Contracts Manager

About Us

Permutive is the data collaboration platform that powers the advertising ecosystem. 

We exist to build an advertising ecosystem that respects and adapts to consumers’ choices around their privacy, and in doing so unlocks enormous uplifts in scale and outcomes for publishers and advertisers alike.

Trusted by 60% of Enterprise Media Companies across the US, EMEA, and LATAM, we work with leaders such as News Corp, Warner Bros Discovery, Hearst, Conde Nast, dmg media, BuzzFeed, and The Guardian. Our technology enables them to drive >$1B in advertising spend across hundreds of millions of users without compromising user privacy. 

Permutive works with many of the largest Advertisers, enabling them to collaborate with Publishers to triple their audience reach and drive a doubling in incremental sales, including with advertisers such as Sky, Dentsu and Apple.

We leverage patented edge technology, AI and cloud collaboration to safely process data where it is, and our platform combines privacy-safe DMP, data clean room, and curation capabilities to unlock unmatched scale and precision for publishers, advertisers, agencies, and retail media networks.

At Permutive, You'll Help Our Customers:

• Achieve Better Outcomes: Leverage our unique position in the ad tech ecosystem to access broader audiences and improve outcomes.

• Boost Sales Significantly: Capitalize on 100% addressability to connect with the 70% of audiences beyond traditional cookies.

• Transform Collaboration Efficiency: Move from lengthy processes to seamless collaboration in minutes.

Join us as a key player in shaping the future of Permutive, backed by leading investors like Softbank and EQT Ventures and recognised as a YCombinator Top 150 company.

The Role…

Permutive is hiring for a Contracts Manager to join our small yet powerful Legal team. You will be responsible for the meticulous management of Permutive's global commercial contracts.

You will be working in a truly international environment, negotiation a great variety of contracts across different geographies, including SaaS agreements, data processing agreements, and NDAs to name a few. You will liaise with internal and external stakeholders, primarily our sales team and external legal counsels, but also privacy experts and engineers. You will be able to make a great impact and get exposure from day one.

This is an exciting time to be joining us - Permutive is currently exploring and developing new strategies, and one of the Legal team’s objectives is to empower our Go-to-Market teams with new legal templates and tools to scale efficiently and responsibly.

We are also currently working to develop new KPIs specifically for the Legal team and to build a “contract risk assessment” review cycle to keep track of negotiated clauses, redline turnaround timings, averted/taken risks.

This is a hands-on role where your expertise in contract analysis and process optimization will directly contribute to our operational efficiency and the commercial success of the function.  

What you’ll be doing…

• Global Contract Management: Implement and refine scalable processes for managing all global commercial contracts, ensuring accuracy and efficiency.

• Contract Review & Negotiation: Conduct thorough reviews of contracts, provide detailed commentary, and support negotiations to secure favourable terms.

• Commercial Terms Expertise: Support the consistent application and scaling of Permutive's commercial terms across all agreements.

• Contract Lifecycle Management: Oversee the management of customer and supplier contracts, ensuring adherence to terms and conditions.

• Tender Support: Assist in the preparation of accurate and compliant commercial tenders.

• Change Control Management: Accurately document and reflect commercial feedback through meticulous change control markups and commentary.

• Procurement Support: Collaborate with procurement to draft and negotiate supplier contracts, ensuring alignment with business needs.

• Contract Summarisation & Risk Assessment: Prepare detailed contract summaries, identifying key risks and proposing mitigation strategies.

• Process Improvement & Documentation: Develop and maintain contract templates, playbooks, and process checklists to enhance efficiency and consistency.

What You’ll Need…

• Experience in a commercial contracts role within a B2B software company or within the tech department of a leading law firm. 

• Strong technical skills in legal contract analysis and interpretation.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced setting. 

• Experience supporting and working alongside a multifaceted sales team.

• Meticulous attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.

• A relentless drive to achieve outcomes with a deep sense of ownership.

• Possess a high degree of initiative, a make things happen mentality. 

• Ability to manage multiple contracts and priorities effectively.

We’ll be excited if you also have…

• A training contract in house, working with commercial clients or close to NQ.

• Experience with CLM systems (particularly DocuSign CLM).

• Experience speaking additional languages (Spanish/Portuguese/French or German).

What we are offering

We take a structured, objective approach to salary-setting, which is based on market information, our compensation strategy, and your experience and capability assessed through our interview process. For a typical candidate who meets our requirements, we pay a base salary between £45,000 - £60,000.

Permutive Benefits

• In this together: As a full-time employee, you'll become a shareholder with stock options, sharing in our collective success.

• Family Comes First: Primary caregivers receive up to 6 months of fully paid leave and secondary caregivers receive 3 months of fully paid leave to bond with their little ones.

• Your Time, Your Way: Flexible hours let you fit work around your life, whether it's hitting the gym, meditating, or handling family needs.

• Upgraded Workspace: A £350 budget helps you create the perfect home office setup.

• Recharge & Refocus: Unlimited paid time off (with a minimum of 25 days + public holidays) ensures you get the rest you need.

• Grow with Us: Ongoing training and development opportunities fuel your career aspirations. 

• Mental Health Matters: We prioritise your well-being with free access to Spill, our mental health partner.

• Comprehensive Care: Enjoy virtual GP visits, healthcare services, work-life consultations.

• Secure your future: Our pension plan with Penfold helps you secure your financial future (employer contributes 3%, employee contributes 5%).

Work Your Way

Permutive trusts you to manage your time and deliver results. Our hybrid model allows you to choose where you work best, whether in your own productive space or our London (Farringdon) or New York (Union Square) offices. That said, none of us work alone; we are part of a team. 

To foster collaboration and connection, teams in these locations come together in person at least once a week and are encouraged to benefit from being in our offices to meet with teams more often. Commercial and customer-facing teams are encouraged to embrace in-person interactions to build lasting relationships with clients and colleagues. 

Every Permutive employee gets together in person at the company’s Annual Kick Off for a week in February.  Each year’s event promises to be an exciting opportunity for us to come together, reconnect with colleagues, and align on our shared vision for the year ahead.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Permutive, we’re taking a thoughtful, intersectional, long-term approach to diversity, equity & inclusion. We care deeply about creating an inclusive work environment that allows everyone to flourish, and we are taking continual action to progress in that direction.

We’re committed to hiring people regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodiversity status, disability status, or otherwise.