Strategic Contracts Lead, Public Sector

Scale AI•Washington, DC

1d•$138,400 - $173,000

About The Position

Scale is seeking a Contract Manager to support its commercial and public sector teams. The role works closely with business and legal teams to review, draft, and negotiate agreements, while helping refine workflows, manage processes, and serve as a cross-functional partner. The position focuses on developing and administering government contract lifecycle processes, improving contracting systems and workflows, and supporting the legal function through contract data, tools, and operational efficiency. The successful candidate will manage agreements with customers, subcontractors, and vendors; maintain government registrations, reporting, and disclosures; guide stakeholders through self-service contracting; and track post-signature obligations and contract deliverables. The role also supports legal review of customer questionnaires and requests and helps build internal processes, resources, and tools. This is a full-time position based in Washington, DC, with a base salary range of $138,400–$173,000. Eligible roles include equity and benefits, including comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO. The role may also be eligible for a commuter stipend.

Requirements

Active Top Secret Security Clearance.
Experience with a wide array of legal documents and contractual agreements, including NDAs, task orders, modifications, prime contracts, vendor agreements, and other commercial contracts.
Experience working with contract lifecycle management tools such as Ironclad.
Bachelor’s degree.
At least 5 years of experience as a contracts manager, paralegal, or in a similar role.
Knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS), and other agency supplements.
Knowledge of government contract and subcontract processes, including flow-downs, change management, inspection, acceptance, payment, warranty, close-out, and records retention.
Experience with Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) terms and mitigation plans.
A hands-on attitude toward projects large and small, and a collaborative, low-ego approach to working across the organization.

Nice To Haves

Strong background working with SaaS or other technology companies.
Experience with government acquisitions via Broad Agency Announcement, Commercial Solutions Opening, Other Transaction Authority, SBIR Phase 3, consortiums, and other unique competitive and non-competitive government procurement types.
Experience with GSA schedules, Government Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), BPAs, and other multi-award contract vehicles.
A track record of taking initiative and being resourceful to accomplish ambitious goals.
Effective organizational skills and the ability to juggle many competing priorities.
Fluency with spreadsheets, basic statistics, and the ability to use data to drive decisions.
Experience working with business tools such as Salesforce, Airtable, and Jira.
Understanding of contract basics and a desire and willingness to learn.
Interest in AI, law, privacy, and intellectual property.

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and administer government contracts lifecycle management processes and systems.
Negotiate and administer agreements between Scale and its customers, subcontractors, and vendors, ensuring adherence to company policies and government regulations.
Respond to inquiries from customers, subcontractors, and vendors.
Maintain Scale registration, reporting, and disclosures in government systems such as SAM.gov, PIEE, and CPARS.
Work with public sector legal teams to manage and improve contracting processes, contract management systems, and contract signature systems.
Guide stakeholders in self-service contracting processes and directly negotiate NDAs, task orders, modifications, prime contracts, vendor agreements, and other agreements.
Partner with cross-functional teams to track ongoing post-signature obligations.
Document fulfillment of contract milestones and deliverables, invoices, and cash collection.
Support business and legal team members with legal review of customer questionnaires, security questionnaires, and other customer-driven requests.
Help build and maintain internal processes, resources, and tools to scale the legal function.