Associate Director

Jobtailor; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in New York seeks an experienced IT Strategic Sourcing professional to lead RFx development, contract negotiations, and SLA creation for hardware, software, cloud, and telecom. You will work with stakeholders across business, legal, and risk to simplify complex concepts and drive value in a heavily regulated environment.

The role requires at least 7 years in global IT sourcing, strong vendor management, analytical reporting, and the ability to navigate organizational change.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of IT strategic sourcing and category management at a global organization.
• Experience developing RFxs and negotiating hardware, software, telecom/networking, private cloud, public cloud, and IT services contracts.
• Ability to simplify complex sourcing concepts for business, legal, finance, and risk stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to independently manage competing priorities.
• Familiarity with heavily regulated environments and control frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Develop RFxs and negotiate hardware, software, telecom/networking, cloud, and IT services contracts.
• Partner with stakeholders to develop SLAs with technology suppliers.
• Simplify complex sourcing concepts for business, legal, finance, and risk teams.
• Manage competing priorities independently and exercise sound judgment.
• Support IT strategic sourcing and category management in a global, regulated organization.
• Analyze, report, and present sourcing information.
• Navigate organizational change and transformation.

Skills

IT Strategic Sourcing

Contract Negotiation

Stakeholder Partnership

Analytical Skills

Regulatory Compliance

Tools

RFx Development

Contract Management

SLA Development

Category Management

Financial Analysis

Vendor Management

Cloud Services

Telecom/Networking

Software Procurement

Job description

• Develop RFxs and negotiate hardware, software, telecom/networking, private cloud, public cloud, and IT professional services contracts


• Partner with stakeholders to develop SLAs with technology suppliers


• Simplify complex sourcing and contractual concepts for business, legal, finance, and risk stakeholders


• Manage competing priorities independently and exercise sound judgment


• Support IT strategic sourcing and category management in a global, heavily regulated organization


• Analyze, report, and present sourcing-related information


• Navigate organizational change and transformation

Requirements

• 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

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in IT Strategic Sourcing and Category Management, with a strong focus on developing RFxs and negotiating contracts across hardware, software, and cloud services. Possesses exceptional analytical, reporting, and presentation skills, along with the ability to simplify complex concepts for diverse stakeholders in a heavily regulated environment.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• IT Strategic Sourcing


• Contract Negotiation


• Stakeholder Partnership


• Analytical Skills


• Regulatory Compliance

Hard Skills

• RFx Development


• Contract Management


• SLA Development


• Category Management


• Financial Analysis


• Operational Controls


• Vendor Management


• Cloud Services


• Telecom/Networking


• Software Procurement

Soft Skills

• Outstanding Communication


• Organizational Competency


• Sound Judgment


• Attention to Detail


• Client Service Focus

Industry Keywords

• Financial Services


• Global Organization


• Heavily Regulated


• Technology Suppliers


• Emerging Technology Providers