Senior Contracts Negotiator
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PagerDuty is seeking an outstanding Senior Contracts Negotiator to join our team to drive and shape legal support for global procurement transactions. This role will report to the Associate General Counsel of the Product, Privacy, and Procurement Legal Team. You will support key business goals while preparing our program for the future at a mission-driven tech company.
PagerDuty is a flexible, hybrid workplace. We embrace and encourage in-person working as an integral part of our culture. Both our employees and external research tells us that co-located collaboration strengthens connections, drives innovation, and accelerates learning. This role is currently expected to come into our Atlanta office at least once per month, so you can thrive in your new role and fully embrace being a Dutonian!
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary legal contact for procurement transactions. Draft, redline, and negotiate a wide-variety of procurement agreements, including for mission-critical suppliers. Provide timely, efficient, practical, and risk-calibrated guidance and contract negotiation support to various business leaders and audiences.
- Scale and mature legal support of PagerDuty’s procurement processes, including by managing and improving upon our processes, templates, and other resources. Think ahead, see around corners, and help improve the risk-calibration and efficiency.
- Partner closely with PagerDuty’s Procurement team, support internal business clients and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across the organization, becoming a trusted advisor on processes and positions for managing risk in procurement contracts.
- Collaborate with attorneys and other subject matter experts as needed on highly complex matters.
- Learn and understand PagerDuty’s business and operations, developing contracting solutions that take both of these into account.
Basic Qualifications
- 8+ years of relevant experience as a contracts negotiator, transactional paralegal, or contracts manager at a corporation, law firm, or government agency -OR- a JD degree and 6+ years of relevant experience as a contracts negotiator, transactional paralegal, or contracts manager at a corporation, law firm, or government agency.
- Substantial experience in reviewing, structuring, drafting, and negotiating a wide variety of procurement agreements, as well providing clear and concise guidance to internal stakeholders.
- Strong proficiency with procurement contracting processes.
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Preferred Qualifications
- Excellent analytical skills, including a track record of successfully investigating, analyzing, and solving complex issues and of using data to measure results and guide decisions.
- A track record of providing risk-calibrated guidance to contract issues and of crafting creative solutions and practical risk-mitigation options.
- A demonstrated history of working proactively and independently under tight timeframes to drive projects forward, and of managing conflicting priorities to ensure focus on the most important matters.
- Strong organizational and project management skills, ability to manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously, and high attention to detail.
- A demonstrated ability to concisely, accurately, and clearly explain relevant considerations of complex matters with context to a wide range of audiences, both orally and in writing.
- Experience updating and managing procedures, workflows, intake forms, playbooks, clause libraries, and/or agreement issues checklists.
- A team player-mindset with a positive attitude, a love of solving problems, a history of building trusted and collaborative relationships, and a passion for delighting customers and earning their trust.
- A desire to learn, a strong work ethic, and a high level of integrity.
The base salary range for this position is 142,000 - 221,000 USD. This role may also be eligible for bonus, commission, equity, and/or benefits.
Our base salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range, which is subject to change based on primary work location, reflects the minimum and maximum base salary we expect to pay newly hired employees for the position. Within the range, we determine pay for an individual based on a number of factors including market location, job-related knowledge, skills/competencies and experience.
Your recruiter can share more about the specific offerings for this role, as well as the salary range for your primary work location during the hiring process.
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Where we work
PagerDuty currently has offices in Atlanta, Lisbon, London, San Francisco, Santiago, Sydney, Tokyo, and Toronto. We offer a hybrid, flexible workplace. We also provide ample opportunities for in-person and virtual connection, like team offsites and volunteering events.
How we work
Our values are deeply embedded in how we operate and the people we bring on board. You will see our values ingrained in how we support our customers, collaborate with our colleagues, develop our products and foster an inclusive and empathetic work culture.
- Champion the Customer | Put users first to design great products and experiences.
- Run Together | Build strong teams that amplify our impact on users.
- Take the Lead | Disrupt and invent to be the first choice for users.
- Ack + Own | Take ownership and action to deliver more efficiently to users.
- Bring Your Self | Bring your best self to build empathy and trust with users.
What we offer
One way we ensure our employees are inspired to do their best is through a comprehensive total rewards approach that supports them and their loved ones. As a global organization, our programs are competitive with industry standards and aligned with local laws and regulations. Learn more, including country-specific offerings, on our benefits site.
Your package may include:
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive benefits package from day one
- Flexible work arrangements
- Generous paid vacation time
- Paid holidays and sick leave
- Dutonian Wellness Days - scheduled company-wide paid days off in addition to PTO
- Company equity*
- ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Program)*
- Retirement or pension plan*
- Paid parental leave - up to 22 weeks for pregnant parent, up to 12 weeks for non-pregnant parent (some countries have longer leave standards and we comply with local laws)*
- HibernationDuty - an annual company paid week off when everyone at PagerDuty, with the exception of a small, coverage crew, is asked to take a much needed break to truly disconnect and recharge
- Paid volunteer time off - 20 hours per year
- Company-wide hack weeks
- Mental wellness programs
*Eligibility may vary by role, region, and tenure
About PagerDuty
PagerDuty, Inc. (NYSE:PD) is a global leader in digital operations management. The PagerDuty Operations Cloud revolutionizes how critical work gets done, and powers the agility that drives digital transformation. Customers rely on the PagerDuty Operations Cloud to compress costs, accelerate productivity, win revenue, sustain seamless digital experiences, and earn customer trust. More than half of the Fortune 500 and more than two thirds of the Fortune 100 trust PagerDuty including Cisco, Cox Automotive, DoorDash, Electronic Arts, Genentech, Shopify, Zoom and more.
Led by CEO Jennifer Tejada, PagerDuty’s Board of Directors is 50% female and 62% URP representation. We strive to build a more equitable world by investing 1% each of company equity, product, and employee volunteer time.
PagerDuty is Great Place to Work-certified™, a Fortune Best Workplace for Millennials, a Fortune Best Medium Workplace, a Fortune Best Workplace in Technology, and a top rated product on TrustRadius and G2.
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Additional Information
PagerDuty is committed to creating a diverse environment and is an equal opportunity employer. PagerDuty does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, parental status, veteran status, or disability status.
PagerDuty is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application process. Should you require accommodation, please email accommodation@pagerduty.com and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.
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