Senior Technical Procurement Strategist

NYSTEC; City of Albany (NY); Hybrid; USD 84,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NYSTEC, a nonprofit technology consulting company based in Albany, NY, is seeking a Senior Consultant – Technical Procurement Analyst to support its Cybersecurity Data Privacy practice. You will guide organizations through planning, evaluating, procuring, and implementing complex technology solutions, collaborating with business, procurement, legal, cybersecurity, and executive teams.

You will translate needs into requirements, develop procurement materials, research markets and technologies,

Qualifications

• Advanced experience leading and overseeing complex, large-scale enterprise procurement processes.
• Demonstrated expertise in managing complex procurement processes involving technology providers and vendors.
• Proven ability to lead teams, influence change, manage stakeholder relationships, and respond effectively to evolving project needs.

Responsibilities

• Develop a procurement strategy that may include scoring technical and financial proposals.
• Create procurement packets for vendors.
• Assist with creating request for proposals (RFP) response evaluation criteria and recommending revisions.
• Assist with creating contractor tasks and deliverables, evaluation criteria, and scoring methodologies.
• Provide expert technical guidance on structuring enterprise agreements and share best practices with internal departments.
• Collaborate and partner to execute enterprise agreements across the entire procurement cycle, from requisition to contract execution.
• Provide support for negotiating contract terms and conditions, licensing models, service level agreements (SLAs), and pricing to achieve the best value for the enterprise.
• Collaborate with the legal department to confirm that contract terms comply with client standards, regulatory requirements, and cybersecurity policies for on-premises, hybrid, and cloud-based solutions.
• Analyze enterprise vendor agreement approaches to identify opportunities for cost savings and process improvements.
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key technology vendors.
• Monitor and track vendor performance and compliance with contractual obligations.
• Assist with managing contract renewals, amendments, and terminations.
• Work closely with the client’s enterprise technical teams to understand stakeholder requirements and align procurement strategies with the client’s technology roadmap.
• Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies related to technology procurement approaches.
• Maintain plans of action and milestones (POA&Ms), as needed, to help remediate issues and gaps.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Vendor management

Technology procurement

Stakeholder management

Contract negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

NYSTEC, a nonprofit technology consulting company based in Albany, NY, is seeking a Senior Consultant – Technical Procurement Analyst to support its Cybersecurity Data Privacy practice. You will guide organizations through planning, evaluating, procuring, and implementing complex technology solutions, collaborating with business, procurement, legal, cybersecurity, and executive teams.

You will translate needs into requirements, develop procurement materials, research markets and technologies,