Commercial Paralegal - Contracts Manager

About Us: Sigma is a fast-growing startup headquartered in San Francisco and dedicated to revolutionizing data analytics. Our dynamic team thrives on innovation, collaboration, and achieving excellence in everything we do. As we continue to scale, we are seeking an experienced Contracts Manager to support our legal operations and contribute to our company's growth.

Key Responsibilities: The contracts & legal operations manager will manage and oversee the full contract lifecycle for commercial agreements while ensuring regulatory compliance and risk mitigation. This role will also maintain our contract database and implement process improvements for contract management workflows.

• Contract Management:
• Maintain and organize the company's contract database and ensure compliance with contract management policies;
• Track contract deadlines, renewals, and obligations in contract management system; and
• Provide guidance to business teams on contract terms and company policies.
• Legal Support and Legal Operations:
• Maintain contract templates and playbooks while identifying opportunities for standardization;
• Support General Counsel with a variety of initiatives including tooling selection and RFP, outside counsel selection, patent program management;
• Maintain legal & compliance team intranet presence;
• Create and maintain operational guides and other content;
• Support legal department with contract-related projects and process improvements;
• Assist with budget tracking and management; and
• Implement processes that allow Sigma to track KPI's and other important metrics for the legal team.
• Team Collaboration:
• Work closely with internal stakeholders, including finance and operations, to ensure seamless legal support for various departments; and
• Liaise with external counsel as required.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education.
• 5+ years of experience in contract management and legal operations, preferably in a startup or fast-paced environment;
• Experience with managing legal operations for in-house legal teams;
• Proficiency in contract management software (Summize preferred but not required) and MS Office Suite;
• Exceptional organizational skills with a keen eye for detail;
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks under tight deadlines;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; and
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work independently.

Additional Job details

The base salary range for this position is $180k - $205k annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work at Sigma Computing. This role is eligible for stock options, as well as a comprehensive benefits package.

About us:

Sigma is the AI Apps and agentic analytics platform built on the cloud data warehouse. Business and technical teams use Sigma to explore live data, build intelligent applications, and automate critical workflows all without moving data or breaking governance. Sigma supports a spreadsheet interface, SQL, Python, and native AI in a single governed workspace, giving every team the speed to act and IT the control to scale. Sigma is trusted by more than 2,000 customers, including AMD, Duolingo, Colgate-Palmolive, and JPMorgan Chase.


Sigma announced its $80M in Series E financing in May 2026. The round was led by Princeville Capital, with new strategic investors Databricks Ventures, ServiceNow Ventures, and Workday Ventures participating alongside returning investors Altimeter Capital, Avenir Growth Capital, D1 Capital Partners, K5 Global, NewView Capital, Spark Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, and XN. This milestone follows Sigma reaching $200M in annual recurring revenue in April 2026, with more than 100% year-over-year growth and 1.1 million new active users added in the latest fiscal year.

Come join us!
Benefits For Our Full-Time Employees:

• Equity
• Generous health benefits
• Flexible time off policy. Take the time off you need!
• Paid bonding time for all new parents
• Traditional and Roth 401k
• Commuter and FSA benefits
• Lunch Program
• Dog friendly office

Sigma is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a smart and strong team regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran, or any other protected status. We look forward to learning how your experience can enable all of us to grow.

Note: We have an in-office work environment in all our offices in SF, NYC, London and Sydney.

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