Your Role: 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. You will also help improve contracting processes and support other members of the contracts team. What You’ll Do: Serve as a primary point of contact for Procurement and business leaders on supplier and service provider engagements across the Americas. Manage matters across the contract lifecycle, from intake through renewal or termination, and support global or cross-regional transactions as needed. Review and negotiate vendor agreements, with an emphasis on SaaS and technology-related vendor transactions. Handle moderately complex agreements independently and take on high-complexity agreements and novel issues with attorney or management support. Typical intake includes agreements for software, cloud services, AI tools, privacy, professional services and consulting, marketing and advertising, equipment purchase and rental (including maintenance), office operations and facilities, and benefits. Partner with Product, Privacy, Security, and Procurement to assess risk and recommend practical positions. Advise stakeholders on gaps between proposed contract terms and the business’s technical and compliance requirements, balancing legal protection with operational and commercial goals. Use negotiation and influencing skills with senior stakeholders to resolve complex contract issues. Interpret existing agreements and advise stakeholders on rights, obligations, renewals, amendments, termination, and risk exposure. Support resolution of vendor disputes by developing recommend
Senior Manager, Regional Security Operations
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The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for. About the Role The New York Times Company is looking for an experienced security leader to serve in a key leadership and operational role. You will lead the ongoing transition toward a unified global corporate security operation, directly managing a team of in-house and contract security professionals and working with senior executives and operational leads across the
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At least 15 years experience in physical security and leadership of others. Experience in scaling security operations within a global organization, moving toward proactive, intelligence-led, technology-driven architecture. Demonstrated experience coaching, mentoring and developing staff to perform at high levels and holding a team accountable for achieving its goals. Skill in managing conflict and responding to team, employee, or stakeholder problems consistent with established procedures, company culture, and workplace norms. Demonstrated experience engaging and developing collaborative relationships and influence within a team, across departments, and at all levels. Demonstrated experience with security technology systems, end-user support and ticketing systems, including access control, visitor management, video monitoring systems, and latest AI and detection technologies. Crisis management and emergency response planning experience. The ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities, roles, responsibilities and managing multiple tasks at once. Preferred
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The New York Times
At The Times, our mission is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. Having a diverse staff with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences is vital to ensuring we cover the world fully and fairly and offering products that have a wide appeal. Our vision is to become the essential subscription for every curious person seeking to understand and engage with the world. This work is supported by our journalists and a range of dedicated individuals, from data scientists to marketers, designers, engineers and more. Our cutting-edge journalism reaches 150 million readers each month, and is produced by journalists reporting on the ground from more than 170 countries. If you find our mission and vision inspiring, we invite you to apply for any of our open positions. And if you are a current Times employee, please apply on our internal job board.
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