Senior Contracts Manager, North America Stores

Amazon is looking for a Senior Contracts Manager passionate about innovating contracts management support for our North American Stores businesses.

In this role you will draft and negotiate contracts across a large team. You will build processes that address risk while giving the business flexibility to move quickly. You will develop creative, business-centric strategies that contribute to team-wide initiatives and projects.

Key job responsibilities

- Develop and maintain AI-enhanced contract templates, training materials, SOPs for contracting processes, and track associated metrics and AI performance indicators

- Drive innovation in contracts management support, including identifying and implementing AI-enabled solutions across the legal team and supported businesses

- Draft, negotiate, and manage commercial agreements, leveraging AI-powered tools to streamline contract creation, review, and analysis

- Identify key risks/gaps in contracts using AI auditing methodologies; evaluate AI-generated outputs for accuracy, bias, and compliance, and recommend risk mitigation changes

- Provide routine legal support on day-to-day issues including contract reviews, negotiations, marketing materials review, compliance questions, dispute matters, policy guidance, and new initiative planning. Respond promptly and escalate appropriately

A day in the life

Your day will blend strategic problem-solving, innovation, and collaboration. You'll navigate complex contract negotiations, explore AI-driven solutions for contracts management, and bridge legal considerations with business objectives across cross-functional teams.

About the team

We are a collaborative legal team that empowers business growth through proactive contract management. We're strategic partners who leverage AI and legal technology to create value and drive organizational success, constantly innovating how we deliver contracts support for faster, smarter outcomes.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of commercial agreements experience

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent

- Can use AI for legal research, contract analysis, or document review

- Experience managing multiple projects, prioritizing, planning, and managing time

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience in drafting and negotiating the legal terms in a broad range of standard commercial contracts

- Can manage a high volume of requests and competing deadlines

- Can work proactively and independently, meet deadlines, and deliver on projects and tasks

- Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities

- Experience with complex commercial/legal concepts and drafting, ability to quickly read and interpret legal terminology and reasoning

- Experience with AI in the legal context, including building/configuring AI contract tools, developing prompts and workflows, auditing AI outputs, and establishing governance frameworks for responsible AI use

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at

USA, NY, New York - 125,700.00 - 185,000.00 USD annually

USA, WA, SEATTLE - 114,200.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually