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City of New York · 3 weeks ago

Software Sourcing Manager

New York City, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$68K/yr - $152K/yr

3+ years exp

City of New York is seeking a Software Sourcing Manager to join the Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI). The role involves managing supplier contracts, ensuring alignment with business strategies, and leading negotiations to drive efficiency and innovation in technology solutions.

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Responsibilities

Work with the business teams and IT service providers and ensure that the suppliers/contracts are managed effectively to yield sustained savings

Work with service providers to ensure their in-scope technical solutions are consistent with the enterprise business strategy and architecture

Participate in and potentially lead negotiations using established processes and ensuring that strategic requirements of the stakeholders are represented

Work closely with business unit performance managers and quality assurance staff to review service provider problems, to analyze and validate the accuracy of information and the feasibility of solutions

Track industry trends and maintains knowledge of new technologies in the area of expertise to better evaluate business unit service requests and service provider proposals

Keep current on the participating business strategies and advise when solutions may or may not be leveraged across the enterprise

Understand the value of technology in the enterprise business processes, work with IT service providers to identify opportunities for innovation, cost reduction and improved efficiencies and review service provider solutions

Maintain long term supplier relationships with the focus on keeping the total costs of ownership to a minimum

Potentially troubleshoot performance issues and resolve problems with service providers; provide technical support in the preparation Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and evaluation of responses

Handle special projects and initiatives as assigned

Qualification

Information TechnologyApplications DevelopmentDatabase AdministrationSystems DevelopmentData CommunicationsNetworkingUser ServicesManagerial ExperienceSupervisory ExperienceTechnical Support

Required

A master's degree in computer science from an accredited college or university and three (3) years of progressively more responsible, full-time, satisfactory experience in Information Technology (IT) including applications development, systems development, data communications and networking, database administration, data processing, or user services. At least eighteen (18) months of this experience must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity in the areas of applications development, systems development, data communications and networking, database administration, data processing or in the supervision of staff performing these duties

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and four (4) years of progressively more responsible, full-time, satisfactory experience as described in '1' above

A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and six (6) years of progressively more responsible, full-time, satisfactory experience as described in '1' above

A satisfactory combination of education and experience equivalent to '1', '2' or '3' above. However, all candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and must possess at least three (3) years of experience as described in '1' above, including the eighteen (18) months of administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience as described in '1' above

In the absence of a baccalaureate degree, undergraduate credits may be substituted for a maximum of two (2) years of the required experience in IT on the basis of 30 semester credits for six (6) months of the required experience. Graduate credits in computer science may be substituted for a maximum of one (1) year of the required experience in IT on the basis of 30 graduate semester credits in computer science for one (1) year of the required IT experience. However, undergraduate and/or graduate credits may not be substituted for the eighteen (18) months of experience in an administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory capacity as described in '1' above