Manager, Legal (Procurement)

About the Position

We are seeking a Manager, Legal (Procurement) to join our team in New York, San Francisco, or Seattle, USA. This role involves managing vendor and supplier agreements for our AI cloud platform.

About Nscale

Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.

We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.

About the Role

This role sits under the Director, Legal (Procurement and Strategic Sourcing). We are looking for a Procurement Counsel to support the high volume of vendor and supplier agreements that keep Nscale building. You will be the day-to-day legal partner to our Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering, and business teams, negotiating agreements for hardware, software, networking components, services, and operational spend.

Responsibilities

Contracting

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of procurement agreements, including hardware purchase and supply agreements, software licenses and SaaS subscriptions, support and maintenance agreements, professional services agreements, statements of work, and NDAs.
• Support the Director, Legal (Procurement and Strategic Sourcing) on strategic, high-value supply agreements for compute, networking, and storage, owning defined workstreams and ancillary documents.
• Negotiate key terms such as pricing and payment, delivery and acceptance, warranties, service levels, data protection and security, IP, indemnities, and limitations of liability.
• Review supplier terms for data protection, information security, export control, and sanctions, and anti-corruption requirements, working with Privacy, Security, and Compliance colleagues.

Business Partnership

• Serve as a responsive, practical legal advisor to Procurement, Nscale Cloud, AI Infrastructure, and Finance stakeholders, helping them understand risk and move deals forward.
• Triage incoming requests, prioritize against business timelines, and escalate material issues appropriately.
• Help resolve day-to-day supplier issues such as delivery delays, warranty claims, and contract interpretation questions.

Process and Scale

• Develop and maintain procurement templates, clause libraries, playbooks, and FAQs that enable self-service for lower-risk contracts.
• Supervise and support the Procurement Paralegal, and partner with Legal Operations on contract lifecycle management and reporting.
• Provide training to business teams on contracting processes and key risk areas.

Requirements

• JD from an accredited US law school and active membership in good standing of at least one US state bar.
• 5–8 years of legal experience at a law firm and/or in-house, with a strong focus on commercial and procurement contracts.
• Hands-on experience negotiating agreements for software, hardware, networking components, and technology services.
• Solid understanding of technology contracting issues, including licensing, SaaS, data protection, warranties, indemnities, and limitations of liability.
• Ability to manage a high volume of matters independently with sound judgment about when to escalate.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and communication skills, with a collaborative, service-oriented approach.

Nice to Have

• In-house experience at a cloud provider, data center operator, telecom, semiconductor, or high-growth technology company.
• Familiarity with hardware supply chain concepts (allocation, lead times, RMA, spares) and trade compliance.
• Experience with CLM tools and building scalable contracting processes.

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to work in a cutting-edge AI cloud platform
• Professional growth and development opportunities

Equal Opportunity

Nscale is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you require reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please let us know.

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