Legal Program Manager, Contracts and Governance

About the role

Anthropic is looking for a Legal Program Manager to join its Commercial Legal team. The role focuses on contracts and governance, ensuring that sell‑side agreements align with revenue‑recognition and compliance requirements as the company scales.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with Commercial Legal to continuously improve the end‑to‑end commercial contracting lifecycle for SaaS/API subscriptions, enterprise licenses, partnership and channel agreements, statements of work, and order forms.
• Ensure contract terms and structures support accurate revenue recognition under ASC 606, including identification of performance obligations and variable consideration.
• Develop and maintain contract management workflows, templates, approval matrices, and playbooks that embed governance and compliance requirements.
• Build and operate contract governance controls such as review procedures, delegation of authority frameworks, and exception‑tracking mechanisms.
• Maintain disclosure‑support processes for commercial contracts, tracking material agreements, risks, and commitments for SEC reporting and audit requirements.
• Design and enforce contract execution standards—including signature authority, amendment protocols, and documentation practices—to support SOX compliance and internal controls over financial reporting.
• Collaborate with Finance, Accounting, Revenue Operations, Sales, Partnerships, Engineering, and external auditors to ensure commercial commitments are properly captured, classified, and reported.

Required profile

• Several years of experience in legal program management, preferably within a commercial contracting environment.
• Proven ability to work across Legal, Finance, Sales, and Engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of revenue‑recognition principles (ASC 606) and SOX compliance.

Required skills