Business Affairs & Commercial Contracts Manager
Voices.com
Remote
USD 80-100 / hour
Description
Business Affairs & Commercial Contracts Manager
- Serve as a primary business affairs partner to sales, product, partnerships, and leadership teams
- Advise on and create deal structure, commercial terms, clauses and risk considerations
- Support negotiations with clients, talent, vendors, and strategic partners
- Collaborate with finance on revenue share agreements and partnership structures between Voices and our partners
- Ensure deals align with company strategy, policies, and risk tolerance
- Support enterprise RFP responses
Commercial Contracts
- Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a wide range of commercial agreements, including:
- Client and Talent services agreements
- Master services agreements (MSAs) and statements of work (SOWs)
- Licensing, sponsorship, and partnership agreements
- Vendor and procurement contracts
- Identify contractual risks and propose practical, business-focused solutions
- Maintain contract templates, playbooks, and approval workflows
- Support contract lifecycle management, including amendments and renewals
- Ensure compliance with licensing restrictions
- Ensure dataset usage restrictions are clear and enforced
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Act as a liaison between legal, finance, sales, and operations
- Educate internal teams on contract terms, deal risks, and best practices
- Improve contract processes to increase efficiency and scalability
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an ABA-accredited law school required; active bar membership in either New York or California required
- 5+ years of experience in business affairs, commercial contracts, legal operations, or a related field
- Strong experience negotiating and drafting commercial agreements
- Excellent business judgment with the ability to balance risk and commercial objectives
- Proven ability to partner with sales and business teams in a fast-paced environment
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills
- Experience in media, technology, SaaS, or professional services environments
- Familiarity with licensing, IP, or talent-related agreements
- Experience working alongside external counsel
- Strong understanding of Privacy Laws, and AI Laws by State
- All interviewed candidates will receive notification within 45 days of final interviews.
- Our Use of AI in Recruitment: We use an AI tool in our applicant tracking system (Jobvite) to check how well a candidate’s experience aligns with the job requirements. This feature, called Talent Match, may label an application as a match or leave it unlabelled. It does not make decisions or reject candidates. Every application is reviewed by our People Operations team.
