Bigcommerce
Senior Manager, Deal Desk & Contract Management
United States - Remote, USA · Senior
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About the role
- Sales sees them as someone who will fight to get the deal done; Legal, FinOps, and Finance trust them to know the playbooks well enough to approve on their behalf - reducing friction without increasing risk.
- We also consider internal equity to help ensure fair and consistent pay practices across our teams.
- Details will be shared during the hiring process.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Sales, Sales Leadership, and Finance to structure complex, multi-product, and multi-year deals that maximize revenue while maintaining commercial controls
- Develop and enforce deal desk policies, approval workflows, and discount guardrails to ensure consistency and protect margin
- Drive deal velocity by managing SLAs, removing friction from the approval process, and proactively flagging risk or opportunity across the pipeline
- Build and maintain deal desk playbooks, pricing matrices, and escalation frameworks used across the revenue organization.
- Own the end-to-end contract lifecycle management process, from initial redlines through execution, renewal, and archiving
- Maintain and continuously improve the standard contract playbook, fallback positions, and pre-approved clause libraries in partnership with Legal
- identify and implement tooling improvements to increase efficiency
- Partner with Legal on non-standard or high-risk contractual terms, ensuring proper escalation paths and timely resolution
- Oversee contract repository hygiene and ensure data accuracy within the CLM system; identify and implement tooling improvements to increase efficiency
- Collaborate with RevOps, Finance, and Billing to ensure seamless handoffs from signed contract to revenue recognition and invoicing
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in Deal Desk, Revenue or Financial Operations, Contract Management, or a related commercial operations function within a B2B SaaS or technology company
- Experience working with CLM tools (e.g., Ironclad, Conga, DocuSign CLM) and CRM platforms (Salesforce required)
- Strong understanding of revenue recognition principles (ASC 606) and their practical application to deal structuring
- Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders including Sales leadership, Finance, and Legal without direct authority
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex commercial or legal concepts for non-expert audiences
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Legal Studies, or a related field required
- MBA or JD a plus
Skills
- Welcome to the Agentic Commerce Era
Compensation
- Compensation Transparency
Benefits
- Contribute to executive level reporting on deal desk metrics, contract compliance, and commercial health
Company info
- Welcome to the Agentic Commerce Era At Commerce, our mission is to empower businesses to innovate, grow, and thrive with our open, AI-driven commerce ecosystem.
- We believe in harnessing AI responsibly to unlock new possibilities, and we're looking for individuals who use it intentionally to solve problems, accelerate outcomes, and expand what's possible in their role.
- If you want to be part of a team of bold builders, sharp thinkers, and technical trailblazers who shape the future of commerce, this is the place for you.
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