Staff Security Contracts Manager

Company Description

It all started in sunny San Diego, California in 2004 when a visionary engineer, Fred Luddy, saw the potential to transform how we work. Fast forward to today — ServiceNow stands as a global market leader, bringing innovative AI-enhanced technology to over 8,100 customers, including 85% of the Fortune 500®. Our intelligent cloud-based platform seamlessly connects people, systems, and processes to empower organizations to find smarter, faster, and better ways to work. But this is just the beginning of our journey. Join us as we pursue our purpose to make the world work better for everyone.

Job Description

About Digital Technology: 

We’re not yesterday’s IT department, we're Digital Technology. The world around us keeps changing and so do we. We’re redefining what it means to be IT with a mindset centered on transformation, experience, AI-driven automation, innovation, and growth. 

We’re all about delivering delightful, secure customer and employee experiences that accelerate ServiceNow’s journey to become the defining enterprise software company of the 21st century. And we love co-creating, using, and highlighting our own products to do it.  

Ultimately, we strive to make the world work better for our employees and customers when you work in ServiceNow Digital Technology, you work for them.  

The ServiceNow Security Organization delivers world-class, innovative security solutions to reduce risk and protect the company and our customers. We enable our customers to migrate their most sensitive data and workloads to the cloud, accelerating our business so that we are the most trusted SaaS provider. We create an environment where our employees are proud to work and can make a positive impact. 

ServiceNow is changing the way people work. With a service-orientation toward the activities, tasks and processes that make up day-to-day work life, we help the modern enterprise operate faster and be more scalable than ever before. 

We’re disruptive. We work hard but try not to take ourselves too seriously. We are highly adaptable and constantly evolving. We are passionate about our product, and we live for our customers. We have high expectations and a career at ServiceNow means challenging yourself to be better. 

Position Overview: 

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Information Staff Security Contracts Manager to join our team. In this critical role, you will be a primary driver in ensuring that ServiceNow's security contract process aligns with our information security principles and architecture. As a pivotal part of our team, you will collaborate closely with our legal team, various stakeholders, and cross-functional teams across the organization to shape contractual language that reflects our current security stance, thereby minimizing risks to both ServiceNow and our valued customers. 

What you get to do in this role:   

• Collaborate with internal legal teams, commercial legal, and cross-functional stakeholders to review and enhance customer contracts, including “redlines” as it relates to information security, data protection, and architecture. 
• Propose Standard Language: Act as a subject matter expert to propose new contractual language that sets standard terms related to information security, ensuring alignment with ServiceNow's security policies. 
• Lead and participate in customer negotiations related to data security, addressing inquiries and concerns to ensure successful contractual agreements. 
• Stay current on ServiceNow architecture, industry trends, regulations, and best practices related to information security and contractual agreements. 
• Navigating Ambiguity: Demonstrate the ability to work effectively in an evolving and sometimes ambiguous environment, adapting strategies as needed to address emerging challenges and opportunities. 
• Engage in multiple contract negotiations with the ability to manage and prioritize workload to meet critical timelines. 

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you have:

• 8+ years of experience within Contracts Management for a SW or SaaS company 
• Solid understanding of contractual principles relative to IT and Security concepts. 
• 8+ years of relevant Customer/Sales Contracts 
• Experience working in an in-house legal department, ideally a technology company, with a focus on technology contracts and information security. 
• Comprehensive understanding of Enterprise IT Industry 
  • In-depth knowledge of the enterprise IT landscape 
  • Ideally SaaS and cloud computing areas, and their associated security implications. 
• Team Collaboration and Information Sharing: Strong inclination towards teamwork and sharing of information to foster a collabora