Our team at Bloom Energy embraces the unprecedented opportunity to change the way companies utilize energy. Our technology empowers businesses and communities to responsibly take charge of their energy. Our energy platform has three key value propositions: resiliency, sustainability, and predictability. We provide infrastructure that is flexible for the evolving net zero ecosystem. We have deployed more than 30,000 fuel cell modules since our first commercial shipments in 2009, sending energy platforms to data centers, hospitals, manufacturing facilities, biotechnology facilities, major retail stores, financial institutions, telecom facilities, utilities, and other critical infrastructure customers around the world.

Our mission is to make clean, reliable energy affordable globally. We never stop striving to improve our technology, to expand and improve our company performance, and to develop and support the many talented employees that serve our mission!

We are looking for a Senior Manager, Contracts to join our team in one of today’s most exciting technologies.  This role will report to VP, Legal Commercial and based in San Jose, CA. 

Role and Responsibilities:

• Help the legal team book, finance and deploy Bloom’s products, including deal closings.
• Help the legal teams (both U.S. and international) scale to support the Company’s growth by designing, implementing and/or maintaining systems, processes, and procedures covering the contracting life cycle from origination to deployment, including:
  • Mastering the automated contract management tools used by the company
  • Managing and maintaining the library of template forms, fall-back provisions and other relevant information
  • Ensuring proper internal approvals are received for contract deviations that arise during negotiation
  • Ensuring contract terms and conditions are consistent with internal policies and goals and SOX controls
  • Developing reports in Bloom’s document-tracking database contract status, volume, processing times and other operational metrics
  • Maintaining Bloom’s archive of all fully executed contracts
• Contribute to the improvement of the legal department and help to provide quality legal services to the company.
• Assist on broader company initiatives such as the implementation of new products
• Review, revise, draft, and negotiate non-disclosure agreements, engagement letters, service agreements, referral agreements, ancillary documentation, and other supporting documentation.
• Work cross-functionally with Sales, Sales Operations, Supply Chain, Installation Group, Service, Compliance, Products, Marketing, Finance and other internal stakeholders in connection with all of the foregoing.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by legal team members.

Skills and Experience: 

• Has material legal operations experience
• 5 to 15 years experience
• Ability to adapt in a rapidly changing environment
• Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision
• Ability to work closely with attorneys and others on the team
• Has experience and knowledge of best practices
• Enjoys problem solving and developing new processes
• Experience with implementing a CLM (contract lifecycle management software)
• Has knowledge of Salesforce ;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to multitask and prioritize work load
• Demonstrated attention to detail
• Ability to provide high quality product in a timely manner
• Efficient, effective, and well organized
• Customer service oriented
• Respectful, open, collaborative and transparent inter-personal skills; team-work oriented
• Energy field, project finance or procurement experience preferred

For more information visit: www.bloomenergy.com and view a video on What Powers Us!

Bloom Energy is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We are committed to compliance with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants, will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability. Bloom Energy makes reasonable accommodations, consistent with applicable laws, for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability, who can perform the essential job functions, unless undue hardship would result.

Bloom Energy is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The total compensation for this position includes standard company benefits and is based on various factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience.

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Salary Ranges:

$164,000.00 - $236,000.00