# Senior Contracts Manager

**Company**: Datadog
**Location**: New York, NY
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $116,000-$154,000 USD
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Datadog is seeking a Senior Contracts Manager based in our New York City office to review and negotiate vendor agreements, including those with non-standard terms and moderate complexity.

This role will primarily support vendor transactions across the Americas while collaborating with global Procurement, Legal, and business teams on cross-regional matters. You will advise Procurement and internal stakeholders on contractual, commercial, operational, and compliance risks.

Responsibilities:

- Serve as a primary point of contact for Procurement and business leaders on supplier and service provider engagements across the Americas.

- Review and negotiate vendor agreements, with an emphasis on SaaS and technology-related vendor transactions.

- Partner with Product, Privacy, Security, and Procurement to assess risk and recommend practical positions.

- Interpret existing agreements and advise stakeholders on rights, obligations, renewals, amendments, termination, and risk exposure.

- Manage contract templates and negotiation playbooks, along with the policies and procedures behind them.

- Partner with the Legal Operations team to improve contracting technology, reporting, intake, and automation.

- Mentor other contracts professionals and support their negotiations on non-standard terms.

Requirements:

- At least 8 years of experience negotiating and advising on a broad range of commercial agreements, or 6 years with a master's degree in a relevant field.

- Demonstrated experience negotiating SaaS, cloud, AI, privacy, security, and professional-services agreements.

- Demonstrated ability to manage moderately complex commercial matters independently, support high-complexity matters alongside attorneys or management, exercise sound judgment within established risk frameworks.

Benefits:

- Competitive salary and equity package

- Variable compensation

- Healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits

- 401(k) plan and match

- Paid time off

- Fitness reimbursements

- Discounted employee stock purchase plan

## Skills

### Required
- SaaS
- cloud
- AI
- privacy
- security
- professional-services agreements
- data privacy
- security issues

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