Contract Specialist

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Discover your future at DAT Freight & Analytics, where innovation meets impact. For over four decades, DAT has been at the forefront of transportation and logistics, helping businesses move freight with greater efficiency and confidence. We are a technology company that removes uncertainty from freight for truckers, brokers, and shippers every day. Our advanced tools and data intelligence empower professionals to make smarter decisions, optimize costs, and operate more successfully.

Through the industry's largest digital freight marketplace and insights derived from over $1 trillion in freight transactions, we provide the mission‑critical information that keeps supply chains running smoothly across the country. DAT is proud to be an award‑winning workplace that fosters innovation, celebrates success, and values professional growth. With strategic offices in Beaverton, Oregon, Denver, Colorado, Springfield, Missouri, and Bangalore, India, our teams collaborate to solve the transportation industry's most complex challenges.

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DAT is looking for a Contracts Specialist to join our outstanding Legal team. DAT Freight & Analytics operates the largest and most trusted freight marketplace in North America, connecting shippers, carriers, and brokers through a suite of SaaS and data products relied on across the transportation industry. As DAT continues to scale as a diverse software business, our Legal team is looking for an experienced Contracts Specialist to manage the full contract lifecycle for a fast‑growing, technology‑driven organization.

In this role, you will own the day‑to‑day administration, drafting, and negotiation of commercial agreements that support DAT's customers, vendors, and partners, from enterprise SaaS subscriptions and data licensing arrangements to procurement and partnership agreements. You will work cross‑functionally with Sales, Finance, Product, Security, and Revenue Operations to keep contracting fast, consistent, and low‑risk, while helping mature DAT's contract lifecycle management (CLM) practices as the business grows.

This position offers a hybrid work schedule based out of our Seattle office.

• Manage the end‑to‑end contracting process for SaaS subscription agreements, data licensing agreements, Master Service Agreements (MSAs), Statements of Work, order forms, procurement agreements, consulting agreements, partner agreements, and non‑disclosure agreements.
• Draft, evaluate, redline, and negotiate assigned contracts in accordance with company policy, approved playbooks, and risk tolerance, including utilizing approved AI tools to facilitate such work, escalating novel or high‑risk issues to Legal leadership.
• Review terms and conditions, assess commercial and legal risk, and recommend positions that protect the company's interests while supporting deal velocity.
• Partner closely with Sales, Deal Desk, Finance, Security, Product, and Revenue Operations to keep quote‑to‑cash and contract workflows moving efficiently, including reviews tied to CRM systems.
• Support data privacy, security, and information‑governance requirements in customer and vendor contracts, including Data Processing Agreements (DPAs), security addenda, and SOC 2‑related terms.
• Translate contract terms and legal concepts into clear, practical language for internal stakeholders and external counter parties.
• Manage contracts through the contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform and contracts database, ensuring accurate metadata, version control, and searchability across the contract portfolio.
• Communicate fully executed agreements to relevant stakeholders and support downstream…