Lead Contract Manager, GoGuardian
$125-140k
EdTech software for K-12 schools
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EdTech software for K-12 schools
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$125-140k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To transform education by helping schools implement, manage and understand technology.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate has significant experience managing technology contracts and possesses the leadership skills necessary to mentor a team while aligning legal operations with strategic business objectives
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
- Pacific time zone strongly preferred
- 8+ years of experience as a contract manager in a company that specializes in technology transactions
- Possesses strong people management experience and the ability to mentor, develop, and inspire a team of junior professionals
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; adept at articulating complex legal and operational issues clearly, concisely, and persuasively to diverse internal audiences (from Sales to Engineering to Executive leadership)
- Demonstrates a proactive, solution-oriented approach; willing to take on strategic projects, act decisively with imperfect information, and drive continuous process improvement
- Highly responsive and effective at building trusting, collaborative relationships with cross-functional stakeholders to align contract strategy with broader business goals
- Strong understanding of the SaaS business model, revenue recognition principles, and the K-12 EdTech ecosystem
- Fueled by the opportunity to truly impact the education landscape
- Something else? Tell us! We want to learn more about you…
What the job involves
- The Lead Contract Manager is a strategic leader responsible for optimizing the entire contract lifecycle within the Commercial Legal team
- This individual will serve as a key resource for the Head of Commercial Counsel, driving efficiency and risk mitigation across the organization's vendor and customer agreements
- Team Leadership & Mentorship: Directly manage and mentor a team of two Contract Specialists, overseeing daily workflow, performance reviews, and career development. Proactively identify and implement training to advance the team's technical and negotiation skills
- Advanced Negotiation & Drafting: Independently structure, draft, negotiate, and redline vendor contracts (SaaS, services, events/marketing) and customer contracts (MSAs, DPAs, and software licenses)
- Privacy & Risk Management: Apply in-depth knowledge of student data privacy laws (FERPA, COPPA, and state-specific laws) to negotiations, ensuring compliance and managing contractual risk when dealing with customer paper
- Legal Operations & CLM: Serve as the functional owner and expert for the Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system, ensuring data integrity, driving system adoption, and optimizing efficiency
- Metric Reporting & Strategy: Develop and generate complex reports to track critical commercial legal metrics (e.g., contract velocity, risk exposure), providing regular updates to leadership
- Procurement & Sales Support: Act as a primary legal contact for both the Procurement team (for vendor contracts) and the Sales team, driving process improvements to remove contractual friction and expedite deal closures
- Strategic Project Execution: Identify, design, and implement new scalable processes (playbooks, approval frameworks, and automation strategies) to elevate legal support across the organization
Our take
GoGuardian provides filtering, classroom engagement and mental health tools for educators. This supports better classroom management, student engagement and online safety - without users having to rely on multiple platforms.
GoGuardian's product capabilities include real-time monitoring for students' device screens, a feature to identify at-risk students and single click tutoring support among others. The major questioning of the suite surrounds how student safety and privacy remain balanced, which is a challenge the company must continue to face.
Millions of students across over thousands of US school districts are served by GoGuardian's software. With schools increasingly turning towards digital education systems, the company continues to expand its services - for example with support for multi-platform school environments and a digital hall pass management system.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Aug 2021
$200m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Apr 2014
$0.2m
ANGEL
Total funding: $200.2m
Company benefits
- Health insurance: 90% for you (100% HMO) and 50% for your dependents
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
- Comprehensive time-off package, including flexible time off, sick time, 13 company holidays, quarterly wellness days, and a paid year-end holiday break
- 24 hours and 7 days a week, free confidential services include personal coaching, counseling, self-care apps, and much more!
- Employee stock option
- Company-supported growth
- Paid parental leave for up to 14 weeks
- Company paid short and long-term disability
- A fertility and adoption program to help you support your family needs
- Relax, recharge, and refresh with weekly yoga classes and guided meditation
Company HQ
El Segundo, CA
Leadership
Advait Shinde
(Co-Founder & Chair)Worked at Google as an engineer, helping to launch key products such as Google Pay (formerly Google Wallet). Co-founded GoGuardian as CTO in 2014, becoming CEO in 2017 and Chair in 2024.
Rich Preece
(CEO)Previously COO at LegalZoom, SVP and US GM of QuickBooks by Intuit, and Senior Marketing Manager for the Chicago Association of Direct Marketing.
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