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# Manager of Contract Operations at Perforce

- **Company:** Perforce
- **Location:** Pune, India
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-26
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-02
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/perforce/56e878cc-b717-4a22-b655-4f4cb2624c2a

## Job description

Perforce is a community of collaborative experts, problem solvers, and possibility seekers who believe work should be both challenging and fun. We are proud to inspire creativity, foster belonging, support collaboration, and encourage wellness. At Perforce, you’ll work with and learn from some of the best and brightest in business. Before you know it, you’ll be in the middle of a rewarding career at a company headed in one direction: upward.

With a global footprint spanning more than 80 countries and including over 75% of the Fortune 100, Perforce Software, Inc. is trusted by the world’s leading brands to deliver solutions for the toughest challenges. The best run DevOps teams in the world choose Perforce.

## About the Role

The Legal Team is seeking a Manager of Contract Operations to lead and build the Commercial Transactions team in Pune, India. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and demonstrates strong leadership, problem-solving, independent decision-making, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines. The role involves managing legal request intake and distribution from Sales, balancing contract workloads, handling escalations, and personally drafting, redlining, and negotiating complex commercial agreements with customers, partners, and vendors. The individual will uphold the highest standards of judgment, integrity, and ethical leadership while managing risk, developing a high-performing team, and supporting Perforce’s business objectives. Working closely with the US-based contracts team and cross-functional stakeholders - including Sales, Sales Operations, Customer Success, Customer Support, Professional Services, Information Security, Finance, and Revenue Operations - the Manager will ensure global contracting alignment, effective contract negotiation, and compliance with contractual obligations. The position reports to the Managing Counsel in the United States

What You'll Do:

- Serve as the first Legal Team hire in Pune and build, hire, onboard, train, mentor, and lead a local commercial contracts team while driving a collaborative and high-performing team culture.
- Manage the legal request queue from Sales through Salesforce, triage and prioritise incoming work, balance workloads, monitor service levels and turnaround times, and act as the primary escalation point for complex legal, commercial, and negotiation matters.
- Draft, review, negotiate, and execute complex commercial agreements, including on-premise software licences, SaaS agreements, professional services agreements, channel and partner agreements, data processing agreements, and other contracts supporting go-to-market activities.
- Partner closely with US-based legal colleagues and cross-functional stakeholders to align negotiation standards, playbooks, approval processes, contract governance, legal operations, AI-enabled workflow improvements, contract repository management, and risk-based commercial decision-making.

What You'll Bring:

- Undergraduate degree required; law degree (LL.B. or equivalent) preferred, with at least 10 years of hands-on experience drafting and negotiating technology, software licensing, cloud-hosted software, SaaS, and platform-as-a-service agreements.
- At least 3 years of people-management experience, including direct leadership of contracts professionals, with demonstrated success building, scaling, recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and developing high-performing teams.
- Experience managing high-volume legal intake processes within Salesforce, a contract lifecycle management platform, or a similar system, together with strong commercial negotiation skills across enterprise software transactions, revenue models, risk assessment, and global contracting practices.
- Excellent drafting, communication, leadership, project-management, and organisational skills; experience working in-house for a global technology company strongly preferred. Experience with Artificial Intelligence tools is required, legal AI tools are a plus, and willingness to support US collaboration hours during onboarding is essential.

All employees are expected to demonstrate AI fluency appropriate to their role and level, including responsible use of AI tools, sound judgment, and adherence to company AI governance and security policy standards. Come work with us! Our team members are valued for their contributions, introduced to new opportunities, and rewarded well. Perforce combines the experience and rewards of a start-up with the security of an established and privately held profitable company.

If you are passionate about the technology that impacts our day-to-day lives and want to work with talented and dedicated people across the globe, apply today!

www.perforce.com

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## About Perforce

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Perforce Software provides version control, digital asset management, hardware IP lifecycle management, DevOps, and test automation tools that help organizations build and deliver mission-critical software.
- **Entity Type**: Private (backed by private equity firms Clearlake Capital and Francisco Partners)
- **Headquarters**: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- **Founded**: 1995
- **Founders**: Not publicly available in cited sources

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Software development tools, DevOps, enterprise software, and digital asset management.
- **Target customers**: B2B enterprise and SMBs, with a strong presence in regulated and mission-critical sectors: game development, software/technology, semiconductor design, automotive/IoT, medical device, aerospace/defense, healthcare/insurance, financial services, telecommunications, and retail/eCommerce. Trusted by more than 75% of the Fortune 100 and 50% of the Global 500 ([perforce.com](https://www.perforce.com/company)).
- **Mission/Purpose**: "Helps organizations build and deliver the software the world relies on" — supporting teams to "accelerate innovation without unnecessary risk." The culture slogan is "Work That Matters. People Who Care. A Place to Grow." ([perforce.com](https://www.perforce.com/company), [perforce.com](https://www.perforce.com/company/our-culture)).

## Products & Services
- **Helix Core (Version Control)**: High-performance version management for large-scale, mission-critical development projects, including game development and semiconductor/embedded software.
- **Digital Asset Management (DAM)**: Centralized management and collaboration for digital media assets across teams and enterprises.
- **Hardware IP Lifecycle Management (IPLM)**: Tracks and manages hardware IP design data and lifecycle processes for electronics and semiconductor teams.
- **Test Automation & Digital Experiences**: Solutions from acquired brands like **Perfecto** (web/mobile app testing) and **BlazeMeter** (load/performance testing).
- **Platform Automation**: Configuration, compliance, and infrastructure automation via **Puppet** (acquired 2022) and data management via **Delphix** (acquired 2024).
- **Professional Services & Open-Source Support**: Global experts to help maximize ROI, reduce risk, and support critical deployments ([perforce.com](https://www.perforce.com/company), [perforce.com](https://www.perforce.com/system/files/2025-02/corporate-fact-sheet.pdf)).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company).
- **Key Metric**: Not revenue, but scale is significant: 20,000+ customers, 1,700+ employees, 1,000,000+ users, 14 offices worldwide, and customers in 80+ countries ([perforce.com](https://www.perforce.com/company)).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by Clearlake Capital and Francisco Partners ([perforce.com](https://www.perforce.com/company)). Growth has been fueled by acquisitions: Hansoft (2017), Perfecto (2018), BlazeMeter (2021), Puppet (2022), Delphix (2024), and Snowtrack (2025) ([perforce.com](https://www.perforce.com/company)).
- **Growth Signals**: Continues strategic M&A through 2025, 1,700+ employees globally, and expanding portfolio to address AI-driven software delivery challenges. Recognized as a Top Workplace in Minnesota and Great Place to Work in India ([perforce.com](https://www.perforce.com/company), [perforce.com](https://www.perforce.com/careers)).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Mission-critical trust**: 75% of the Fortune 100 rely on Perforce for environments where failure is not an option.
- **Broad portfolio**: Covers the full software delivery lifecycle — code, quality, infrastructure, and data — through an integrated suite of tools.
- **Deep vertical expertise**: Specialized solutions for gaming, semiconductor, medical device, aerospace/defense, and other high-regulation industries.
- **Global scale and reliability**: 10+ data centers and customers across 80+ countries ensure enterprise-grade scale and compliance.

## Strategic Focus
- **Enabling AI-era software governance**: Perforce is positioning itself as a "trusted partner helping organizations govern software delivery in the age of AI" by enforcing guardrails across code, quality, infrastructure, and data.
- **Continued portfolio expansion**: Investing in technologies and acquisitions that help teams "build, test, secure, and scale modern applications."
- **Sustainability and corporate responsibility**: CEO sits on the Board of SustainableIT, and the company supports industry-wide standards for environmental and social impact ([perforce.com](https://www.perforce.com/company), [perforce.com](https://www.perforce.com/company/our-culture)).

## Why Work Here
- **Growth and learning**: Career-specific and personal development training resources, plus "continued learning alongside experts."
- **Culture and belonging**: Employee Resource Groups, celebration of global traditions, and a commitment to a culturally diverse workplace.
- **Health and wellness**: Nearly 90% of gym memberships covered, healthy snacks/beverages, and wellness integrated into the culture.
- **Time off**: Paid holidays, parental leave, and flexible "You Time" with extra days added.
- **Community impact**: Paid day to volunteer, donation matching, and support for local communities.
- **Recognition**: Top Workplace in Minnesota (Star Tribune) and Certified Great Place to Work in India ([perforce.com](https://www.perforce.com/careers), [perforce.com](https://www.perforce.com/company/our-culture)).

## Sources
1. [About Perforce, Leadership, Culture and Careers | Perforce Software](https://www.perforce.com/company)
2. [Careers | Perforce Software](https://www.perforce.com/careers)
3. [About Perforce Software – Corporate Fact Sheet (PDF)](https://www.perforce.com/system/files/2025-02/corporate-fact-sheet.pdf)
4. [Perforce Jobs on Lever](https://jobs.lever.co/perforce)
5. [Our Culture | Perforce Software](https://www.perforce.com/company/our-culture)

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