VP, Commercial Contracting & Legal Operations

Match Group Legal is creating a high impact commercial and ops enablement pillar, consolidating commercial contracting into a single, dedicated function serving the Match Group portfolio of brands, alongside powering the Legal Ops team. The VP-level candidate will scale and lead this function, managing a small team of commercial contracting and legal ops professionals and reimagining commercial contracting and legal-wide operations with AI in the loop. The role is based in one of Match Group's U.S. offices (San Francisco, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, Dallas, or New York City), with the team working together in person 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

Own commercial contracting globally and set the strategy for drafting, negotiating, and managing procurement, vendor, and SaaS/technology agreements; Oversee the Legal Operations function, including contract lifecycle management, billing, and legal-tech tooling strategy and execution; Reimagine commercial contracting with AI in the loop, identifying where AI can accelerate and automate review, drafting, negotiation support, and risk triage; Support central functions including procurement, workplace experience, finance, real estate, and operations; Build scalable processes such as playbooks, templates, and governance, and leverage AI and automation to scale them; Manage legal and business risk and escalation in vendor and procurement relationships; Partner across the business as a senior point of contact for procurement, finance, and vendor management; Lead a team of 4 to 6 legal professionals and report to the SVP of Legal

Requirements

10+ years of experience in commercial contracting, procurement, or vendor management functions, including significant negotiation and people-management experience; Substantial experience managing or leading a Legal Operations function, ideally for a global Legal Team; Strong leader, communicator, and collaborator with experience leading and mentoring attorneys and building high performing teams; Strategic, solutions-oriented thinker who can assess risk clearly and communicate in the context of business goals; In-house experience at a technology company, with comfort in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, multi-brand or multi-business-unit organization; Deep experience negotiating and structuring SaaS, technology licensing, procurement, and other vendor agreements at scale; Genuinely AI-forward, using AI tools in their own work today; Track record of building or scaling a function and leading through change; Strong business judgment and executive presence; J.D. from an accredited institution and an active law license (in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction); Comfortable with real autonomy in a newly consolidated function

Nice to have

Experience leading and mentoring attorneys; Track record of standing up teams, templates, playbooks, and processes in a fast-moving environment; Use of AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or contract AI platforms

Benefits

Medical, mental health, and wellness benefits; Competitive compensation; 100% employer match on 401k contributions up to 10% (cap at $10,000); Employee stock purchase program; Generous PTO and 14 paid holidays; Annual training allowance for professional development; ERG membership opportunities and events; 20 weeks of 100% paid parental leave; Fertility, adoption, and child care resources; Pet insurance and discounts; Company gatherings