ISG (Information Services Group) · 17 hours ago

Principal Consultant, Digital Sourcing Solution-1099/Contractor

United States

Full-time, Contract

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Responsible to assist with projects which generate client revenue

Facilitates, evaluates, and confirms the needs of the client business and assist in the assessment of how ISG can solution to provide optimal business benefit

Interacts directly with senior client and technology services provider executives

Assists and/or leads client strategy and IT assessment projects related to specific technologies (e.g. Cloud Services, SaaS platforms, etc.), IT architecture, process, and design ensuring effective alignment of IT investment with business requirements

Serve as trusted advisor to clients and technology service providers in areas of technology expertise, sourcing, project management, financial modeling, executive relationships, leadership, negotiation, administration and marketing

Independently develops project work plans and customizes to meet client specifications as well as estimates staffing, task duration, and client staffing requirements

Performs data metrics analysis, comparison with market data, current state assessments, change readiness, gap and opportunity analysis, delivery model alternatives analysis, and a service delivery strategy

Develops complex financial models and possesses a thorough knowledge of client budgets, the budgeting process, corporate finance at large, or geographically dispersed clients

Develops, leads, and executes all components of sourcing agreements and associated transactions including the services, financial, performance, resource, governance, service delivery and management, and contract terms

Assists in the development of strategy or tactics to move suppliers to the client-desired outcome

Assists post-assessment transactional work including managing the sourcing lifecycle through vendor selection

Participates in the planning and the development of all project deliverables and assumes overall responsibility for staffing, budget, work plans, scope, project milestones, issues management and risk management utilizing ISG’s methods, tools, and templates

Qualification

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Sourcing consultingIT ManagementCloud ComputingFinancial modelingEnterprise AgilityCloud ArchitectureApplications DevelopmentData Center OperationsContract lifecycle managementMS-Office SuiteProject managementTechnical writing

Required

This is a remote position based in the US

10+ years of relevant industry, sourcing, or managed services consulting

8+ years participating in large, complex and /or multiple smaller to medium projects simultaneously, highly leveraged and potentially virtual or global teams, consisting of various skill sets, to deliver consulting engagements

5+ years in IT Management, working in a technical delivery role, including in an environment managing or providing delivery leadership for complex operations

Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communication skills with the ability to understand complex business problems, synthesize conversations, business solutions, and effectively communicate at all levels of corporate organizations

The ability to listen to clients and interpret business needs into solutions and requirements; match to ISG service offerings; the ability to write both technically and creatively

Subject Matter Expert with deep operational and/or technical knowledge in at least 2 of the following subjects: Enterprise Agility (DevOps), Cloud Architecture and Design, Cloud Computing (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS), Applications and Infrastructure Virtualization, Applications Rationalization and Modernization, Analytics, IOT, Automation, Enterprise Architecture, Applications Development, Maintenance, and Support, Data Center Operations, Managed Network Services, Workplace Services, Service Desk, Or Technology Modernization

Expert knowledge with MS-Office suite of software applications and tools, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams and MS Outlook

Hands-on experience in using contract lifecycle management tools for IT services and for Software and Hardware assets e.g. Ariba, Coupa etc.; contract life cycle management consulting and providing key recommendations for optimizing contracts around IT services, Applications, IT Infrastructure, BPO, Software and Hardware contracts

Bachelors Degree and advanced degree or equivalent experience