The Opportunity
Looking to transition from the classroom to the high-stakes world of legal contract review and negotiation? This role is dedicated to our Global Procurement Contracts Team, focusing on the legal framework that governs our most critical vendor relationships. You will gain direct experience in commercial contracting, risk mitigation, security and data privacy.
The Mission
You will lead a high-priority "Contract Health" initiative. Under the guidance of our Legal and Procurement teams, you will:
- Audit top-tier vendors to ensure compliance with our latest MSA (Master Service Agreement), DPA (Data Processing Addendum), and DSA (Data Security Agreement).
- Identify gaps in our governing agreements and launch formal workflows to remediate risk.
- Participate in negotiation strategy sessions for new and renewing vendors.
Legal tech is evolving rapidly. You will explore how AI can accelerate the legal review process. This may include:
- Using AI tools to perform "redline" comparisons across hundreds of legacy documents.
- Developing a "Contract Playbook" within Gemini to help non-legal stakeholders understand standard vs. non-standard clauses.
- Building an automated tracking dashboard for document execution status.
- Review complex legal documents for risk and compliance alignment.
- Initiate outreach and manage communications with vendor legal teams.
- Provide regular status updates to the Procurement and Legal leadership.
- Final Capstone: Present a "State of the Contract Landscape" report to the Procurement team, highlighting risks mitigated and AI-driven efficiencies gained.
- Currently enrolled in an accredited JD or LLM program (or equivalent graduate law program).
- Strong interest in Commercial Law, Privacy, or Tech Transactions.
- Exceptional attention to detail-you're the person who finds the typo in the 40th footnote.
- Ability to translate complex legal jargon into actionable business advice.
To make this program "industry-leading," I recommend including these elements in the guide you give them on Day 1:
- The "AI Sandbox" Policy: Explicitly state which company data they can and cannot feed into Gemini/OpenCode. Providing clear guardrails encourages them to experiment without fear.
- The "Mentor-Buddy" System: Assign the Undergrads a "Buddy" (someone 1-2 years out of school) and the Law student a "Mentor" (a Senior Counsel or Procurement Lead).
- Milestone Markers:
- Week 1-2: Onboarding & Tool Training.
- Week 4: AI Project Proposal Due.
- Week 8: Project Prototype/Draft.
- Week 11: Final Presentation Rehearsal.
- Networking Credits: Encourage them to have "Coffee Chats" with three people outside their department (e.g., Marketing, Engineering, HR) to see how Procurement impacts the whole business.
Cloudflare Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Parental & Family Support — The program offers generous paid parental leave and family-forming support, with childcare resources and a structured return-to-work program highlighted. Availability is described as global with alignment to local market practice.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is described as take-what-you-need (unlimited) vacation that encourages flexibility. Flexibility extends to how and where work is done, supporting practical use of time away.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Every employee is positioned as an owner through stock grants, complemented by an employee stock purchase opportunity. An AI tools stipend is noted as an additional value-add alongside pay.
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