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Contracts Manager, Global Corporate Procurement

Amazon· Global Corporate Procurement
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Austin, TX, Arlington, VA$136.9k - $185.2kfull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

Contracts Manager to manage negotiations and documentation of third-party contractual relationships across multiple spend categories, interfacing with Legal and Business teams throughout the end-to-end contracting process.

Responsibilities

  • Operates with significant autonomy and discretion in communicating with Legal, the Business and Global Category Managers
  • Influences at all levels of leadership, both internally and externally, to deliver results
  • Serves as the principal subject matter expert in all Amazon standard contracts, and almost all external contracts
  • Negotiates MSA, MHSA, MPA, PSA, Statements of Work, Work Orders, LOI, MOU, Term Sheets, used by the Global Corporate Procurement organization, including legal practice standards and fallback guidelines set by the Legal Department
  • Acts as a subject matter expert for the organization in the application of the Amazon Spending and Transaction Policy and in Amazon’s contract approval processes
  • Proactively monitors major contracts for renewals, SLAs, KPI attainment and other time-based or performance-based triggers that could impact the business
  • Develops contract practice standards, operating procedures and systems that enable the broader team of Global Category Managers to scale and work more efficiently and effectively
  • Orchestrates the end-to-end process from kickoff to full execution. Communicate these results through weekly metrics reporting
  • Gaining executive stakeholder input on complex projects, framing issues simply and concisely to obtain buy-off to move forward with key decisions/initiatives

Qualifications

  • Experience in an indirect procurement function at a multinational corporation
  • Experience managing spend categories that include IT Software, IT Services, Corporate Services, Marketing, Contingent labor, Facilities and Real estate, Capital Expenditure and Tail Spend (Indirect Categories)
  • Experience with practicing best-in-class procurement processes (category management, benchmarking, should-cost models, RFX, reverse auction, contracting, etc.)
  • Experience negotiating complex agreements with a firm understanding of legal terminology and reasoning
  • Experience managing and coordinating multiple projects simultaneously

Skills

Required:Contract negotiationContract lifecycle managementVendor management

Benefits

  • health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
  • Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
  • 401(k) matching
  • paid time off
  • parential leave
  • RSUs and sign-on incentives
  • comprehensive benefits information available at benefits page
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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