job summary:
**Senior IT Contracts & Strategic Sourcing Manager**
- **Contract duration:** 6 months, with potential for temp-to-hire
- **Location:** Primarily remote, with flexibility to attend quarterly onsite training or meetings in the Greater Boston area as needed. Candidates must reside in New England and comply with the organization's seasonal flu vaccination requirement.
- **Pay rate: (approximately $100K-$125K annually)
- **Reason for opening:** Vacancy due to internal promotion
- **Equipment:** Client-provided
- **Interview process:** Virtual interview via Microsoft Teams with the hiring manager
**Must-Haves**
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, plus 5-7 years of experience in strategic sourcing, commercial contracting or contract management
- Experience negotiating Software, SaaS, Cloud and Artificial Intelligence agreements
- Strong negotiation skills with a focus on cost savings
**General Summary/Overview**
An opportunity to work with senior leaders and teams across a major healthcare system, leading complex and strategic contracting work in support of outstanding medical care and world-class research.
Reporting to a Corporate Manager within Strategic Supply Chain, the Senior Contracts Manager manages enterprise-wide agreements and helps shape category, supplier and portfolio strategies. This individual provides advanced cost negotiation, risk mitigation, supplier selection and supplier management expertise, and leads initiatives that increase savings, contract participation and operational effectiveness.
This position is remote, with travel to organizational sites as needed.
**Principal Duties and Responsibilities**
- Negotiate and manage complex hospital and enterprise-wide supplier agreements, ensuring timely completion, accurate terms and market-competitive rates.
- Create, prepare, review, redline, edit and negotiate complex contracts.
- Lead risk mitigation, market analysis, RFP evaluation, supplier selection, contract negotiation and execution.
- Develop category, supplier, portfolio, contract and savings strategies aligned with organizational objectives.
- Deliver savings, risk mitigation and operational efficiencies through strategic sourcing and contract negotiations.
- Provide contracting support and analysis related to operating or capital impact, solution functionality and comparable products or services.
- Identify and lead organizational change initiatives within the department and across the organization.
- Resolve problems, delays and evaluation concerns.
- Lead committees and serve as a liaison for stakeholders requiring Supply Chain assistance.
- Collaborate with senior leaders, business owners, Finance, IT, Legal, Compliance, suppliers and other contracting teams.
- Provide advice, mentorship and subject-matter expertise to contracting teams and stakeholders.
- Assist management in developing team goals, objectives and overall strategic direction.
- Identify opportunities to improve business processes, consolidate suppliers, lower costs and improve operational efficiency.
- Analyze contract and supplier performance and implement improvements.
- Maintain current knowledge of market, technology and industry best practices.
- Lead formal and informal meetings and present recommendations to diverse stakeholders.
- Participate in procurement-related committees and special projects.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
**Qualifications**
- 5-7 years of experience in strategic sourcing, commercial contracting or contract management.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance or a related field, or equivalent experience; master's degree preferred.
- Advanced understanding of contractual language addressing risk, regulatory and compliance requirements.
- Demonstrated expertise in strategic planning and sourcing, complex contract negotiations, cost savings, supplier management and customer relations.
- Proven ability to identify and lead critical initiatives and organizational change.
- Experience managing multiple high-priority projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage shifting deadlines.
- Advanced proficiency with common software applications, contract lifecycle management systems, ERP systems, analytics and emerging technologies.
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.
- Ability to work independently with accountability while collaborating effectively.
- Strong creative problem-solving skills.
**Skills, Abilities and Competencies**
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to connect with staff at all organizational levels.
- Ability to negotiate and collaborate with individuals across different backgrounds, skill sets and levels, internally and externally.
- Ability to quickly build trust and credibility with stakeholders, leadership and suppliers.
- Strong problem-solving and negotiation skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
- Advanced expertise in strategic sourcing, contract negotiations, cost savings, supplier management and complex contracting.
- Ability to provide subject-matter expertise and influence system-wide decisions through thoughtful recommendations.
- Ability to identify when interdepartmental expertise is needed and coordinate outcomes.
- Ability to lead meetings and present effectively to diverse stakeholders.
- Ability to mentor team members and adapt to evolving organizational and industry trends.
- High degree of autonomy, requiring minimal direction from leadership.
**Supervisory Responsibilities**
- No direct reports; may provide indirect leadership and guidance to less experienced or new staff.
**Fiscal Responsibility**
- No direct budgetary responsibility.
- Demonstrates fiscal responsibility through effective use of organizational resources.
**Working Conditions**
- Remote, with travel to organizational sites as needed.
- Normal office working conditions with a quiet to moderate noise level.
location: Telecommute
job type: Contract
salary: $48 - 60 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: No Degree Required
responsibilities:
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- Negotiate and manage complex hospital and enterprise-wide supplier agreements, ensuring timely completion, accurate terms and market-competitive rates.
- Create, prepare, review, redline, edit and negotiate complex contracts.
- Lead risk mitigation, market analysis, RFP evaluation, supplier selection, contract negotiation and execution.
- Develop category, supplier, portfolio, contract and savings strategies aligned with organizational objectives.
- Deliver savings, risk mitigation and operational efficiencies through strategic sourcing and contract negotiations.
- Provide contracting support and analysis related to operating or capital impact, solution functionality and comparable products or services.
- Identify and lead organizational change initiatives within the department and across the organization.
- Resolve problems, delays and evaluation concerns.
- Lead committees and serve as a liaison for stakeholders requiring Supply Chain assistance.
- Collaborate with senior leaders, business owners, Finance, IT, Legal, Compliance, suppliers and other contracting teams.
- Provide advice, mentorship and subject-matter expertise to contracting teams and stakeholders.
- Assist management in developing team goals, objectives and overall strategic direction.
- Identify opportunities to improve business processes, consolidate suppliers, lower costs and improve operational efficiency.
- Analyze contract and supplier performance and implement improvements.
- Maintain current knowledge of market, technology and industry best practices.
- Lead formal and informal meetings and present recommendations to diverse stakeholders.
- Participate in procurement-related committees and special projects.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
qualifications:
Qualifications
- 5-7 years of experience in strategic sourcing, commercial contracting or contract management.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance or a related field, or equivalent experience; master's degree preferred.
- Advanced understanding of contractual language addressing risk, regulatory and compliance requirements.
- Demonstrated expertise in strategic planning and sourcing, complex contract negotiations, cost savings, supplier management and customer relations.
- Proven ability to identify and lead critical initiatives and organizational change.
- Experience managing multiple high-priority projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage shifting deadlines.
- Advanc
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