Director, Contracts Mangement

Posting Open Date: July 2 2025

Anticipated Posting Close Date*: August 15 2025

*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Director Contracts Management

Fastlys Legal Team is looking for a strategic collaborative and operationally-minded Director to lead and scale our Contracts Management Team. This role in pivotal in driving deal velocity to enable revenue growth and optimizing contract management and execution across Fastlys global GTM procurement and partnership functions. You will lead a fast-paced high-performing team of contracts professionals and partner closely with Legal Sales Deal Desk Finance Pricing & Packaging Procurement and other cross-functional stakeholders to streamline processes optimize workflows and drive operational excellence in contracting at scale.

We are looking for a customer-focused detail-oriented and organized leader who thrives in fast-paced environments builds trust across teams solves problems quickly and practically and brings a continuous improvement mindset to everything they do. We are seeking candidates who value working in a strong and diverse team and want to contribute to creating a welcoming inclusive and supportive environment. This position reports to the Associate General Counsel leading our Commercial Legal team and will be based out of one of Fastlys US offices (San Francisco New York or Denver).

What Youll Do:

• Lead and scale Fastlys Contracts Team supporting GTM procurement and partnerships contract management and deal flows
• Design and optimize end-to-end contract workflows and process documentation for intake triage approvals and execution
• Partner with legal operations to manage systems for contract lifecycle management (CLM) deal queue tracking and signature workflows
• Maintain and evolve contract templates clause libraries and playbooks to support scalable global contract support for standard and non-standard deals
• Mentor and manage a team of contracts professionals project managing team initiatives balancing workloads and driving team velocity and operational excellence
• Partner with commercial attorneys to draft and negotiate standard agreements (e.g. NDAs Service Orders Supplemental Terms) and supervise team negotiations
• Support audits and compliance by ensuring complete accurate and accessible contract records
• Champion innovation automation and best practices to minimize friction enhance deal velocity and simplify contracting to improve business outcomes

What Were Looking For:

• 10 years experience in contracts management administration negotiation or a related function in high-growth and fast-paced technology environments
• 3 years managing high-performing teams with a focus on scalability operational excellence and team development
• Deep understanding of the full contract lifecycle including intake redlines approvals execution and records management
• Experience efficiently leveraging commercial contracting tools like Salesforce CPQ Ironclad or other CLMs DocuSign Jira and other contract management automation solutions
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills with meticulous organization and attention to detail an obsession with process simplification and a commitment to accountability
• Clear concise communicator with an ability to simplify complex issues and make efficient practical recommendations to a business audience
• Proven success collaborating cross-functionally and building trusted business relationships
• Must exercise discretion and properly handle confidential and sensitive information in a public company environment
• Bachelors degree

Well be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:

• Experience supporting contract lifecycle deal flows and controls at a public company
• Hands-on experience implementing AI and automation in contract lifecycle dealflows
• Background in managing contract deal flows across multiple global jurisdictions

Work Hours:

• This position will require you to be available during core business hours with flexibility to adjust hours for work supporting other regions (e.g. EMEA / APAC) as needed.

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:

This position is open to the following preferred office locations:

• San Francisco CA

• New York NY

• Denver CO

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.

This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Salary:

The estimated salary range for this position is $179670.00 to $253644.00.

Starting salary may vary based on permissible non-discriminatory factors such as experience skills qualifications and location.

This role may be eligible to participate in Fastlys equity and discretionary bonus programs.

Benefits:

We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical dental and vision insurance. Family planning mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program Insurance (Life Disability and Accident) a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2025 we offer 11 paid local holidays 11 paid company wellness days.