enhanced parental leave, including maternity, paternity, and family-related leave options
- Comprehensive employee assistance and wellbeing programs
- Volunteer days to support community engagement initiatives
- Private healthcare coverage (Canada Life Care)
- Additional perks such as learning resources and subscription-based benefits
- Strong focus on inclusion, diversity, and equitable career development.
How Jobgether Works
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!
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