About the role

  • IT Vendor Analyst managing vendor contracts and performance evaluation in a technology setting. Supporting RFI and RFP processes while negotiating vendor agreements and monitoring SLAs in the US.

Responsibilities

  • Support RFI and RFP process for vendor selection of for technology products and software, outsourcing vendors and other IT services, infrastructure, cloud vendor and other enterprise solutions.
  • Conduct market research to invite for RFP and define objective selective criteria and scoring parameters.
  • Negotiate pricing and business contract terms with the vendors.
  • Support bidding process to evaluate reasonable pricing.
  • Monitor, analyze, and evaluate how IT Vendors perform against a set of performance and value metrics.
  • Ability to Negotiate SLAs to meet business expectations, manage and track SLAs and other Key Performance Indicators for each business-critical vendor.
  • Direct communication with vendors on overall performance through formal and informal channels.
  • Support QBRs with the appropriate leadership audience.
  • Guide vendors on QBR expectations and report out.
  • Serve as a liaison between the CIO and vendors to effectively work together, communicate, collaborate, and resolve issues.
  • Manage IT contracts, statement of works, scope changes, and performance against the IT contracts including compliance over the life cycle of the contractual arrangement.
  • Manage relationships to ensure that customer-vendor interaction results in positive outcomes.

Requirements

  • 3 or more years’ experience with negotiating and managing contract life cycles, with an emphasis on technology or IT service agreements
  • 3 or more years’ experience in vendor performance management
  • Experience in managing contracts in one or more IT categories, including hardware, software, and service.
  • Experience working across multiple departments and teams.

Benefits

  • Equity and bonus opportunities

Job title

IT Vendor Analyst

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

Location requirements

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