Contracts Manager, Amazon
18-Month Contract
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Be an early applicant
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
Amazon aims to be Earth’s most customer centric company. Their mission is to continually raise the bar of the customer experience by using the internet and technology to help consumers find, discover and buy anything, and empower businesses and content creators to maximise their success.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for candidates who are customer-obsessed, enjoy being challenged, work independently, and deliver pragmatic and practical advice in ambiguous situations
- 5+ years of contracts management, paralegal, or equivalent experience, including leading contract negotiations and drafting/revising contracts within a law firm or legal department
- Business fluency in written and spoken English
Desirable
- Experience working in the legal department of a digital media, consumer, or content business
- Demonstrable ability to invent, simplify, and improve legal and contracting processes
- Strong communication, computer, and analytical skills
- Legal qualification at bachelor or graduate level (including UK SQE), or equivalent
- Proficiency in an additional European language (in particular German, French, Spanish, Italian)
What the job involves
- As Contracts Manager you will be a key member of Audible’s European legal team. You will have a broad remit, including providing contracting advice, implementing process improvements, delivering training, and more
- You will work alongside qualified lawyers, deal makers, and other business teams on a wide variety of projects
- This position is initially open through a 18-month contract
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements with marketing agencies, production studios, talent agents, non-profits, and others
- Advise on new product launches, consumer and marketing law requirements, and business development opportunities
- Coordinate and interact with business affairs, finance, legal, PR/comms, tech, product and other Audible and Amazon stakeholders
- Maintain or develop standard contract forms, policies, processes, tracking mechanisms, and other legal resources
- Assist with team administration and other other tasks and projects as needed
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Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Employees have opportunities to own Amazon stock, participate in 401(k) plans with company match, and enroll in paid life and accident insurance
- Financial counseling and estate planning services are also available, plus paid short-term and long-term disability if needed
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage to all our regular full-time employees, regardless of their level, tenure, or position
- Amazon employees have free access to a network of more than 2 million caregivers, including nannies, babysitters and special-needs caretakers
- Employees receive discounts on certain day care centers, and Amazon provides a variety of free resources for parents of children with autism, ADHD and developmental disabilities
- Adoption assistance for qualified domestic and international adoption expenses including attorney fees, court costs, and travel
- Leave Share program allows employees to give six weeks of paid parental leave to a spouse or partner who isn’t eligible for parental leave from their employer
Our take
Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.
More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.
Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle