Contracts Manager

Cloudera

Austin (TX)

Hybrid

USD 95,000 - 135,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Cloudera seeks a Contracts Manager to join its United States sales-focused legal team in Austin, TX. You will review, draft, and negotiate a broad range of enterprise software and data contracts, with emphasis on sell-side engagements.

You will partner with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure policy compliance, manage risk, and drive efficient contracting workflows while delivering trusted advisory support to internal clients.

Qualifications

5+ years negotiating sell-side technology and data contracts.
Strong knowledge of software industry legal issues.
Experience with AI, enterprise software, and complex negotiations.
Excellent drafting, analytical and negotiation skills.
Strong communication and presentation abilities.
Able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Negotiate and provide contracting expertise for new and follow-on business.
Ensure agreements comply with policies and global standards.
Draft, review and negotiate enterprise contracts and NDAs.
Analyze contract data and maintain records.
Advise management on contractual rights and risks.
Support cross-functional projects to improve processes.
Act as trusted advisor to internal clients (sales, deal desk, revenue).

Skills

Contract negotiation

Legal knowledge

Data privacy

Cloud computing

IP protection

Commercial transactions

Communication skills

Multi-tasking

Job description

Business Area:

Legal

Seniority Level:

Mid-Senior level

Job Description:

At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. With as much data under management as the hyperscalers, we're the preferred data partner for the top companies in almost every industry. Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world's largest enterprises.

Cloudera is the only hybrid data and AI platform company that large organizations trust to bring AI to their data anywhere it lives. As the pioneer in big data, Cloudera delivers a consistent hybrid cloud experience that converges public clouds, on-prem data centers, and the edge. Cloudera empowers the world's largest enterprises to operationalize:

Cloud Anywhere: Experience a consistent cloud environment from the data center to the edge while retaining full architectural freedom and control.

Data Anywhere: Unify 100% of data with an Open Data Lakehouse to deliver AI-ready insights, regardless of where the data resides.

AI Anywhere: Fast-track Enterprise and Private AI innovation by bringing compute to governed data, ensuring secure and sovereign AI deployments.

Cloudera seeks a collaborative, self-motivated, and business-savvy Contracts Manager to join Cloudera's legal team to support our United States sales organization. We have a highly cohesive and well-respected legal team and would look forward to you joining us.

This role is responsible for providing expertise and support for contracts of all types, with a focus on direct customer sales generated in the United States. You will be responsible for reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a broad range of commercial contracts, including enterprise subscription and services agreements, non-disclosure agreements, complex order forms, and statements of work. You will also be able to participate in legal and cross-functional projects that seek to improve our processes and procedures. We are looking for someone who can become a trusted advisor to internal clients.

As a Contracts Manager you will:

Negotiation & Expertise: Work closely with cross-functional teams and customers to provide contracting expertise to negotiate requisite agreements for new and follow-on business.

Policy Compliance: Ensure all agreements comply with company policies and global legal standards with respect to hybrid deployment anywhere cloud software, data privacy, and commercial licensing requirements.

Risk & Advisory: Prepare contract paperwork, advise management and internal stakeholders of contractual rights and obligations, and mitigate contractual risks.

Strategic Judgment: Balance competing priorities of constituencies as compared to business needs and use astute judgment as to when to elevate.

Data Management: Compile and analyze contract-related data while maintaining accurate historical contract information.

Trusted Advisor: Build rapport with internal clients (including the sales, deal desk, and revenue teams) and leverage these relationships to facilitate closing sales contracts efficiently while minimizing risk.

We're excited about you if you have:

A minimum of 5+ years of experience negotiating sell-side business technology and digital data contracts, preferably enterprise software contracts.

Strong knowledge of legal issues affecting software companies, such as data privacy, intellectual property protection, cloud computing, software development, and revenue recognition.
- Expertise in artificial intelligence, commercial transactions, and complex technology negotiations.

Requires excellent drafting, analytical, and negotiation skills.
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
- Superior communication and internal/external customer service skills.

Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment while working both independently and collaboratively.
- Must be comfortable and confident in dealing directly with customers, sales teams, and all levels of management.

This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship

The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is:

California: $120K- $135K

Colorado: $95K -$120K

Illinois: $99K- $124K

Individual compensation within the published range is determined by the candidate's skills, experience, qualifications, and primary work location. In addition to base pay, sales roles are eligible for Cloudera's commission plan, while non-sales roles are eligible for the corporate incentive plan. All employees receive a comprehensive benefits package.

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