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State of Rhode Island · 1 day ago

Contract Administration Project Manager

Providence, RI

Contract

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$60/hr - $65/hr

10+ years exp

State of Rhode Island is seeking a Project Manager-Senior / Contract Administrator to oversee contract management and IT project management. The role involves managing vendor relationships, facilitating contract negotiations, and ensuring ongoing contract compliance and performance review.

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H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Minimum 10+ years of IT Project management experience; Preference for Experience in Managing vendors and being part of Application Implementation(s) and ongoing Maintenance [M&O] Support

Minimum 8-10+ years of Contract management experience including IT vendor and supplier management having done the following:

Statement of Work – facilitating and drafting terms on Scope

RFP / RFI – Drafting RFP to facilitating evaluation

Contract Negotiations – facilitate and complete terms and pricing

Ongoing Contract Management – Part of Project attend vendor performance reviews, review service level management [SLA] jointly with IT as per measurement cycle; Perform ongoing change order renewals

Excellent organization skills

Exceptional written and oral communication skills including executive level communications

Ability to drive vendor performance for IT services, hardware and software through metrics and governance

Managing conflict resolution and leading successfully in a matrix organization

Experience with application development and software development life cycle methodologies

Experience with ITIL practices including incident and problem management

Required knowledge of JIRA, Excel, PowerPoint

Familiarity with integrated eligibility systems and interfacing with Federal Partners a plus

PMP certification a plus

Qualification

IT Project ManagementContract ManagementVendor ManagementPMP CertificationITIL PracticesJIRAExcelPowerPointWrittenApplication Development ExperienceSoftware Development Life CycleFederal PartnersOrganization SkillsOral CommunicationConflict Resolution

Required

Bachelor's degree – preferably related to IT Vendor Management

Minimum 10+ years of IT Project management experience; Preference for Experience in Managing vendors and being part of Application Implementation(s) and ongoing Maintenance [M&O] Support

Minimum 8-10+ years of Contract management experience including IT vendor and supplier management having done the following:

Statement of Work – facilitating and drafting terms on Scope

RFP / RFI – Drafting RFP to facilitating evaluation

Contract Negotiations – facilitate and complete terms and pricing

Excellent organization skills

Exceptional written and oral communication skills including executive level communications

Ability to drive vendor performance for IT services, hardware and software through metrics and governance

Managing conflict resolution and leading successfully in a matrix organization

Experience with application development and software development life cycle methodologies

Experience with ITIL practices including incident and problem management

Required knowledge of JIRA, Excel, PowerPoint

Preferred

Master's degree preferred

Familiarity with integrated eligibility systems and interfacing with Federal Partners a plus

PMP certification a plus

Company

State of Rhode Island

Looking for a way to make a difference in the State of Rhode Island? Consider the wide range of employment opportunities in State Government.

Founded in 1970

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.dot.ri.gov/

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