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About the Role

The Legal Contracts Manager plays a pivotal role within the Legal Contracts team, acting as the first point of entry for all legal and contractual requests submitted to the Legal team. This role sits at the intersection of legal analysis and review, contract management, and legal operational administration, requiring strong legal judgment, sound contractual knowledge, and the ability to triage, assess, and respond to a high volume of time sensitive legal requests with confidence and professionalism.

Responsibilities

Manage and oversee the central legal contracts inbox, ensuring all incoming requests are acknowledged promptly, assessed accurately, and handled in line with internal processes.
Exercise judgment to determine the nature, urgency, legal complexity, and risk profile of each request, and decide whether the matter can be addressed directly, requires negotiation, or how to be escalated.
Independently review, advise on, and negotiate a defined range of junior to mid-level complexity agreements, including subscription order forms, standard template event sponsorship agreements, and service provider or vendor agreements.
Provide clear, commercially aware responses to sales teams, explain legal positions succinctly, and engage in negotiations within approved parameters.
Respond to urgent and sometimes pressurised communications with calm authority, professionalism, and efficiency, maintaining strong internal relationships while safeguarding legal standards and risk thresholds.
Manage and maintain the legal team’s central digital filing system, ensuring contracts and related documentation are accurately stored, indexed, and retrievable.
Oversee day-to-day legal administrative tasks and contribute to the ongoing maintenance and updating of the contracts manual and related guidance materials.
Support sales and commercial stakeholders in the preparation and drafting of agreements at the point of intake, ensuring all commercial terms are clearly articulated and accurately reflected.
Identify gaps, inconsistencies, or unresolved commercial points at an early stage and coordinate with relevant stakeholders to ensure agreements are commercially complete, coherent, and review-ready.

Requirements

Legally trained professional with equivalent practical exposure.
Strong understanding of commercial contracts, particularly subscription-based agreements, event sponsorship arrangements, and vendor or services agreements.
Ability to assess risk proportionately.
Confidence in handling routine negotiations independently.
Exceptional written communication skills, with the ability to respond clearly, politely, and decisively under tight deadlines.
Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and the capacity to manage competing priorities.
Comfortable operating in a high volume environment.
Resilience under pressure.
Sound judgment when dealing with urgent or escalated matters.
Proactive, solution-oriented mindset.
High degree of professionalism.

Skills

Legal judgment
Contractual knowledge
Triage and assessment of legal requests
Contract management
Legal operational administration
Commercial awareness
Negotiation
Communication
Organisation
Attention to detail
Risk assessment
Problem-solving

Location

Hybrid

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

Junior to mid-level complexity agreements
Recently qualified lawyers
Law graduates with relevant in house or commercial contracts experience
Contract professionals with demonstrable legal training and hands on contract review experience

Education Level

Law degree or equivalent practical exposure

Benefits

Highly competitive pension or 401(k) plan
Private health insurance
24/7 access to counselling and wellbeing resources through Employee Assistance Program
Work From Anywhere program (up to 25 days per year)
Generous annual and parental leave
Dedicated days off for volunteering
Dedicated days off for moving home
Free access to all The Economist content, including online subscription, apps, and podcasts

About the Company

Since 1843, The Economist Group has championed independence, excellence and openness, helping people understand and tackle the critical challenges shaping the world.
A global media and information-services company powered by digital innovation, analytical rigour and evidence-based insight.
Operates across three businesses: The Economist, Economist Enterprise and Economist Education, delivering trusted analysis and insights to individuals and organisations in more than 170 countries.
Values ideas, encourages ownership and holds itself to high standards.
Invests in people who are curious, thoughtful and adaptable.
A culture where fresh thinking is taken seriously, ambition is matched by integrity, and great work is recognised.
An innovative organisation that encourages the use of technology.