Contracts Manager

Contracts Manager - Law Team (East Coast)

Are you looking for a chance to learn and grow in the legal and contracts management profession? Are you ready to work with your teammates to help manage the entire contract lifecycle for commercial contracts?

If you want to have a real impact on Fastly's agreement life cycle for sales, vendor and partner contracts, and are eager to build strong relationships with internal partners and external parties, come join Fastly's Law Team as a Contracts Manager. We are a growing legal team that is trustworthy, operates with integrity, and embraces transparency. We have a curious spirit, and we think about the "why". This position will be working remotely until it is safe to return to our offices), and report to the Manager, Contracts Team based in San Francisco.

What You'll Do

• Collaborate daily with Fastly's Deal Strategy team and Sales organizations on documenting and executing cloud services revenue transactions
• Support multiple stakeholders in the procurement process, including through management of the review and execution of vendor contracts
• Assist with developing and improving processes, playbooks, knowledge management and automation across all contract life cycles
• Ensure proper administration of contracts to match Fastly's internal business practices, from intake of new contracts to sunsetting of expired relationships
• Review commercial contracts (including revenue, channel and procurement contracts) with the support of our attorneys
• Interpret and analyze existing contracts to respond to questions from the Law department and the rest of the company
• Produce and deliver trainings to support best practices
• Juggle multiple projects simultaneously on a time-sensitive basis to meet deadlines in a dynamic and demanding environment with a globally distributed team

What We're Looking For

• BA from a four year accredited college or university
• At least 1-3 years of contracts-related experience in an in-house law department
• Experience with CRM and CPQ software such as salesforce.com and automated contract management solutions such as DocuSign and Apttus highly valued
• Must exercise discretion and ability to properly handle confidential and sensitive information
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including across multiple applications and platforms
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

We value a variety of voices, so this is not a laundry list. It would be an added bonus if you have experience in ANY of these:

• Experience as negotiator managing the review, negotiation, and drafting of redlines of, various types of contracts

Why this Law Team?

• Walking the Execution/Risk Balance Beam. We serve the best interests of Fastly and its stakeholders by assisting the business achieve its goals while protecting the business from risk—which includes accepting or assuming a reasonable amount of risk and mitigating risk in appropriate places.
• Build Trust by Knowing the Business. We inform and immerse ourselves in the operations of the business to thoughtfully and strategically counsel within the context of practical business needs and constraints and stakeholder expectations and requirements. We maintain a growth mindset to anticipate and support regulatory, organizational, technological and commercial change.
• Strong and Diverse Teams. We build strong and diverse teams by creating a welcoming, inclusive and supportive environment. We recruit others who embrace these values and methods but who also test and expand our thinking.
• Practice Operational Excellence. We embrace automation and collaboration to scale with the business. We advise the business in a nimble and thoughtful fashion that allows for rapid and continuous improvement and innovation.
• Sharing Knowledge and Writing Things Down. We believe in continuous learning and empowerment through knowledge. All team members collaborate to expand their knowledge and to foster learning among our team. We promote consistency and hold ourselves accountable against documented and transparent expectations. We use documentation to enable execution and empower decision-making.
• We Represent The Company. We conduct ourselves internally and externally with integrity and professionalism and in an ethical and transparent manner consistent with Fastly’s values. We advocate on behalf of our customers and other stakeholders. We seek out opportunities to make positive change.

In accordance with applicable law, Fastly’s minimum base pay for this role if hired in Colorado is $66,000 per year. Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Fastly's equity plan. Final offer amount will be at the company’s sole discretion and determined by multiple factors, including years and depth of experience and expertise, location and other business considerations. Note that this role is available to candidates outside of Colorado and different minimum compensation may apply.

Fastly is proud to deliver a strong total rewards program to our employees. This role is eligible to participate in the following benefits:

• Health benefits (medical, dental, and vision)
• Medical: Cigna or Kaiser available
• Retirement benefits and employer match
• Life Insurance (Basic and Voluntary Life)
• Short & Long Term Disability with a buy-up LTD option
• Voluntary Accident & Critical Illness benefits
• Flex Spending Accounts & Mass Transit benefits
• Open Vacation Policy
• Sick Time
• Generous leave benefits (medical, maternity, paternity, and personal)
• Paid wellness days
• Employee Assistance Program
• Learning & reimbursement program stipend
• Mobile and internet allowance
• Wellness stipend
• Pet insurance

Fastly reserves the right to amend or modify for any reasons in accordance with applicable law.