Director of Contracts & Business Support
Core
Lead commercial contracting end-to-end for a robotics company, managing customer, partner, and supplier agreements globally while building the contracting operating model.
Role type
Senior in-house legal director (contracts & business support)
Builds
Commercial contracts, operating models, and contract lifecycle management systems for a humanoid robotics platform
Domain
Robotics, AI, hardware manufacturing, and advanced technology
Required skills
Contract drafting and negotiation, supply chain and manufacturing agreements, technology partnerships with revenue share models, IP protection and licensing, dispute resolution, contract lifecycle management (CLM) systems, AI-assisted contract review tools, team leadership, stakeholder management
Preferred skills
Dual UK/US legal qualification, deep-tech or robotics industry experience, CLM platform implementation from scratch, scaling legal functions during rapid growth
Technologies
Contract lifecycle management (CLM) systems, AI-assisted contract review tools
Responsibilities
Draft, negotiate, and close global customer, partner, and supplier agreements; build and own the contracting operating model including templates and playbooks; manage commercial disputes and pre-litigation matters; instruct and manage outside counsel; develop and lead the contracts team
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC with people management responsibilities
