Assistant Director, Software and Infrastructure Category Management

Rose International; Hartford (CT); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Rose International in Hartford, CT is seeking an Assistant Director, Software and Infrastructure Category Management to drive strategic sourcing, contract negotiations, and category strategies for software and cloud services.

The role blends vendor management, spend analysis, and cross-functional leadership to optimize transactions in the insurance tech space.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of category management, strategic sourcing, and contract negotiation experience within the software category.
• Proven experience developing and executing category strategies.
• Experience leading market analysis and intelligence gathering.
• Extensive negotiation and contracting expertise.
• Software negotiation and contracting experience, enterprise software titles (Salesforce, Microsoft, Oracle).
• Infrastructure negotiation and contracting experience with AWS, Google, Azure, Oracle Cloud.
• Experience with niche software providers for insurance industry.
• Analytical mindset to interpret spend data and market insights.
• Demonstrated success negotiating and structuring commercial agreements.
• Strong stakeholder influence and relationship management skills.

Skills

Category management

Marketing

Supply chain

Strategic sourcing

Contract negotiation

Market analysis

Data interpretation

Project management

Change management

Customer service

Ambiguity management

Source-to-pay

Education

Bachelor's Degree

MBA

Tools

Salesforce

Microsoft Office

Oracle

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Date Posted: 08/03/2026

Hiring Organization: Rose International

Position Number: 505105

Industry: Insurance

Job Title: Assistant Director, Software and Infrastructure Category Management

Job Location: Hartford, CT, USA, 06155

Work Model: Hybrid

Work Model Details: Onsite 3 days per week. (T, W, Th)

Shift: 8 AM-5 PM EST

Employment Type: Temp to Hire

FT/PT: Full-Time

Estimated Duration (In months): 3

Min Hourly Rate($): 70.00

Max Hourly Rate($): 75.00

Must Have Skills/Attributes: Category Management, Marketing, Supply Chain

Experience Desired: Strong strategic & execution mindset w/deep knowledge of category mgmt within the software industry (5+ yrs); Knowledge of source to pay processes (5+ yrs); Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications. (5+ yrs); Infrastructure negotiation & contracting experience specifically, cloud providers such as AWS, GCP (5+ yrs); Software negotiation and contracting experience specifically enterprise software titles (5+ yrs)

Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree

Preferred Education: Master’s Degree

**C2C is not available**

Job Description

***Qualified Associate Director Category Management Consultant located near Hartford CT will be considered for this role as this role required hybrid presence***

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in procurement, supply chain, finance or business.

Preferred Education

• MBA or equivalent business-related experience preferred

Required Skills, Experience, & Abilities

• Minimum 5 years of category management, strategic sourcing, and contract negotiation experience within the software category.
• Proven experience developing and executing category strategies.
• Experience leading market analysis and intelligence gathering.
• Extensive negotiation and contracting expertise
• Software negotiation and contracting experience. Specifically, the enterprise software titles, like Salesforce, Microsoft, Oracle, etc.
• Infrastructure negotiation and contracting experience. Specifically, cloud providers such as AWS, Google, Azure, and Oracle Cloud.
• Experience with niche software providers that provide direct value for lines of business. Specifically, insurance software, claims, contact center, or other functional software that directly supports the insurance industry.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret spend data, market insights and performance metrics.
• Demonstrated success negotiating and structuring commercial agreements.
• Excellent stakeholder influence and relationship management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong project management skills, including leading cross-functional sourcing initiatives.
• Knowledge of change management and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Strong customer-service orientation.
• Ability to manage ambiguity through influence and collaboration.
• Knowledge of source-to-pay processes