Senior Manager, Legal Contracts and Operations

About The Channel Company

The Channel Company is a leading global media, data, and events company serving the technology industry. Home to trusted brands such as CRN and Computing, we connect technology vendors with IT channel partners through award‑winning media properties, data‑driven marketing services, strategic insights, and world‑class live events across North America, EMEA, Latin America, and Asia‑Pacific.

With more than 40 years of channel expertise, a global team of 400+ employees, and over 10,000 annual event attendees, we are the premier platform for building and accelerating technology partnerships worldwide. Our portfolio of editorial brands, marketing and event services, partner program enablement, leadership networks, and consulting solutions empowers technology leaders with the insights, connections, and strategies they need to drive growth and unlock better business outcomes.

At The Channel Company, we value differences because they strengthen our teams and our impact. We know that confidence gaps can sometimes stand in the way of great opportunities, and we don’t want that to stop you. If you’re excited about this role and our mission, we encourage you to apply. We’d be honored to connect with you.

About the role

• The Channel Company is building its legal function. As Senior Manager, Legal Contracts and Operations, you will be the operational backbone of the legal department, partnering directly with the General Counsel to stand up scalable legal processes, manage the company's contract portfolio, and drive efficiency across all legal workflows. This is a high-visibility, high-autonomy role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and wants to shape a legal department, not just support one.

What you'll do

Contracts & Workflow Management

• Own the end-to-end contract lifecycle for all commercial agreements, including NDAs, MSAs, DPAs, sponsorship agreements, event contracts, and vendor agreements
• Along with the Operations team, build and manage the company's contract management system, implementing CLM tools and establishing intake, review, and approval workflows
• Conduct first-pass review of commercial agreements against company templates and approved fallback positions, escalating non-standard terms to the General Counsel
• Under the direction of the General Counsel, develop and maintain the company's template library, playbooks, and clause banks for high-volume agreement types
• Track and manage contract obligations, renewal dates, and key milestones across the portfolio

Legal Operations & Systems

• Identify and implement legal technology solutions to scale the department's capacity
• Support corporate governance, entity management, and regulatory compliance filings
• Leverage AI-enabled tools and workflows to increase legal department efficiency, including CLM playbook automation and contract review optimization

Cross-Functional & Administrative Support

• Serve as the central point of contact for the legal department, managing the legal, compliance, and contracts inboxes, triaging requests, and ensuring timely responses to internal and external stakeholders
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Events, and Finance teams to streamline legal touchpoints and reduce bottlenecks
• Support legal needs for sales and live events, including venue contracts, speaker agreements, sponsor agreements, and on-site vendor arrangements
• Manage legal department scheduling, meeting coordination, and preparation of agendas, presentations, and briefing materials for leadership and cross-functional stakeholders

What you bring

• 3-5 years of experience in legal operations, contracts management, or as a paralegal in a corporate legal department or law firm
• Strong experience reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts (technology, media, or events industry preferred)
• Familiarity with data privacy agreements and frameworks (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, state privacy laws)
• Experience with or strong interest in CLM platforms
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage a high volume of agreements simultaneously
• Excellent judgment on when to escalate and when to run independen