Contracts Manager, APAC

About the role

Anthropic is building a Commercial Legal team in APAC and seeks a Contracts Manager to join as a founding member in Singapore. You will work closely with regional counsel and business teams to support commercial and technology transactions across the region.

Key responsibilities

• Draft, analyze, negotiate, and complete complex commercial transactions with enterprise customers, vendors, and strategic partners, including IP licensing agreements.
• Propose and develop scalable solutions to improve contracting efficiency.
• Collaborate with business units and legal team members to streamline contract management processes, identify risks, and drive continuous improvement.
• Work cross‑functionally with Product, Sales, Business Operations, Research, and Procurement to achieve key business objectives.
• Partner with in‑region counsel and lead counsel on day‑to‑day triage of regional legal matters, ensuring effective prioritisation and coordination.
• Drive regional rollout of process improvements, policy updates, and programs from global headquarters, including planning and facilitating local enablement sessions.
• Contribute across other areas of the legal function as needed.

Required profile

• Substantive knowledge of software and SaaS agreements, reseller agreements, services agreements, strategic partnerships, and general commercial contracts.

Required skills