Privacy & Vendor Contracts Manager

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We are seeking a Privacy & Vendor Contracts Manager to join our team. This is a remote opportunity based in the United States.

Job Summary

The Privacy & Vendor Contracts Manager is responsible for handling and negotiating vendor, supplier, and third-party contracts with a focus on data privacy, security, and compliance requirements across Imprivata’s business units. The position will work alongside the commercial legal, TPRM, security, and procurement teams to support vendor contracting, data protection, and AI governance initiatives. The position requires a team player who can provide high-quality work product with minimal supervision in a very fast-paced, high-energy environment. This position reports to the Director, Privacy & Compliance Counsel.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Identify and manage contractual, privacy, and security risks across vendor and third-party agreements, ensuring compliance with legal, data protection, and risk management requirements. 
• Independently prioritize work, apply sound judgment, and propose risk mitigation strategies, escalating high-risk issues to legal, security, and business stakeholders as needed. 
• Oversee the full vendor contract lifecycle, including onboarding, renewals, and amendments, while tracking compliance with SLAs, data protection obligations, and subprocessor requirements. 
• Partner with privacy, security, procurement, and TPRM teams to align contracts with data handling standards, address vendor performance gaps, and monitor key contract metrics. 
• Review, redline, and negotiate a broad range of vendor and partner agreements, including DPAs, BAAs, and privacy/security addenda, as well as audit and certification rights. 
• Support customer-facing privacy and security agreements in coordination with commercial legal, and manage vendor contracting for international operations and cross-border data requirements. 
• Drive process improvements to streamline vendor onboarding and contracting, increase adoption of standard terms, and deliver training on contract requirements and data privacy obligations. 
• Contribute to the development of privacy, AI governance, and vendor management policies, including assessing AI-related risks in vendor contracts and monitoring evolving global regulations. 
• Other duties as assigned and required.

Required Qualifications

• 5–7 years of experience drafting, reviewing, redlining, and negotiating vendor contracts, including DPAs, BAAs, and privacy/security addenda, with strong knowledge of data privacy, security, and SaaS agreements. 
• Proven ability to manage end-to-end vendor and third-party contracting processes while partnering cross-functionally with procurement, TPRM, security, and business stakeholders. 
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a practical, solutions-oriented approach to problem solving in a fast-paced, evolving environment. 
• Self-motivated and highly organized, with the ability to prioritize workload, meet deadlines, make sound decisions, and effectively engage with executive leadership. 
• Experience developing contract playbooks, negotiation guidelines, and scalable processes to improve consistency, efficiency, and contract cycle times. 
• Proficiency with enterprise tools and systems, including O365, Salesforce, NetSuite, Coupa, TPRM/GRC platforms, CLM tools, and AI-assisted contract review technologies. 
• Solid understanding of global privacy laws and frameworks (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR, PIPEDA, U.S. state laws) and experience supporting international vendor contracting, including cross-border data transfers and AI governance considerations. 

This position offers a total compensation range of $142,000.00 to $169,000.00 (inclusive of base salary and variable compensation, such as bonuses and incentives). In addition, more information about Imprivata’s benefit offerings can be found here. This range represents the high and low end of Imprivata’s compensation range for this position. Actual compensation will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors, such as a candidate’s location, skills, experience, and qualifications.

At Imprivata, we have a top-notch work environment, developmental opportunities, a competitive total rewards package, and the desire to have fun. If you have the skills and qualifications as we have described above, we want to hear from you!

Imprivata provides equal employment opportunities, regardless of race, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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