Legal Contract Manager

About the Team
OpenAIs Legal team plays a crucial role in advancing our mission by tackling innovative and fundamental legal issues in AI. The team includes professionals from diverse legal fieldstechnology AI government contracting privacy IP corporate employment tax regulatory and litigationwho collaborate closely with colleagues across the company.

If you are passionate about helping bring cutting-edge AI technology to the public sector while navigating complex legal and regulatory landscapes youll thrive here.

About the Role

Were seeking a Legal Contracts Manager to support OpenAI for Governments growing public sector business. This role will manage a wide range of contracting activities with U.S. federal state and local government customers and partners.
This role will partner closely with our legal go-to-market capture/proposals and other teams to negotiate agreements administer existing contracts establish compliance mechanisms and generally support the full lifecycle of contract performance. This role requires deep familiarity with government contracting exceptional attention to detail and the ability to operate with speed and sound judgment in a fast-moving environment.

This position reports to our Associate General Counsel Head of Public Sector Legal and is based in Washington D.C.

In this role will:

• Manage the full contract lifecycle for government agreements including NDAs services agreements teaming agreements subcontracts and order forms.

• Negotiate contracts with federal state and local agencies and government integrators balancing risk management with business objectives.

• Ensure ongoing compliance with contract requirements including flow-down clauses reporting obligations and government-specific certifications (e.g. FAR/DFARS FedRAMP CMMC NIST 800-171).

• Support contract pursuits and proposals including review of RFP/RFQ terms development of compliance matrices and coordination of required representations and certifications.

• Coordinate with internal stakeholdersLegal Finance Security Capture/Proposals and Productto ensure contract terms align with OpenAIs technical capabilities pricing structures and security/compliance frameworks.

• Maintain contract records and manage data related to key terms renewals and deliverables.
  Develop scalable contracting processes and playbooks to streamline government sales while managing legal and regulatory risk.

• Monitor regulatory developments and advise on implications for government contracts and compliance programs.

You might thrive in this role if you:

• 7 years of experience in government contracting contract management or technology transactions with significant exposure to U.S. federal acquisition regulations (FAR/DFARS).

• JD law degree or relevant contract management certification (e.g. NCMA CPCM/CCCM) preferred but not required.

• Active U.S. Government TS/SCI clearance.

• Strong background negotiating and managing agreements with U.S. government agencies or prime contractors.

• Familiarity with public sector compliance frameworks (e.g. FedRAMP NIST 800-171 CMMC ITAR/EAR government data rights).

• Demonstrated ability to operate with autonomy and sound judgment in highly technical fast-moving environments.

• Demonstrated experience using artificial intelligence tools to automate legal and compliance workflows.

• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail with experience managing complex contract portfolios.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to distill complex regulatory requirements into actionable guidance for business teams.

• Experience working in a high-growth technology company or government integrator is a strong plus.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core and to achieve our mission we must encompass and value the many different perspectives voices and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

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