IT Contracts Management – Associate Vice President

IT Contracts Management – Associate Vice President

Requirements

• At least 3 years of proven experience within a large, highly matrixed organization with recent work related to standards and governance
• Ability to identify excessive cycle time and/or costs and develop alternative courses of action associated with the contract life cycle
• Proven ability to reach an audience through effective and clear presentations, writing skills and excellent communication strategies
• Good consensus-builder; able to drive requests across multiple stakeholder groups, work through obstacles and remove barriers
• Strong stakeholder management experience and ability to quickly establish rapport, credibility, trust, and respect throughout the organization, and be viewed as a team player
• Solid understanding and planning skills in all aspects of the system’s/business life cycle
• Ability to identify irregular data
• Demonstrated track record of delivering positive results and working within time and budgetary constraints
• Advanced systems knowledge with strong capabilities in Ariba, SharePoint, and Excel
• Strong Office 365 and presentation skills
• Effective use of collaboration tools, such as MS Teams and SharePoint
• Ability to learn and adapt to new capabilities/tools based on business needs

Responsibilities

• Partner with sourcing to maintain comprehensive books of record for technology suppliers and supplier delivery commitments
• Work with Human Resources to help ensure contract resource alignment
• Work with the Project Management Office to align business unit strategy with annual appropriations and associated contract request submissions
• Work with financial management, helping manage financial planning to create a cohesive product and service strategy
• Provide clear insight into vendor spending, maintenance renewals, and other outside costs for vendor operations to execute

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the financial services industry preferred
• Bachelors’ degree in Business/Management, Finance or Technology related fields or Equivalent work experience is equally preferable