About Us
- JMAN Group is a fast-growing data engineering and data science consultancy. We work primarily with Private Equity Funds and their Portfolio Companies to create commercial value using Data and Artificial Intelligence. In addition, we also work with growth businesses, large corporates, multinationals, and charities.
- We are headquartered in London with Offices in Chennai, New York and London Our team of 400+ people is a unique blend of individuals with skills across commercial consulting, data science and software engineering.
- We were founded by cousins Anush Newman (Co-founder & CEO) and Leo Valan (Co-founder & CTO) and have grown rapidly since 2019. In May 2023 we took a minority investment from Baird Capital and in January 2024 we opened an office in New York.
- We have a global delivery model, which means that we staff our projects with talent from all our locations based on the specific combination of skills needed and we have a global resourcing team that drives this within the business.
About the Role
- We are seeking a confident, curious and self-motivated Contracts Manager to join our growing legal team.
- This position acts as the initial point of contact for commercial contracting questions from both the business and its clients throughout the UK, EU, and North America. It assists with managing commercial agreements, keeps precise records of contracts and intellectual property, and ensures that every aspect of the contracting process, including intake, evaluation, approval, execution, and storage, is executed with efficiency, consistency, and meticulous organization.
- If you adopt a proactive and agile mindset to tackle challenges and solve problems, are highly organisation, self-motivated and have high attention to detail, enjoy collaborating across departments and regions, and will make smart, ethical decisions to help JMAN achieve its goals the right way, this is a great opportunity for you.
Why work at JMAN
- Our vision is to ensure JMAN Group is the passport to our team's future. We want our team to go on a fast-paced, high-growth journey with us when our people want to do something else, the skills, training, exposure, and values that JMAN has instilled in them should open doors all over the world.
Current Benefits:
Competitive annual bonus
Market-leading private health insurance
Regular company socials
Annual company away days
Extensive training opportunities
What you will do:
Commercial Contracts Support
- Track contracts through intake, review, approval, execution, and storage using JMANs contract lifecycle management (CLM) process and tools, ensuring version control and audit-ready records
- Log and oversee contract variations, change requests and claims, ensuring they are resolved efficiently
- Support with the development and maintenance of legal templates, legal clause and legal prompt libraries, and internal playbooks - capturing learnings from negotiations and legal / sector developments - under the direction of the General Counsel
- Maintain contract templates, precedents, internal guidance materials and legal AI tools
- Ensure a fully auditable repository of agreements in line with governance and regulatory requirements.
- Maintain and update contracts and legal databases of the global legal team.
- Track and monitor key contractual obligations, strengthen internal compliance with deliverables, renewals, and termination timelines, and ensure risks are proactively managed.
IP and Privacy
- Support IP administration (as applicable) including tracking ownership, licences, and filings, maintaining required documentation, and coordinating with counsel and internal teams on instructions, deadlines, and submissions.
- Maintain IP registers, contract repositories, and legal records, including ensuring completeness, version control, and audit-ready filing (e.g., executed agreements, notices, approvals, and supporting documentation)
Legal Administration
- Provide day-to-day support to the legal team, including managing the intake queue, triaging requests, and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to meet deadlines.
- Support basic corporate governance and entity administration as required (e.g., maintaining local entity records, coordinating signatures/authorisations, and supporting company secretarial processes under the direction of the General Counsel)
- Handle general legal administration to ensure processes run smoothly, including matter tracking, invoice processing for external counsel and costs tracking - maintaining organised, searchable records.
- Run standard compliance-related processes with appropriate oversight.
About You
Your Educational Qualifications
- Law degree in India (B.A. LLB) or Paralegal qualification, the United Kingdom, the United States, or another Commonwealth jurisdiction.
- Equivalent practical experience in commercial contracting and legal operations gained in a business environment.
Your Experience
- 3+ years of post-qualification experience supporting the review and administration of commercial contracts.
- Experience supporting in-house teams working in the professional services or technology sector.
- Experience handling contract administration (intake, approvals, signature, contract lifecycle management (CLM) hygiene) alongside substantive contract support
- Exposure to IP administration and licensing, and data protection, preferred.
- Familiarity with AIenabled legal tools and an interest in process optimisation is preferred.
Key Skills
- Strong commercial contract support skills, able to engage constructively and achieve pragmatic outcomes.
- Excellent prioritisation skills, managing competing deadlines and focusing on what matters most.
- Clear and confident written communication, able to explain contract processes and terms to non-legal stakeholders.
- Highly organised and detail oriented, with strong follow-through on administrative tasks.
- Able to work independently while staying aligned with managers and business stakeholders
- Collaborative and proactive with a positive and practical attitude.
- Operates effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- Proactive mindset takes ownership and welcomes feedback.
- Experience or interest in consulting, data, or technology is valuable.
- Fluency in English
If you feel that you would be a strong addition to our team, but you do not fully meet all the requirements above, we would like to encourage you to please apply anyway. As we expand, we are looking for individuals across all levels, and we will discuss a suitable alternative with you during the interview process.
JMAN is committed to equal employment opportunities. We are a diverse, highly performing team and base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.
