Contracts Manager

LiveRamp • Little Rock, AR

2d • $112,000 - $165,000 • Remote

About The Position

LiveRamp is the data collaboration platform of choice for the world’s most innovative companies. A groundbreaking leader in consumer privacy, data ethics, and foundational identity, LiveRamp is setting the new standard for building a connected customer view with unmatched clarity and context while protecting precious brand and consumer trust. LiveRamp offers complete flexibility to collaborate wherever data lives to support the widest range of data collaboration use cases—within organizations, between brands, and across its premier global network of top-quality partners. Hundreds of global innovators, from iconic consumer brands and tech giants to banks, retailers, and healthcare leaders turn to LiveRamp to build enduring brand and business value by deepening customer engagement and loyalty, activating new partnerships, and maximizing the value of their first-party data while staying on the forefront of rapidly evolving compliance and privacy requirements. The Senior Commercial Contracts Manager role will be a driving force behind the success of the Legal team, and will be a “jack of all trades” supporting the legal function in a wide range of commercial contracts. This is a senior individual contributor role that serves as a primary contracts expert for complex and strategic deals. This person will have an important role in improving the overall operational efficiency of the Legal team, and will have the freedom to identify key areas of improvement for the Legal team and tackle them. This role will be based in any of our US located offices (Little Rock, AR, San Francisco, CA, or New York, NY) and will interface with business teams to negotiate and execute on a wide range of exciting commercial initiatives requiring creative and proactive legal guidance. This is an opportunity to make a high-impact contribution to a fast-paced organization operating on the cutting-edge of the Ad/MarTech industry. This role reports to LiveRamp’s Managing Counsel.

Requirements

• At least 3–5+ years of experience independently drafting and negotiating commercial contracts in contracts manager or similar roles
• Demonstrated experience working cross-functionally and preferably with sales, finance, product, privacy, marketing and customer success teams
• Comfort with ambiguity, multi-tasking, and independence, including making sound judgments in situations with incomplete information or competing priorities
• Track record of identifying and implementing process or tooling improvements for a contracts or legal team

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience working preferably with an Adtech/Martech, SaaS, data, or similar technology company

Responsibilities

• Negotiate and draft complex and strategic commercial agreements, with the ability to capture complex legal and business concepts in a clear, concise, and easy-to-understand manner, operating with minimal supervision.
• Serve as a senior contracts expert for designated products, regions, or segments, shaping deal strategy and recommended risk positions for stakeholders.
• Negotiate agreements with suppliers in accordance with LiveRamp contracts policies and procedures while leveraging subject matter experts as needed.
• Lead and collaborate with numerous internal stakeholders, including sales, finance, product, privacy, customer success, and business development on the sales cycle and risk mitigation to ensure all relevant interests are represented and aligned.
• Provide proactive guidance to cross-functional teams on commonly requested edits, non-standard terms and general contractual questions.
• Make independent decisions with respect to balancing the need to be customer-responsive with that of protecting the LiveRamp’s interests.
• Support the business and legal team members on legal review for Request for Proposal (RFPs), security questionnaires, and a variety of other customer-driven requests.
• Respond promptly to the demands of an active SaaS sales team.
• Provide informal mentorship and guidance to more junior contracts professionals and cross-functional partners on negotiation strategy, contract structures, and risk trade-offs.
• Be a champion for a better, faster and simpler way of doing things, regularly identifying and implementing improvements to contracts templates, playbooks, and processes for the broader team.

Benefits

• People: Work with talented, collaborative, and friendly people who love what they do.
• Fun: We host in-person and virtual events such as game nights, happy hours, camping trips, and sports leagues.
• Work/Life Harmony: Flexible paid time off, paid holidays, options for working from home, and paid parental leave.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package: LiveRamp offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to help you be your best self in your personal and professional lives. Our benefits package offers medical, dental, vision, life and disability, an employee assistance program, voluntary benefits as well as perks programs for your healthy lifestyle, career growth and more.
• Savings: Our 401K matching plan—1:1 match up to 6% of salary—helps you plan ahead. Also Employee Stock Purchase Plan - 15% discount off purchase price of LiveRamp stock (U.S. LiveRampers)
• RampRemote: A comprehensive office equipment and ergonomics program—we provide you with equipment and tools to be your most productive self, no matter where you're located

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed