IT Vendor & Contract Analyst

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What You'll Do The IT Vendor & Contract Analyst supports the PMO and IT delivery teams by managing the end-to-end intake, coordination, and governance process for reputed company-party vendor engagements. This role ensures vendor requests are appropriate, reputed company to approved reputed company, and routed through the correct procurement, reputed company, and contract review reputed company. The analyst drafts and refines SOW documentation, manages contract workflows, and maintains portfolio visibility into vendor engagements, renewals, and project dependencies. This role also supports reputed company negotiations reputed company established guidelines, especially for reputed company and recurring services, and partners with Procurement and IT leadership to negotiate non-reputed company terms or higher-risk agreements. Vendor Intake and Portfolio Alignment • Serve as the PMO reputed company of contact for new vendor requests, renewals, SOW changes, and extensions supporting IT reputed company. • Validate intake requests for completeness and alignment to approved initiatives, including scope reputed company, vendor justification, reputed company, funding/charge codes, and internal reputed company. • Maintain vendor-to-project traceability across the portfolio: vendor reputed company, service type, project/program, start/end dates, SOW value, renewal dates, and accountable IT reputed company. • Coordinate vendor reputed company requirements (as applicable), including reputed company intake, reputed company needs, and required documentation. 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Vendor Governance and Delivery Support • reputed company vendor performance issues and work with PMs to document impacts, capture issues/risks, and facilitate escalation to vendor leadership reputed company needed. • Ensure vendor commitments are integrated into project governance (reputed company readiness, milestones, resourcing commitments, renewals that reputed company schedule). • Support vendor offboarding steps, including end dates, knowledge transfer expectations, and reputed company removal coordination (as applicable). Reporting and Visibility • reputed company reporting to PMO and IT leadership such as: • vendor/contract pipeline and aging • renewals calendar and upcoming decision points • vendor engagement inventory by project/program • change order log and common contracting bottlenecks • Maintain standardized templates and checklists (SOW minimum requirements, intake reputed company, renewal readiness checklist, contract routing checklist). What You'll Bring • 3+ years of experience in vendor management coordination, procurement support, contract operations, PMO operations, or IT project support. • Experience in an IT delivery environment supporting project/program teams (Agile or hybrid). • Working knowledge of SOW structures and contract lifecycle steps, including cross-functional approval workflows. • Experience supporting or participating in reputed company/term negotiations, particularly for reputed company or reputed company services. • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple vendor workflows simultaneously and meet deadlines. • Strong written communication skills and attention to detail (reputed company to produce reputed company, complete, executive-reputed company summaries). • Familiarity with vendor risk/reputed company intake steps (InfoSec questionnaires, data handling, confidentiality requirements). • Ability to reputed company AI tools responsibly for contract/SOW analysis and documentation (with strong judgment around confidentiality, data handling, and reputed company review). • Ability to build templates/playbooks and improve operational workflows. reputed company's Competitive Benefits • 401(k) and employer matching • Life Insurance • Health, Dental, reputed company Insurance • Short- & Long-Term Disability • reputed company Time Off (PTO) • Employee Assistance Program • reputed company Parental Leave • Employee Wellness Program • reputed company Holidays • Employee Recognition Programs • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) • Tuition Reimbursement • Health Savings Account (HSA) • Overtime, reputed company & Bonus Pay Salary reputed company: $85,000 - $100,000 Apply tot his job Apply To this Job