What are the responsibilities and job description for the Information Technology Sourcing Manager position at Radiant Digital?
At Radiant Digital, we provide IT solutions and consulting services to help government agencies and businesses in the USA, Canada, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. On the federal side, we support agencies like NASA, the Department of State (DOS), the IRS, ACL, ACF,USDA and many others, along with numerous state and local government agencies.
We work with industries like telecom, healthcare, entertainment, oil and gas offering solutions designed to meet their specific needs. We focus on improving systems, making better use of data, and updating applications to keep up with changing markets.
Position: IT Sourcing Manager
Duration: 8 Months
Location: Hybrid - Providence, RI (2-3 days onsite)
Job Description
- Be part of a Vendor Management Office (VMO), focusing on Information Technology procurements.
- Collaborate, lead and support IT Agency Managers in procuring IT solutions, from small to medium/large procurements.
- Be responsible for the management of given portfolio for IT Sourcing Projects, reporting to the Chief of IT Sourcing, Contracts and Vendor Management or to assigned Senior Vendor Manager.
- Project-manage assigned IT Sourcing Projects from scoping, RFx drafting, Evaluation, Contracting
- work-product delivered range from Contract renewals / amendment to IT Statement of Work or small to medium RFI/RFP, MPA’s, etc.
- Interact with various stakeholders across the enterprise, including Legal, Purchases, Agency resource, and others as needed.
Category: IT Application Services Category – comprised of Project Development / Enhancement, Software and Saas Renewals, Application Maintenance / SaaS services
Core Skills: You will have
- 12-15 years IT experience preferably 5 years in IT Vendor Management and/or IT Sourcing
- Strong IT background having managed vendor as Project Manager or IT Account Manager who has delivered services to client is a plus.
- understanding IT products & services from a contract and vendor management perspective
- Understanding commercial [pricing services] with contracting and negotiation aspect.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- This position will work with IT Stakeholders to manage/track Third Party Sourcing activities
- Further will facilitate various Contract/RFx deliverables including vendor selection and award criteria in order to determine and execute an appropriate procurement strategy.
- Ability to determine contractual/financial exposure/ negotiate contracts.
- Knowledge of contracting trends, licensing models
- Deep market knowledge of IT vendor (Application Svcs, SaaS, Consulting)
- Strong project and process management skills, with the ability to handle multiple vendors and multiple contracts, as well as a wide range of tasks.
- Knowledge of best practices for IT contract negotiation tactics and strategies.
- Where applicable, understanding of government and industry regulations that will influence contracting approach and vendor behavior (for example, SOX, SECURITY).
- Experience drafting few types of IT Statement of Work/SLA or Change order or Amendment
- Customer-focused approach to delivering contract management services to internal IT
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree preferred.
- 10 years relevant professional experience; 7-8 years’ experience in Indirect Sourcing categories required (Project Application Development, SaaS, Maintenance Support)
- Supplier agreements: knowledge of legal terminology related to supplier agreements
- Proven negotiation and contracting skills
- Project management skills
- Ability to think strategically and an excellent communication
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced complex environment
- Knowledge of Procurement Processes andTools
- Proficient in the use of MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint, Sharepoint
Familiarity with Public Sector Purchasing and Procurement is a plus.
- Familiarity with Tools such as Archer, a plus
- Strong analytical skills
Deliverables:
- Project Plan for every Sourcing Project
- Request for Proposals (RFP): Facilitate the drafting of Scope of Work and Requirements; Finalize RFP.
- Proposal Review: As part of Evaluation committee, facilitate and provide review inputs
- Contracts: Review IT Contractual artifact [Renewal or Amendment or SOW] and provide inputs to enhance favorable Terms ; review with stakeholders and legal.
- Vendor Governance Review – Document Issues, Actions with Vendor and report
- Contract Negotiations: Provide a plan, key IT Terms (participate or lead) duringcontract negotiations.
- Participate in other tasks as directed by the Chief of Sourcing and vendor management
- Provide weekly written statuses.
