Senior IT Sourcing & SaaS Procurement Lead

Pontoon; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 71,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Pontoon is recruiting an IT Sourcing Manager / IT Procurement Manager for a major UK banking organisation on an initial six-month contract. Location options include Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Belfast, Edinburgh, Halifax, Leeds, London or Manchester with hybrid working.

You will own end-to-end sourcing for software and SaaS, drive commercial negotiations, renewals and licensing, and partner with technology, legal, finance, and risk teams to deliver value while meeting governance requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience in IT sourcing, IT procurement or strategic technology procurement.
• Sourcing software, SaaS solutions, enterprise software licences or other IT technology services.
• Full sourcing lifecycle management including strategy, RFx, supplier evaluation, negotiations and award.
• Experience with software contract renewals and negotiating terms.
• Experience managing multi-million-pound renewals.
• Strong commercial and analytical skills; ability to challenge pricing.
• Excellent stakeholder management across technology, legal, finance and risk.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver independently.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end IT sourcing lifecycle from requirements to contract award.
• Lead SaaS and software licensing sourcing.
• Manage software contract renewals and new sourcing needs.
• Develop and execute RFP/RFQ processes and evaluate proposals.
• Challenge pricing and identify value opportunities.
• Conduct pricing analysis and TCO assessments.
• Collaborate with technology, legal, finance, risk, and other stakeholders.
• Present sourcing strategies and outcomes to senior stakeholders.
• Manage pipeline of sourcing projects with milestones.
• Maintain understanding of proposals and contract terms to support decisions.

Skills

IT sourcing

Software procurement

Vendor negotiations

RFP/RFQ

Contract renewals

Stakeholder management

SaaS sourcing

Tools

Ivalua

Job description

Pontoon is recruiting an IT Sourcing Manager / IT Procurement Manager for a major UK banking organisation on an initial six-month contract. Location options include Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Belfast, Edinburgh, Halifax, Leeds, London or Manchester with hybrid working.

You will own end-to-end sourcing for software and SaaS, drive commercial negotiations, renewals and licensing, and partner with technology, legal, finance, and risk teams to deliver value while meeting governance requirements.