IT Contract & Project Advisor

Hansen Talent Group is hiring an IT Contracts Lead to support enterprise IT contract management, vendor relationships, and contract operations across a fast-paced technology organization.

This role is ideal for a professional with strong contract management, project coordination, and stakeholder communication experience who enjoys leading initiatives, collaborating with executive leadership, and driving complex contract activities to completion.

Hybrid- Onsite  3 days/week

What You’ll Do

• Serve as the primary point of contact for IT vendor contracts and contract-related activities
• Act as a trusted advisor to IT project teams on contract processes, timelines, and purchasing activities
• Lead and coordinate contract renewals and negotiations for critical IT vendor agreements
• Monitor contract workloads, assign priorities, and oversee work completed by Contract Administrators
• Track contract milestones, deadlines, and renewal activities to ensure timely completion
• Identify and remove obstacles impacting contract progress and escalate issues when needed
• Partner closely with executive leadership, negotiation teams, finance, legal, procurement, and vendors
• Lead meetings with stakeholders and present updates to executive management
• Support operational reporting and ensure service level agreements and deliverables are met
• Drive process improvement initiatives and support onboarding and training activities within the department
• Facilitate communication across project teams, vendors, and internal business partners
• Advocate for customers and stakeholders throughout the IT contract management lifecycle

What You’ll Need

• Experience in contract management, project management, client relationship management, or process improvement
• Strong understanding of contract processes, negotiations, and vendor management
• Experience leading initiatives and coordinating cross-functional activities
• Strong presentation and communication skills, including experience presenting to executive leadership
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong negotiation, influencing, and relationship-building skills
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, confidentiality, and discretion
• Experience working collaboratively across technical and business teams
• Bachelor’s degree OR equivalent experience