Associate Director

Stradit LLC; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Stradit LLC in Jersey City seeks a senior IT Sourcing professional to lead strategic sourcing and category management across global IT contracts. You will design RFxs, negotiate HW, software, cloud services, and IT professional services with global vendors.

Applicants bring 7+ years in IT sourcing within regulated financial services, strong negotiation, stakeholder management, and the ability to translate complex concepts for business, legal, and risk teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years in IT Strategic Sourcing and Category Mgmt at a global organization, preferably in financial services.
• Experience developing RFxs and negotiating HW, software, telecom/networking, private cloud, public cloud, and IT professional services contracts.
• Knowledge of enterprise IT vendors as well as emerging technology providers.
• Outstanding communication skills, including the ability to simplify complex sourcing and contractual concepts into terms that can be understood by business, legal, finance, and risk stakeholders.
• Strong organizational competency with the ability to independently manage competing priorities.
• Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgement
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong analytical, reporting, and presentation skills
• Comfortable with organizational change and transformation.
• Understanding of key financial, legal, and operational controls required in a heavily regulated organization.
• Client service focused.
• Experience partnering with stakeholders to develop SLAs with technology suppliers.

Skills

IT Strategic Sourcing

Category Management

RFx development

Contract negotiation

HW & software procurement

Cloud procurement

Vendor governance

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Organizational change

Job description

• Minimum of 7 years of IT Strategic Sourcing and Category Mgmt. at a global organization, preferably in financial services.
• Experience and proven success developing RFxs and negotiating HW, software, telecom/networking, private cloud, public cloud, and IT professional services contracts.
• Knowledge of enterprise IT vendors as well as emerging technology providers.
• Outstanding communication skills, including the ability to simplify complex sourcing and contractual concepts into terms that can be understood by business, legal, finance, and risk stakeholders.
• Strong organizational competency with the ability to independently manage competing priorities.
• Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgement
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong analytical, reporting, and presentation skills
• Comfortable with organizational change and transformation.
• Understanding of key financial, legal, and operational controls required in a heavily regulated organization.
• Client service focused.
• Experience partnering with stakeholders to develop SLAs with technology suppliers.