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Remote Contracts Manager jobs are in active demand across the U.S., with remote-first firms, distributed enterprise teams, and growing companies in technology, healthcare, and professional services all hiring. Employers currently posting remote roles include Pacvue, BAE Systems USA, and Eaton. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Eaton’s AER FMC Fuel Motion Control Systems division is currently seeking a Contracts Manager. This position can be a remote and/or hybrid role based in the US/PR. Candidates can be based from a home office and/or from an approved Eaton facility. Preference will be given to those residing within the OH area.
The Contract Manager is an integral part of the commercial team. The individual is required to lead negotiations on all aspects of contracts associated with the business. They may also occasionally lead and participate in negotiations for Aerospace Group Level, and/or FMC Division Level contracts as directed by management. In managing the assigned contracts it is expected that the Contracts Manager will successfully mitigate customer claims, submit assertions for out of scope work and customer program impacts, execute price increase entitlement. The role will also play a key role in supporting legacy business proposals and new business proposals to ensure favorable terms, compliance to any customer requirements, and compliant proposal submissions.
For new contracts it is expected that the individual will negotiate favorable business terms for Eaton and yet maintain strong customer relationships. The individual will be required to manage difficult situations with customers, and maintain a balanced approach to ensure we maintain our customer focused approach to doing business. They are also responsible for ensuring that all negotiations are conducted in accordance with Eaton’s ethics and values. A key element of the Contracts Manager's responsibilities will also include creating guides and tools that arm the broader business functions to execute and understand its customer agreements as effectively as possible.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $113000 - $165000 a year.
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
What you’ll do:
- Performs contracts function duties as directed by management including support of commercial function across FMC and Aerospace group
- Participate in approval reviews (Gate 0/1) customer proposals for new business.
- Lead internal review of Agreements with internal functions as applicable (engineering, programs, customer support etc) and Corporate functions ( legal, insurance etc.) to ensure business terms are in accordance with Eaton approvals, limits of authority and guidelines and ensure all risks and liabilities are fully understood and mitigated.
- Leads the negotiations for new contracts and contract change proposals, which may on occasions include multi-site negotiations for all of Aerospace and/or FMC division, as directed by management.
- Manages the commercial execution of contracts, and ensures our business receives its full entitlement to pricing and other commercial benefits which includes identifying and prosecuting assertions, scope changes and pricing opportunities. This includes protecting the business from customer claims such that all claims on the business are mitigated to the best degree possible
- Creates contract flow downs that are shared and distributed with key internal functions to ensure those responsible for executing the contract understand the ground rules in which they must operate. Provide training to other functions regarding key contractual issues.
- Ensures compliance with all Government Requirements (Federal Acquisition Regulations and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations. Lead submission and negotiation of Data Rights Assertions and Commerciality Assertions.
- Maintain custody of all contractual documents through Eaton's Document Library software to maintain compliance with internal contract retention requirements and ISO9000, AS9100, and FAR and DFAR requirements
- Maintain positive customer interactions, proactively insuring contractual compliance and performance
- Facilitates and support process improvements within the contract and wider organization.
Qualifications:
Required Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution
- Minimum of five (5) years of commercial experience
- Minimum of two (2) years contracts experience
- This position requires access to export-controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must be a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158. Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any "CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc."
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of Aerospace contract terms, customer procurement processes, and contract law.
- Experience working with FAR, DFARS, and data rights issues. Strong knowledge of aerospace products and standard requirements and processes
Skills:
- Good communication, persuasion, listening, ability to influence decisions, problems solving and collaborative skills
- Experience working within a large matrix organization
All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.
The application window for this position is anticipated to close on 10/2/2026.
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.
You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.
To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.
We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Eaton’s AER FMC Fuel Motion Control Systems division is currently seeking a Contracts Manager. This position can be a remote and/or hybrid role based in the US/PR. Candidates can be based from a home office and/or from an approved Eaton facility. Preference will be given to those residing within the OH area.
The Contract Manager is an integral part of the commercial team. The individual is required to lead negotiations on all aspects of contracts associated with the business. They may also occasionally lead and participate in negotiations for Aerospace Group Level, and/or FMC Division Level contracts as directed by management. In managing the assigned contracts it is expected that the Contracts Manager will successfully mitigate customer claims, submit assertions for out of scope work and customer program impacts, execute price increase entitlement. The role will also play a key role in supporting legacy business proposals and new business proposals to ensure favorable terms, compliance to any customer requirements, and compliant proposal submissions.
For new contracts it is expected that the individual will negotiate favorable business terms for Eaton and yet maintain strong customer relationships. The individual will be required to manage difficult situations with customers, and maintain a balanced approach to ensure we maintain our customer focused approach to doing business. They are also responsible for ensuring that all negotiations are conducted in accordance with Eaton’s ethics and values. A key element of the Contracts Manager's responsibilities will also include creating guides and tools that arm the broader business functions to execute and understand its customer agreements as effectively as possible.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $113000 - $165000 a year.
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
What you’ll do:
- Performs contracts function duties as directed by management including support of commercial function across FMC and Aerospace group
- Participate in approval reviews (Gate 0/1) customer proposals for new business.
- Lead internal review of Agreements with internal functions as applicable (engineering, programs, customer support etc) and Corporate functions ( legal, insurance etc.) to ensure business terms are in accordance with Eaton approvals, limits of authority and guidelines and ensure all risks and liabilities are fully understood and mitigated.
- Leads the negotiations for new contracts and contract change proposals, which may on occasions include multi-site negotiations for all of Aerospace and/or FMC division, as directed by management.
- Manages the commercial execution of contracts, and ensures our business receives its full entitlement to pricing and other commercial benefits which includes identifying and prosecuting assertions, scope changes and pricing opportunities. This includes protecting the business from customer claims such that all claims on the business are mitigated to the best degree possible
- Creates contract flow downs that are shared and distributed with key internal functions to ensure those responsible for executing the contract understand the ground rules in which they must operate. Provide training to other functions regarding key contractual issues.
- Ensures compliance with all Government Requirements (Federal Acquisition Regulations and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations. Lead submission and negotiation of Data Rights Assertions and Commerciality Assertions.
- Maintain custody of all contractual documents through Eaton's Document Library software to maintain compliance with internal contract retention requirements and ISO9000, AS9100, and FAR and DFAR requirements
- Maintain positive customer interactions, proactively insuring contractual compliance and performance
- Facilitates and support process improvements within the contract and wider organization.
Qualifications:
Required Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution
- Minimum of five (5) years of commercial experience
- Minimum of two (2) years contracts experience
- This position requires access to export-controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must be a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158. Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any "CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc."
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of Aerospace contract terms, customer procurement processes, and contract law.
- Experience working with FAR, DFARS, and data rights issues. Strong knowledge of aerospace products and standard requirements and processes
Skills:
- Good communication, persuasion, listening, ability to influence decisions, problems solving and collaborative skills
- Experience working within a large matrix organization
All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.
The application window for this position is anticipated to close on 10/2/2026.
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.
You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.
To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.
We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
- Energy
- Medical Devices
- Banking & Financial Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote contracts manager jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in business, law, supply chain, or a related field
- Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial or government contracts
- Knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations for government or defense contracting roles
- Proficiency with contract lifecycle management software such as Ironclad, Ariba, or Conga
- Certified Commercial Contracts Manager or Certified Professional Contracts Manager credential preferred
- Ability to collaborate with legal, finance, and procurement stakeholders across the organization
Tips for Your Remote Contracts Manager Job Search
Prove async contract work in your materials
Remote employers want evidence you can manage redlines, approvals, and vendor communications without back-and-forth meetings. Call out specific contract types you have handled independently and note any CLM or e-signature platforms you used, since that signals remote-readiness immediately.
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote contracts manager openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your background and apply directly without sorting through unrelated postings.
Highlight written negotiation skills explicitly
Remote contracts managers resolve most issues over email and shared documents rather than in meetings. Mention specific instances where you negotiated terms or resolved disputes in writing, because remote hiring managers treat strong written communication as a core job requirement, not a soft skill.
Target remote-first companies posting repeat openings
Companies that have hired contracts managers remotely before are far more likely to have the systems, workflows, and management culture to support you. Look for organizations that list multiple remote contracts or legal roles, which signals a mature distributed operations model.
Remote Contracts Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote contracts manager job?
Target companies with distributed teams or fully remote operations, since they are most likely to hire contracts managers who never come into an office. Remote employers screen hard for written communication and self-direction, so your application materials should show you can draft, redact, and negotiate contracts independently without daily oversight. Experience with contract lifecycle management tools and e-signature platforms strengthens your case considerably.
Which companies hire remote contracts managers?
Employers currently hiring remote contracts managers include Pacvue, BAE Systems USA, and Eaton, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Remote-first technology companies, healthcare platforms, and government contractors are among the most consistent hirers, especially those managing high contract volumes across multiple states or clients.
Can you get a remote contracts manager job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level contracts manager roles are harder to land because employers expect you to work independently from day one without in-person mentorship. Smaller remote-first companies and startups are more open to candidates who can show relevant coursework in contract law or procurement, paralegal experience, or demonstrated comfort with async workflows and contract management software.
Do you need a degree for remote contracts manager jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers care more about demonstrated contract review and negotiation skills than a specific degree. A background in business, legal studies, or supply chain helps, but candidates who can show a portfolio of contracts handled, relevant certifications like NCMA's CPCM, or strong experience with CLM platforms regularly land roles without a four-year degree.
Which industries hire the most remote contracts managers?
The sectors hiring the most remote contracts managers are Technology & Software, Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals, and Energy, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. These industries rely heavily on distributed teams managing vendor agreements, client contracts, and compliance obligations across multiple locations, making remote contracts managers a practical operational fit.
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