IT Contracts & Licensing Specialist III
$97,822–$146,682 year
HybridSeattle, Washington, United States
Job Summary
Conduct end-to-end contract reviews and analysis for IT software licensing, SaaS, and service renewals, identifying cost drivers, usage rights, and optimization opportunities. Lead vendor negotiations and renewals using market pricing and benchmarking data to drive savings and improved commercial terms. Manage the IT contract renewal pipeline proactively, notifying business owners of upcoming expirations and maintaining accurate data to ensure timely processing. Perform spend analysis to identify trends and support license optimization by comparing usage data against contracted amounts. Assist with RFP development, vendor evaluation, and generating reports on procurement metrics and vendor performance while adhering to organizational policies.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in business or related field
- Minimum of 5 years experience in procurement
- demonstrated experience in the IT software sourcing category
- Experience with software licensing and SaaS contract models
- Understanding of contract terms and ability to identify problematic clauses
- Analytical skills for cost comparison and trend analysis
- Experience independently negotiating software, SaaS, and services contracts
- Demonstrated experience reading complex software, SaaS, and services contracts
- identifying commercial and risk issues
- recommending negotiation strategy
- Demonstrated ability to manage routine renewals and contract reviews independently
- owning the decision end to end
- Knowledge of procurement best practices
- cost optimization techniques
Desired Qualifications
- Procurement experience specifically in the IT software sourcing category
- Comfortable leading without authority
- building engagement in a process environment that is still maturing
- Strong written and verbal communication
- ability to tailor stakeholder communication across technical and nontechnical audiences
- Experience partnering directly with IT directors and business owners
- influence procurement decisions
- Familiarity with AI tools
- their application to procurement and software contracts
- AI related certifications
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