Associate Contracts Manager, AWS Legal

Amazon.com Inc

Seattle, WA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Business Support, Contract Analysis, Contract Management, Contract Negotiation, Detail Oriented, Ecosystems, Legal, Legal Support Skills, License Agreements, Multitasking, Negotiation Skills, Non-Disclosures, Problem Solving Skills, Process Development, Process Improvement, Product/Service Launch, Professional Services, Software Licenses, Team Player, Time Management, Transaction Processing/Management, Workflow Analysis
LOCATION
Seattle, WA
POSTED
9 days ago

Join Amazon"s Legal Department as an Associate Contracts Manager and shape how we build trusted partnerships across our technology ecosystem. You"ll review, draft, and negotiate critical contracts that enable Amazon and AWS to innovate at scale, while collaborating with internal teams to streamline processes and solve complex business challenges.

Key job responsibilities

  • Review, draft, and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements including hosted services agreements, software licensing agreements, professional services agreements, amendments, and non-disclosure agreements
  • Provide day-to-day legal counsel to business clients on transactions, processes, and communications, helping them navigate complex commercial relationships
  • Identify and implement process improvements across the legal team to enhance efficiency and consistency in handling commercial matters
  • Manage multiple contracts and priorities simultaneously, meeting tight deadlines while maintaining attention to detail
  • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve contract issues and support successful transaction outcomes

A day in the life

As an Associate Contracts Manager, you"ll be at the center of our technology sourcing work, supporting Amazon"s internal technology teams and AWS with contract management. Your day might include reviewing a hosted services agreement, drafting amendments to software licensing contracts, or negotiating terms with external partners. You"ll provide strategic advice to business clients on transactions and processes, helping them navigate complex commercial relationships. Beyond routine contract work, you"ll identify opportunities to improve how we handle agreements-finding ways to simplify workflows and reduce friction across the legal team. You"ll work across multiple projects simultaneously, shifting between detailed contract analysis and collaborative problem-solving with colleagues who depend on your guidance.

About the team

We are the Enterprise Tech Sourcing Legal team within AWS Products Legal, and we support business teams across Amazon and AWS as they pursue technology transactions, product developments, and launches. Our mission is to enable innovation by providing clear, practical legal guidance that builds trust with both internal stakeholders and external partners. We"re committed to creating an environment where thoughtful legal work meets collaborative problem-solving. As part of our team, you"ll work alongside colleagues who value both precision and partnership, and you"ll contribute to our ongoing effort to make legal processes more efficient and accessible to the business teams we serve.

About the Company

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Amazon.com Inc

At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.

Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.

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At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here

Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Retail
FOUNDED
1994
WEBSITE
http://Amazon.com/militaryroles