At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known.
Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.
About the Team:
Relativity Space’s Legal team is nimble and entrepreneurial, filled with collaborative team players with deep domain expertise dedicated to each other’s and the company’s success. The team sits at the epicenter of business activities and decision-making and is responsible for identifying and managing risks across the organization to ensure Relativity is adequately protected through its rapid growth. Team members manage the full suite of legal and regulatory issues, including intellectual property, employment, licensing, procurement, government contracting, vendor and customer contracts, trade compliance, corporate transactions, and governance, among other business-enabling responsibilities. Unique to Relativity’s fast-paced, high-growth environment, the team works across many departments to support Relativity's ambitious goals. Additionally, the company is in a formative phase, with enough structure to build from and still plenty of room for you to define what’s next. If you want to be on the front lines of a rapidly evolving commercial space industry, Relativity is the place for you.
About the Role:
- Partner with Relativity’s supply chain, engineering, IT and other stakeholder teams to manage the full life cycle of our vendor contracts.
- Draft, negotiate, and process a wide variety of vendor agreements, including for purchases of services, material supply, capital equipment, software licenses, SaaS subscriptions, NDAs, and construction.
- Provide proactive strategic advice and guidance to business teams on contract interpretation and compliance.
- Partner with supply chain and the rest of the legal team to build and improve contracting processes, templates, playbooks, and knowledge libraries.
- Support corporate diligence and other data-driven strategic projects and initiatives.
- Be an expert user of Relativity’s contract management system and work with legal operations to manage workflows, build reporting and metrics, and maintain accurate contract records.
About You:
- 7+ years of experience as a contract manager or other relevant experience managing and advising on the full contract lifecycle from RFPs to termination.
- Strong experience working independently with different contract forms, including master agreements, purchase agreements, statements of work, amendments, NDAs and related commercial documents.
- Experience leveraging data to identify process improvements, drive decision-making, and facilitate effective communication.
- Ability to tailor communication approach and style for effective communication with different audiences, including internal stakeholders, senior leaders, and external business partners.
- Ability to juggle competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience independently building and maintaining cross-functional relationships.
- Proficiency in contract lifecycle management and e-signature software tools.
Nice to haves but not required:
- J.D. degree from an accredited law school
- Experience in hardware, manufacturing, or construction industries.
- Experience in Legal Operations (e.g., implementing new contract review and management tools, creating dashboards and tracking contracting metrics)
At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.
Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more! To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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Relativity Space Long Beach, California, USA Office
We have two sites in Long Beach, CA's Space Beach: "The Wormhole," a 1M sq. ft. factory, once Boeing C-17's home. Nearby, "The Portal" supports Aeon R engine production for our Terran R launch vehicle.
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