Senior Contracts Manager, Legal & Compliance ( Redwood City, CA)
Anomali
Legal, Compliance / Regulatory
Redwood City, CA, USA
USD 100k-130k / year + Equity
Posted on May 24, 2025
Company Overview:
Anomali is headquartered in Silicon Valley and is the Leading AI-Powered Security Operations Platform that is modernizing security operations. At the center of it is an omnipresent, intelligent, and multilingual Anomali Copilot that automates important tasks and empowers your team to deliver the requisite risk insights to management and the board in seconds. The Anomali Copilot navigates a proprietary cloud-native security data lake that consolidates legacy attempts at visibility and provides first-in-market speed, scale, and performance while reducing the cost of security analytics. Anomali combines ETL, SIEM, XDR, SOAR, and the largest repository of global intelligence in one efficient platform. Protect and drive your business with better productivity and talent retention.
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Job Description:
We are looking for a Senior Contracts Manager to join our team and provide critical support to our legal and compliance functions. This is a senior-level role ideal for an experienced paralegal or contracts professional with deep knowledge of legal and commercial terms, contract workflows, and compliance operations.
While this role does not provide legal advice, it is instrumental in reviewing contract terms, identifying issues requiring legal input, supporting regional and corporate compliance matters, and facilitating communications across internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and excels at balancing multiple priorities while enhancing operational efficiency.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Contract Review & Management:
o Review and analyze commercial contracts and agreements to flag key legal, commercial, and risk-related terms.
o Review basic contract terms and flag any key terms that require legal opinion to external legal counsel.
o Collaborate with our external legal contractor to escalate clauses requiring in-depth legal review or interpretation.
o Route, track and manage contract lifecycle and documentation in coordination with internal stakeholders.
o Support registrations, certain license renewals and business certifications
o MD&A support and due diligence
Assist in Implementation and Oversight of Compliance Programs:
o Support the deployment and ongoing monitoring of regional and corporate compliance programs to ensure alignment with legal and regulatory obligations across jurisdictions. This includes helping tailor global compliance standards to meet local legal requirements.
Corporate and Local Compliance Filings:
o Assist in the preparation and timely submission of required filings such as, Annual reports and entity renewals. business license and permit renewals, anti-bribery certifications, industry-specific disclosures, or import/export compliance documents.
Regulatory Monitoring and Gap Assessment:
o Work closely with legal and compliance teams to stay informed of changes in local, state, and regional regulations.
o Help assess the impact of legal changes on business operations and contracts and assist in implementing required policy or process changes.
Compliance Inquiry Management:
o Serve as a liaison between internal business units and compliance/legal teams to manage and coordinate responses to routine compliance-related inquiries.
Third-Party Compliance and Due Diligence Support:
o Assist with vendor and partner due diligence processes, including screening for sanctions, export control restrictions, and reputation risks. o Ensure contracts contain required compliance clauses and track certification requirements.
Document Management and Recordkeeping:
o Maintain organized and compliant records of all filings, policy updates, and training completions in accordance with corporate document retention policies and regulatory requirements.
Cross-Functional Coordination:
o Serve as a liaison between internal departments (e.g., procurement, sales, operations), external vendors or customers, and external counsel on standard contract and compliance matters.
o Facilitate efficient information flow and document sharing between stakeholders, including coordination with third parties for contract-related exchanges.
Process Optimization:
o Identify opportunities to improve contract and compliance workflows and propose solutions to reduce friction and increase efficiency.
o Maintain and update templates, checklists, and knowledge resources for recurring legal and compliance activities.
Skills and Experience Requirements:
• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience in contract management, paralegal services, or a legal operations function.
• Strong working knowledge of commercial contract structures and legal terminology. Prior experience with SaaS based sales agreements and Docusign (or comparable tool) is required.
• Experience supporting compliance or regulatory initiatives in a corporate environment.
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication abilities, with a client-service mindset.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines with minimal supervision.
• This position will be based at our Redwood City HQ. Currently, our team is working a hybrid schedule: Mon/Tue/Wed onsite and Thu/Fri remote.
• This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship. The successful candidate must not now, or in the future, require visa sponsorship to work in the US.
Preferred Background:
• Paralegal certification or equivalent legal training.
• Experience in a multinational or cross-jurisdictional environment.
• Prior experience with MD&A support and due diligence is preferred.
• Experience working with legal technology or contract management tools is a plus.
Equal Opportunities Monitoring
It is our policy to ensure that all eligible persons have equal opportunity for employment and advancement on the basis of their ability, qualifications and aptitude. We select those suitable for appointment solely on the basis of merit without regard to an individual's disability, race, religion, sex, age or sexual orientation. Monitoring is carried out to ensure that our equal opportunity policy is effectively implemented.
If you are interested in applying for employment with Anomali and need special assistance or accommodation to apply for a posted position, contact our Recruiting team at recruiting@anomali.com.
Compensation Transparency
$100,000 - $130,000 USD
Please note that the annual base salary range is a guideline and, for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location, as well as, knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. In addition to base pay, this position is eligible for benefits, and may be eligible for a bonus and/or equity.