Strategic Sourcing Specialist, IT

iShare Inc.

Strategic Sourcing Specialist leading IT procurement and category management. Negotiating complex agreements and optimizing costs for professional services and IT services.

Posted 5/14/2026contractRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own assigned Professional services and IT spend categories (e.g., Consulting, SaaS, Cloud/Infrastructure, End-User Devices, Managed Services);
Run end-to-end RFI/RFP/RFQ cycles (requirements, scoring, supplier Q&A, demos, commercial analysis), and down-select vendors.
Lead commercial and contractual negotiations (pricing, rate cards, milestones, SLAs, service credits, EULA terms, data privacy, security exhibits, and renewals).
Partner with Legal/InfoSec/Privacy to finalize MSAs, SOWs, DPAs, SLAs, and ensure compliance (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA as applicable).
Deliver measurable savings, cost avoidance, and improved TCO; validate and document benefits with Finance (should-cost models, benchmarking, and clean-sheeting where relevant).
Execute vendor due diligence, performance scorecards, QBRs, and corrective action plans; support rapid supplier onboarding.
Rationalize licenses, right-size entitlements, avoid shelf-ware; optimize term lengths, uplift caps, and renewals calendars.
Translate business needs into sourcing plans; facilitate decision meetings; provide clear market intel and options trade-offs.
Maintain sourcing pipeline, dashboards, and contract repositories; ensure clean data for audit and reporting.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years of IT sourcing/ Professional services sourcing experience with demonstrated category management ownership.
Proven success running competitive events and negotiating complex IT agreements (SaaS, cloud/IaaS, software licenses, managed services, hardware).
Strong command of contract constructs (MSA/SOW, SLAs/service credits, termination, indemnities, liability caps, audit, data privacy/security, IP).
Comfort with supplier risk and compliance reviews in partnership with Legal/InfoSec/Privacy.
Data-driven: pricing analysis, TCO, scenario modeling, and savings/benefits tracking.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Professional services procurement
Category management

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Hard Skills & Tools

RFIRFPRFQcontract negotiationspricing analysisTCOdata privacysupplier onboardingcategory managementsourcing plans

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationnegotiationdecision facilitationdata-driven analysis

Certifications

SOC 2ISO 27001GDPRHIPAA