# Associate Director

**Company:** [StradIT](null/companies/gUMYmaPRJguCYquNxEjRoL.md)
**Location:** Jersey City, United States
**Workplace:** hybrid
**Employment type:** Contract

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## Description

-   Minimum of 7 years of IT Strategic Sourcing and Category Mgmt. at a global organization, preferably in financial services.
-   Experience and proven success developing RFxs and negotiating HW, software, telecom/networking, private cloud, public cloud, and IT professional services contracts.
-   Knowledge of enterprise IT vendors as well as emerging technology providers.
-   Outstanding communication skills, including the ability to simplify complex sourcing and contractual concepts into terms that can be understood by business, legal, finance, and risk stakeholders.
-   Strong organizational competency with the ability to independently manage competing priorities.
-   Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgement
-   Attention to detail and accuracy
-   Strong analytical, reporting, and presentation skills
-   Comfortable with organizational change and transformation.
-   Understanding of key financial, legal, and operational controls required in a heavily regulated organization.
-   Client service focused.
-   Experience partnering with stakeholders to develop SLAs with technology suppliers.