- Category Strategy and Planning
- Partner with the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) and IT leadership to develop multiyear category strategies for IT & Technology Operations vendors.
- Lead execution of IT vendor strategy, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, digital transformation, and cybersecurity priorities.
- Coordinate with IT Leadership on vendor demand planning, technology roadmaps, product lifecycles, and modernization efforts.
- Conduct market research and stay up to date with current trends across SaaS, cloud models, licensing, hardware, cybersecurity, and managed services.
- Identify cost optimization, rationalization, standardization, and risk mitigation opportunities.
- Strategic Sourcing and Contracting
- Lead sourcing, competitive events (RFx), and negotiation of complex IT contracts ($1M-$10M+), including SaaS, cloud, infrastructure, Telcom, and managed services.
- Develop and execute deal strategies (i.e., bundling, multi-year agreements, rate card optimization, and usage commitments).
- Manage contracting for software licensing, SaaS subscriptions, cloud consumption agreements, managed services, telecom, and IT professional services.
- Drive measurable savings through competitive sourcing, benchmarking, and renegotiation strategies.
- Evaluate and optimize cloud consumption (Azure/AWS), SaaS licensing tiers, and enterprise agreements.
- Oversee the IT contract lifecycle, including renewals, extensions, amendments, and vendor onboarding and offboarding.
- Ensure contracts meet HMSA standards for data protection, cybersecurity controls, SLAs, compliance, and risk management.
- Vendor Governance and Performance Oversight
- Provide vendor oversight for IT & Technology Operations suppliers, owning commercial performance of vendors, including cost, value realization, and contract adherence.
- Partner with business owners and/or vendor managers to ensure alignment between financial outcomes and operational performance.
- Partner with Vendor Managers, IT owners, and InfoSec to ensure governance, QBRs, continuous improvement, and issue resolution.
- Support privacy, cybersecurity, thirdparty risk, and regulatory compliance assessments.
- Identify opportunities for cost recovery, demand management, and contract re-baselining.
- Financial and Value Management
- Analyze IT spending (software, cloud, infrastructure, telecom, managed services); deliver and track quantifiable cost savings, cost avoidance, and value creation across IT spend.
- Validate pricing, usage data (seat counts, cloud consumption), billing accuracy, and budget impacts.
- Develop business cases for contract decisions, vendor consolidation, or new technology acquisitions.
- Support IT budget cycles, forecasting, and technology investment planning
- Stakeholder and Cross-Departmental Collaboration
- Coordinate closely with CIO, IT Directors, Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, Applications, Infrastructure, and Digital teams.
- Function as a procurement advisor for technology initiatives and vendor planning.
- Partner with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Privacy, and Finance
- Guide business and IT stakeholders on procurement governance, contract requirements, and vendor best practices.
- Performs all other miscellaneous responsibilities and duties as assigned or directed.
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