Remote Contract Writer & Vendor Advisory - State Gov

Dhaka Technologies Limited Company; Washington (District of Columbia); À distance; USD 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Dhaka Technologies Limited Company is seeking a Contract and Vendor Advisory Specialist (Contract Writer) to draft and negotiate state government IT contracts and SLAs. You will lead vendor negotiations, craft enforceable contract language, and build performance monitoring structures in collaboration with legal and procurement teams.

The role requires extensive experience writing complex contracts, availability for full-time remote work in the United States, and adherence to federal funding

Qualifications

• Seven or more years of experience drafting and negotiating information technology or professional services contracts for state or local government.

Responsabilités

• Draft and refine the vendor contract and service level agreement using the client's contract templates, exhibits, and attachments, incorporating direction from the client's legal counsel and procurement specialists.
• Lead negotiation sessions with the selected system vendor together with client staff, expected at least weekly and up to daily during active negotiation, and convert each negotiated position into clear, enforceable contract language.
• Maintain the contract through its full review cycle: draft completion, client internal reviews, state independent review, federal partner review, final modifications, and routing for signatures.
• Deliver a contract plan and schedule covering scope, roles, milestones, risks, communication plan, and required approvals through contract execution.
• Define service level agreements, key performance indicators, and a performance monitoring framework tailored to the modernization project, and write them into the contract.
• Develop the vendor performance reporting structure and risk mitigation recommendations that the client will deploy after contract signing.
• Customize corrective and preventive action plan (CAPAP) templates and provide advisory notes on compliance and risk mitigation.
• Identify, log, and help mitigate risks in contract terms, including compliance with state and federal funding requirements.
• Facilitate collaboration among program leadership, procurement, the project team, and legal advisors so that contract terms are clear, enforceable, and aligned with program priorities.
• Develop guidance for client teams on contract and vendor management practices, including vendor onboarding and offboarding.
• Provide weekly progress updates on progress, concerns, and roadblocks; prepare monthly status reports; and deliver a final executive review with recommendations on contract reviews, amendments, and renewals.
• Produce all deliverables in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Project, Visio) or Adobe PDF, working in Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Teams, Azure DevOps, and DocuSign on client-provided systems or virtual desktop.

Connaissances

Contract drafting

Contract negotiation

Written communication

Microsoft Office proficiency

Outils

Microsoft 365

SharePoint

Teams

Azure DevOps

DocuSign

Word

Excel

Project

Visio

Description du poste

Dhaka Technologies Limited Company is seeking a Contract and Vendor Advisory Specialist (Contract Writer) to draft and negotiate state government IT contracts and SLAs. You will lead vendor negotiations, craft enforceable contract language, and build performance monitoring structures in collaboration with legal and procurement teams.

The role requires extensive experience writing complex contracts, availability for full-time remote work in the United States, and adherence to federal funding