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# Legal Operations and Contracts Manager at Arcesium LLC

- **Company:** Arcesium LLC
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Posted:** 2026-06-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-14
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/arcesiumllc/jobs/5165409007

## Job description

Company Overview

Arcesium is a global financial technology firm that solves complex data-driven challenges faced by some of the world’s most sophisticated financial institutions. We constantly innovate our platform and capabilities to meet tomorrow’s challenges, anticipate the risks our clients encounter, and design advanced solutions to help our clients achieve transformational business outcomes.

Financial technology is a high-growth industry as change and innovation continue to disrupt the status-quo and prompt major transformation. Arcesium is at a particularly interesting time in our own growth as we look to leverage our successfully established market position and expand operations in pursuit of strategic new business opportunities. We value intellectual curiosity, proactive ownership, and collaboration with colleagues, and we empower you to meaningfully contribute from day one and accelerate your professional development.

Position Summary

Arcesium seeks a Legal Operations & Contracts Manager to join our Client and Partner Development team. In this role you will own the end-to-end lifecycle of a broad and complex contract portfolio spanning SaaS and professional services agreements, data licensing agreements, software licenses, and vendor and counterparty agreements. You will serve as a primary point of contact for clients, vendors, and strategic partners while coordinating closely with Legal, Sales, Account Management, Product, and Finance internally. The ideal candidate brings domain fluency in financial operations and enterprise software—enabling faster ramp time and higher-quality negotiations—and a track record of building scalable legal operations processes in a high-growth technology environment. Effective contract management is a critical driver of Arcesium’s growth and risk posture.

## Responsibilities

- Drafting, reviewing, and redlining a full spectrum of agreements, including SaaS and professional services agreements, data licensing agreements, software license agreements, and vendor and counterparty contracts
- Negotiating legal and commercial terms directly with clients, vendors, and partners, and escalating risk and non-standard positions to internal counsel with appropriate context and recommendations
- Maintaining a centralized, accurate contract repository; tracking key obligations, renewal dates, and expirations; and ensuring timely action on all milestones
- Identifying opportunities for process improvement and devising plans to implement the changes
- Providing advice and guidance to different teams relating to contract terms
- Building and maintaining relationships and creating trust with internal and external stakeholders
- Collaborating with and presenting to senior stakeholders on contract status, risk exposure, client agreement terms, and strategic partnership terms
- Managing vendor relationships and the full vendor contracting lifecycle, including software, data, and third-party service providers; owning renewals, terminations, and amendments in coordination with Finance and Procurement
- Interpreting and applying data licensing terms, use restrictions, and permissioned data rights in collaboration with Product and Compliance, ensuring Arcesium’s use of licensed data remains within agreed parameters
- Leading legal operations initiatives, including evaluating and implementing contract lifecycle management (CLM) tooling, informing negotiation strategy by agreement type, and training Sales and Account Management on contracting processes and escalation paths

## Qualifications

- The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of experience in contracts, legal operations, or a closely related field, with direct exposure to SaaS, enterprise software, or financial technology
- Experience drafting or negotiating enterprise SaaS agreements, data licensing agreements and an understanding of financial operations workflows (fund accounting, reconciliation, reporting, or similar) are strongly preferred and will significantly shorten ramp time
- Experience negotiating agreements which incorporate AI component terms, and experience using AI tools to drive efficiency are strongly preferred
- This individual must be an organized, process-oriented problem-solver who can manage a high-volume and varied contract portfolio while prioritizing effectively
- The successful candidate will demonstrate strong commercial judgment, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to work constructively across legal, business, and technical stakeholders
- Experience evaluating or implementing contract lifecycle management (CLM) platforms is a plus
- A bachelor’s degree is required; a J.D. or paralegal certification is a plus

The expected annual base salary for this position is $150,000.00-$180,000.00. Our compensation package includes variable compensation in the form of a year-end bonus, guaranteed in the first year of hire, benefits including medical and prescription drug coverage, and 401k contribution matching.

The applicable annual base salary paid to a successful applicant will be determined based on multiple factors including without limitation the nature and extent of prior experience and educational background.

Arcesium's Personal Data Privacy Notice for Candidates is linked [here](https://cdn.builder.io/api/v1/assets/8279000be2e444159cf06fa2a0d2c664/2026-07-16-personal-data-privacy-policy-candidates.pdf)

## LI-CM1

#LI-Hybrid

Recruiting Security Emails from genuine Arcesium recruiters who are employees of the company will always come from the @arcesium.com domain. In some cases, you may also be contacted by independent search firms engaged to recruit on our behalf; emails from their employees should always come from their firm's applicable domain. We'll never ask for your banking information or any payment as part of the recruiting process. If something seems off or you're contacted by an unexpected third party, please reach out to us at careers@arcesium.com (US/UK), careers-india@arcesium.com (India) or careers-europe@arcesium.com (Portugal/Sweden).

Arcesium is an equal opportunity employer.

## About Arcesium LLC

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Arcesium is a global financial technology company that delivers a front-to-back, cloud-native data, operations, and analytics platform for the world’s most sophisticated investment institutions.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Corporate Round)
- **Headquarters**: New York City, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Arcesium was built from a platform developed and tested by the D. E. Shaw group and launched as a joint venture with Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing.

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Financial Technology (FinTech) / Software Development
- **Target Customers**: Hedge funds, asset managers, private markets firms, prime brokers, and asset servicers (B2B, Enterprise).
- **Mission Statement**: To power the entire investment lifecycle and arm clients with tools to uncover the insights that matter.

## Products & Services
Arcesium offers a suite of cloud-native products designed to systematize complex workflows and create a synchronized golden source of data:
- **Opterra Investment Lifecycle Management Platform**: A unified platform that empowers investment firms to drive operational alpha by modernizing the operating model across the entire investment lifecycle [arcesium.com](https://www.arcesium.com/).
- **Aquata® Marketplace**: A data connectivity platform designed to power workflows and accelerate AI readiness for institutional investors by providing seamless access to external data [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/arcesium).
- **Regulatory Reporting Solution**: A purpose-built tool to help clients navigate complex and evolving regulatory requirements [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/arcesium).
- **Forward Deployed Solutions**: Custom, consultative technology deployments (e.g., Margin Calculator Group, Data Strategy) that solve specific operational challenges for clients.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of **$135.0M**.
- **AUM Served**: Services over **$6.4 trillion** in gross AUM and over **$1.2 trillion** in sell-side capital balances.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by the **D. E. Shaw group**, **Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing**, and a strategic investment from **J.P. Morgan**. Key partnership includes **Bloomberg** (Data License Plus) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/arcesium).
- **Growth Signals**:
    - **Headcount**: 2,309 employees (+12.8% YoY).
    - **Global Expansion**: Opened a new office in **Lisbon, Portugal** (July 2024) and a new office in **Hong Kong** (January 2026) to support APAC growth [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/arcesium).
    - **Product Innovation**: Launched the Opterra platform and the Aquata® Marketplace in 2024-2025.
    - **AI Focus**: Launched an AI platform purpose-built for institutional investment management (May 2026) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/arcesium).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep Domain Expertise**: Originated from the D. E. Shaw group, giving it an unparalleled understanding of the complex operational and data challenges faced by sophisticated investment firms.
- **Cloud-Native Architecture**: Unlike legacy providers, Arcesium’s platform is built from the ground up to be cloud-native, offering scalability and modern data management.
- **Strategic Backing**: Strong financial and strategic backing from J.P. Morgan, Blackstone, and D.E. Shaw provides stability, credibility, and a deep client network.
- **Consultative Approach**: Combines technology with deep operational expertise, acting as a partner rather than just a software vendor.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI & Data Readiness**: Accelerating the development of AI-powered tools (e.g., Aquata® Marketplace) to help clients unlock insights and prepare for an AI-driven future.
- **Global Expansion**: Deepening presence in Europe (Lisbon) and Asia-Pacific (Hong Kong) to capture new markets and talent pools.
- **Platform Unification**: Driving adoption of the Opterra platform to consolidate disparate systems and create a single source of truth for clients.
- **Talent Acquisition**: Aggressively hiring across engineering, product, and client-facing roles to support product growth and client demand.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Compensation**: Rated **4.0/5.0** on employer review sites, with strong scores for **Compensation (4.2)** and **Culture (4.2)**. The company emphasizes a collaborative culture that values intellectual curiosity, proactive ownership, and professional development [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/arcesium).
- **Work Environment**: Hybrid/Office-based depending on the role. The company operates major tech hubs in **Bengaluru, Gurugram, and Hyderabad (India)**, **New York (HQ)**, **Lisbon (Portugal)**, **London (UK)**, and **Stockholm (Sweden)**. Some roles (e.g., Product Manager) are listed as remote within the US [Greenhouse](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/arcesiumllc).
- **Engineering & Innovation**: A strong technical culture with a focus on software engineering, platform reliability, and distributed systems. The company actively hosts hackathons and invests in R&D.
- **Growth Trajectory**: As a fast-growing private company backed by industry giants, employees have the opportunity to work on complex, high-impact problems at scale, with clear career progression paths visible from the organizational structure.

## Sources
1. [Arcesium Official Website](https://www.arcesium.com/)
2. [Arcesium Careers Page](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/arcesiumllc)
3. [LinkedIn Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/arcesium)

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