Contracts Manager, Seller Experience Legal (SELL)

Amazon • Arlington, VA

7d

About The Position

Amazon's Seller Experience Legal team is seeking an experienced Contracts Manager who thinks like a business partner, builds like a technologist, and executes like a seasoned legal professional. You'll own end-to-end contracting for teams supporting millions of third-party sellers, develop AI-powered tools that transform how legal work gets done, and help structure deals with global brands and industry leaders. This isn't coordination—it's ownership. You'll turn ambiguous inputs into polished outputs, build legal infrastructure that raises the bar for everyone, and act as the critical bridge between legal strategy and business execution. If you're curious, autonomous, and the kind of person who sees a messy process and immediately starts thinking about how to fix it (and then actually fixes it), this role offers the impact and innovation you're looking for.

Your day will be a blend of execution and strategic engagement. In the morning you might be reviewing a commercial agreement, flagging risk gaps, and recommending changes—then pivoting to a cross-functional sync where you're the legal voice helping a product team move faster, not slower. In the afternoon you're iterating on an AI-powered contract workflow, updating a program tracker for leadership, or drafting training materials that make the next deal easier for everyone.

Amazon's Seller Experience Legal team is the strategic partner accelerating seller success and creating the most delightful third-party seller experience in retail. We support Selling Partner Experience , which builds seller-facing tools; Selling Partner Infrastructure and Financials, which manages how sellers get paid; and North America Selling Partner Business, which drives seller growth and onboarding. We're the legal team that says "yes, and here's how," facilitating partnerships with major industry leaders, structuring deals with global brands, and supporting marquee events like Amazon Accelerate. The work is fast-paced, high-impact, and genuinely fun.

Requirements

• 5+ years of contracts management experience
• Experience managing multiple internal stakeholders and advising cross-functional teams
• Experience advising business teams to support the strategy, negotiation and execution of commercial contracts

Nice To Haves

• Can use AI for legal research, contract analysis, or document review
• Experience with complex commercial/legal concepts and drafting, ability to quickly read and interpret legal terminology and reasoning
• Experience in program or project management
• Experience in written and verbal communication with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to executives and non-technical leaders
• Experience working with cross-functional teams across business development, marketing, operations, product development, legal, etc.
• Paralegal background or equivalent hands-on legal experience; comfort with contract drafting, negotiation, and lifecycle management
• A track record of building legal infrastructure: templates, SOPs, training materials, and metrics
• Experience with AI tools or automation platforms, and appetite to go deeper

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end contracting for Seller Experience Legal—drafting, negotiating, and closing commercial agreements with minimal oversight while identifying risks and recommending business-enabling solutions
• Build and deploy AI-powered tools and automated workflows that reduce manual work, accelerate output, and expand what the team can accomplish
• Develop and maintain contract templates, training materials, SOPs, and metrics that raise the bar for team performance and operational excellence
• Design holistic project plans for proactive legal initiatives—owning scope, milestones, and delivery across cross-functional stakeholders
• Provide prompt, accurate legal guidance to business partners, escalating appropriately and ensuring stakeholders always have clarity on next steps

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed