Senior Procurement Analyst

Job description

Datadog is seeking a highly motivated Senior Procurement Analyst with strong contracts management experience to support and evolve our procure-to-pay (P2P) function.

This role sits at the intersection of procurement, legal, and finance, combining analytical rigor, contract expertise, and stakeholder influence to drive measurable business impact. You will not only execute procurement activities, but also shape strategies, mitigate risk, and optimize processes at scale in a fast-growing environment.

What You'll Do

• Draft, review, and redline a wide range of agreements including NDAs, MSAs, SaaS agreements, and vendor contracts
• Lead negotiations for new and renewal agreements, assessing risk and business value
• Identify and mitigate contractual, financial, and operational risks, escalating where appropriate
• Develop and maintain standardized contract templates, playbooks, and fallback positions
• Partner closely with Legal to ensure alignment on contract strategy and compliance

Stakeholder Partnership

• Act as a trusted advisor to Finance, Legal, and business stakeholders on contract structure and procure-to-pay operations
• Influence purchasing decisions by driving best practices and risk awareness
• Translate business requirements into commercially sound procurement and contracting solutions
• Build strong relationships across departments to enable efficient and scalable procurement operations
  
  

Procurement Lifecycle Ownership

• Own the end-to-end contract and procurement lifecycle
• Manage and optimize vendor relationships and performance across key spend categories
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