IT Contract & Project Advisor

Duties

• Serve as the primary point of contact for IT vendor contracts.
• Serve as a Contracts and IT projects advisor.
• Advocate for customers/clients within the IT contract management process.
• Provide contract-related advice to IT project teams and ensure that project plans allow sufficient time for purchasing and contract negotiation and execution.
• Provide leadership in the Contracts area by ensuring work is completed in a timely manner.
• Act as an escalation point for clients in the contracts process.

Evaluations and Assignments

• Evaluates Contract team workload.
• Assigns, coordinates, and reviews work completed by the Contract Administrators.
• Oversees the status of contracts that are in progress for customers/clients and ensures contract negotiations are actively progressing, removing obstacles that may impede progress and ensures deadlines are met.
• Escalates to appropriate level of management for contracts that are not advancing through the process.

Subject Matter Expert

• Serves as an IT contracts subject matter expert on IT projects and IT product and service evaluations.

Process Improvement and Training

• Leads efforts within the department to improve processes and oversees the training schedule for new hires.
• Serves as the primary point of contact and liaison between project management, Law department, and Contract and Procurement teams.
• Serves as the primary point of contact and liaison between project management, Law department, and Contract and Procurement teams.
• Serves as the primary point of contact and liaison between project management, Law department, and Contract and Procurement teams.
• Serves as the primary point of contact and liaison between project management, Law department, and Contract and Procurement teams.
• Serves as the primary point of contact and liaison between project management, Law department, and Contract and Procurement teams.

Operational Reporting

• Develops and monitors operational reports to ensure service operational level agreements are met, work is being completed efficiently, and customers'/clients' needs are being met in a timely and quality manner.

Work Environment

Typical office environment. Some travel between office buildings.

Skills

• Knowledge of contracting processes and associated policies and regulations.
• Ability to lead a team.
• Participation on multidiscipline, high-performance work teams.
• Ability to prepare and present formal presentations.
• Effective problem solving and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to all levels throughout the organization and externally.
• Excellent analytical or critical thinking, problem solving, and organizational skills.
• Ability to make sound decisions, and exercise confidentiality and discretion.
• Proven ability to persuade, negotiate or influence.