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.

Location: Partial Onsite – Tuesday through Thursday onsite required
 

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, purchasing activities, and vendor engagement
• 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, renewal schedules, and key deliverables to ensure timely completion
• Remove obstacles impacting contract negotiations and escalate issues when necessary
• Serve as the escalation point for customers and stakeholders throughout the contract lifecycle
• Partner closely with executive leadership, legal, procurement, finance, negotiation teams, and vendors
• Lead meetings with stakeholders and provide updates to executive management
• Develop and monitor operational reporting to ensure service levels and customer expectations are met
• Drive process improvement initiatives and support onboarding and training activities for new team members
• Facilitate communication across project teams, vendors, and internal business partners
• Advocate for customers and stakeholders throughout the IT contract management process
• Support IT product and service evaluations by providing contract and procurement expertise

What You''ll Need

• 5+ years of experience in contract management, project management, client relationship management, or process improvement
• Strong understanding of contract administration, purchasing processes, and vendor management
• Experience leading initiatives and coordinating cross-functional activities across multiple teams
• Strong presentation and communication skills, including experience presenting to executive leadership
• Proven ability to negotiate, influence, and build strong business relationships
• Excellent analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and conflict-resolution skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Strong leadership skills with experience coordinating work and driving accountability
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, discretion, and confidentiality
• Experience working collaboratively with legal, procurement, finance, and business stakeholders
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Bachelor''s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience