IT Contracts Manager jobs in Tennessee

Company Description

ClientSolv Technologies is an IT solution firm with over a decade of experience serving Fortune 1000 companies, public sector and small to medium sized companies. ClientSolv Technologies is a woman-owned and operated company that is certified as a WMBE, 8a firm by the Federal government's Small Business Administration.

Job Description

We are seeking a Contracts Manager with experience in contract creation for a 12 month contract role in Nashville, TN.  This role is currently a remote-work position.  This role may need to work in the Nashville office 1-2 days per week as required, so this role will be considered a hybrid schedule.   

In this role, you will be joining an existing team that currently supports 30 active contracts, with additional contract creation work to be identified.   The duties of this role are as follows: 

• Generates competitive solicitations for multi-year contracts using various solicitation methods (e.g., Request for Proposal, Invitation to Bid, etc.).
• Generates sole source contracts, as well as the documentation required to support management approval to award a sole source contract.
• Research specific markets and industry developments to incorporate into contract specifications.
• Gathers and analyzes both internal and external information which are used to develop specifications to support contract generation.
• Solves common problems associated with contract management, including data analysis and negotiations.
• Conducts ongoing supplier and contract management to ensure supplier and state compliance are in line with contractual obligations.
• Acts as a liaison between internal customers, Procurement, and solution providers in support of contract activities.
• Builds and manages business relationships with multiple  divisions (including Procurement Office), and key suppliers to facilitate effective contract management and sourcing outcomes.
• Knowledge of public or private contract management systems (e.g., Oracle, PeopleSoft, or other enterprise procurement systems).
• Demonstrated skills in effective oral and written communication, as well as interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated analytical skills.
• Detail oriented, organized team player with significant experience analyzing, planning, monitoring and evaluating work to ensure that expectations are exceeded.
• Analyze and document business requirements and processes related to public sector service delivery for a single or multiple related State agencies.
• Facilitate sessions to gather and document requirements and explore solutions.

Qualifications

• Must hold a BA/BS degree. 
• Requires a minimum of four years of increasingly complex and responsible experience relating to contract creation
• Experienced with the generation and administration of government and/or corporate multi-million-dollar multi-year contracts.
• Must be skilled in the creation and modifying of contractual documents.  
• Possess superior organizational and written/verbal communication skills.
• An understanding of current information technology with an ability to conceptualize solutions to business problems in the most effective and cost-efficient manner. 
• Experience in contracting for Information Technology (IT) systems preferred. Understanding of the following contracts:  1) multi-tier (mainframe, departmental/midlevel, and desktop) computing; 2) the use of internet and intranet to facilitate service delivery; 3) electronic data interchange; 4) imaging; 5) data warehousing; and, 6) geographic information systems. The deployment of information technology must be consistent with the architectural framework which is based upon the philosophy that information sharing, data integration and network interoperability is the basis for effective and efficient service delivery)

Additional Information

These 12 month contract roles will work a hybrid schedule of remote/onsite/in the office, Monday- Friday for 7.5 hours per day.  Job is currently a remote-work position.  Employee must be geographically located sufficiently close to Nashville, TN, to allow employee to work in the Nashville office 1-2 days a week if required.