PMs for Hire

PMs for Hire

Legal Program Manager, Contracts and Governance

San Francisco, CA

H1B sponsorship available$220k-$285kDetected 28 days ago
NLPLLMsComplianceProject ManagementSalesforceFinancial AnalysisAccountingFP&ALogisticsContract ManagementResearchCommunicationSarbanes-OxleyFinancial ReportingInternal Audit

About the role

  • Anthropic is seeking an experienced Legal Program Manager to join our Commercial Legal team, focused on contracts and governance.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Commercial Legal to continuously improve the end-to-end commercial contracting lifecycle for sell-side agreements (SaaS/API subscriptions, enterprise licenses, partnership and channel agreements, statements of work, and order forms), ensuring alignment with revenue recognition requirements under ASC 606
  • Partner with Finance and Accounting to ensure commercial contract terms and structures support accurate revenue recognition, including proper identification of performance obligations, variable consideration, contract modifications, and multi-element arrangements
  • Develop and maintain contract management workflows, templates, approval matrices, and playbooks that embed governance and compliance requirements directly into the contracting process
  • Build and operate contract governance controls tied to compliance requirements, including contract review procedures, delegation of authority frameworks, and exception-tracking mechanisms
  • Maintain disclosure-support processes for commercial contracts, including tracking of material agreements, contract-related risks, and commitments that feed SEC reporting and audit requirements
  • Partner with Revenue Operations, Sales, and Engineering to design and enforce contract execution standards - including signature authority, amendment protocols, and proper documentation practices - that support SOX compliance and internal controls over financial reporting
  • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (Sales, Partnerships, Finance, FP&A, Accounting, Engineering, and external auditors) to ensure commercial commitments are properly captured, classified, and reported
  • Experience building or significantly improving contracting workflows, templates, approval processes, or contract lifecycle management systems
  • Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

Requirements

  • At least 8-10 years of experience in legal program management, legal operations, contracts management, or commercial legal support, preferably in a technology or SaaS environment
  • Deep, practical knowledge of sell-side commercial contracting processes, including SaaS, subscription, and enterprise licensing agreements
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex legal and financial concepts into clear, actionable guidance for non-legal stakeholders
  • Sound judgment and the ability to identify and escalate contract risks, governance gaps, and compliance issues proactively
  • Comfort using AI and LLM tools to streamline and scale routine contracting work
  • Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

Nice to have

  • Prior experience working in a public company environment, with firsthand knowledge of the governance, compliance, and reporting cadences that public company operations require
  • Experience at a high-growth technology company that has undergone (or is preparing for) a company transition
  • Hands-on experience with Ironclad as a contract lifecycle management platform
  • experience with other CLM tools (Icertis, DocuSign CLM, Salesforce, or similar) also valued
  • Experience with vendor and supplier contracting processes, bringing a well-rounded understanding of both sides of the commercial contracting lifecycle
  • Professional certifications such as PMP or CPCM (Certified Professional Contracts Manager)
  • Interest in AI policy, AI safety, and the legal and governance questions emerging at the frontier of the field
  • Familiarity with SOX compliance requirements, particularly internal controls over financial reporting as they relate to the revenue cycle and commercial contracting

Skills

  • Deploy LLM and AI tooling to scale contracting throughput, surface governance exceptions, and reduce manual handling

Compensation

  • $220,000 - $285,000 USD
  • Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
  • Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position
  • However, some roles may require more time in our offices.

Benefits

  • Minimum education: Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Company info

  • Anthropic's mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate.
  • But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.
  • We do sponsor visas!
Apply directly at PMs for Hire →Create a free account for alerts like thisView PMs for Hire immigration profile

This listing is sourced directly from PMs for Hire's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.