Contract Manager
Company Description
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Job Description
Job Title: Contract Manager
Company: Work matters. It’s where we spend a third of our lives. And the workplace of the future is going to be a great place. We’re dedicated to bringing that to life for people everywhere. That’s why we put people at the heart of everything we do.
People matter. Our people have a passion for learning, building, and innovating. Whether you’re an engineer, a sales professional, a finance professional, or anything in-between, our roles aim to provide each person with meaningful impact and plenty of space to grow.
Role: We are seeking motivated and experienced Contract Manager who is interested in joining our world class Legal Procurement team based in Santa Clara, CA. The Legal Procurement Team is a unique legal team specializing in support of global sourcing and procurement, that is part of a larger global Legal Department. The Legal Procurement Team supports all business functions across a broad range of procurement of goods and services globally.
What you will do in this role: The job responsibilities include but not limited to the below:
· As a key member of Procurement Legal this role will be responsible for contract review, contract drafting and negotiation of buy side agreements, preferably with SaaS or software licensing experience.
· Review, redline SaaS and on premises software licenses, master terms and conditions, statements of work, non-disclosure agreements, and various goods and service agreements, on day to day basis.
· Data privacy experience, including reviews of DPAs, related security exhibits, standard contractual clauses and similar documents to comply with GDPR, and privacy issues, etc.
· Vendor facing experience will be essential as well as direct negotiation experience.
· You will work closely with other teams within the company, including Sourcing and Procurement (as well as vendors, internal business units and legal), to rapidly turn around needed contract documents while maintaining risk management standards.
· Maintain contract repository through online Apttus database.
· Assist with the development and improvement of standard form agreements.
· Assist with the development and improvement of contract playbooks.
Providing general support to the legal team to further department and company objectives.
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, we need someone who has:
· A strong work ethic, exceptional judgment, and uncompromising integrity
· Bachelor’s degree with strong academic credentials, Juris Doctorate degree is preferred.
· 5 Year Minimum experience of working in an in-house legal team drafting, negotiating and managing commercial contracts with strong attention to detail.
· Excellent interpersonal skills and proven ability to build strong and deep working relationships with internal stakeholders over multiple geographical locations.
· Ability to understand complex issues and ability to interact with colleagues and present information in a clear and concise manner.
· A practical, proactive, collaborative and business-focused approach to problem solving with the ability to make sound decisions and exercise good judgement.
· Ability to work as part of an effective team that collaborates to create the highest quality work product for Legal Procurement.
We provide competitive compensation, generous benefits and a professional atmosphere. This is a very collaborative and inclusive work environment where individuals strong on aptitude and attitude will have an opportunity to grow their professional careers through working with some of the most advanced technology and talented developers in the business.
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Additional Information
ServiceNow is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status or any other category protected by law.
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