Contract Specialist - IT
About The Position
The Contract Specialist III supports Information Technology software contracting and procurement activities. This is a hands-on role for an experienced IT software contract negotiator who can independently manage complex agreements throughout the contract lifecycle. The successful candidate will have extensive experience reviewing, redlining, and negotiating software, SaaS, cloud, licensing, and other technology-related agreements. The role requires strong negotiation, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills, along with the ability to independently manage multiple contracts and priorities. The position is based onsite five days per week in Houston, Texas, or Bartlesville, Oklahoma. It is a one-year hourly contractor role, with potential for extension, and a target start date of December 2, 2026. The stated pay rate is $65+ per hour. The ideal candidate is an experienced IT software contract negotiator who is comfortable taking direct ownership of complex agreements and enjoys hands-on negotiation, redlining, problem solving, and managing agreements from initiation through execution. Candidates with primarily contract administration or coordination experience, without significant hands-on IT software negotiation and redlining experience, may not be the best fit.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience negotiating and redlining IT software contracts, including Master Agreements, SOWs, NDAs, POCs, and similar technology agreements.
- Significant hands-on experience leading complex contract negotiations.
- Strong knowledge of software licensing and technology contracting.
- Ability to independently manage multiple contracts, renewals, RFPs/RFIs, and competing priorities.
- Excellent organizational and analytical skills.
- Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, and negotiation skills.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders and influence critical commercial and contractual decisions.
Nice To Haves
- Procurement experience within the energy industry.
- Experience with SAP and Icertis.
- Advanced understanding of IT software purchasing channels, including OEMs and resellers.
- Experience negotiating software, SaaS, cloud, licensing, and other technology agreements.
Responsibilities
- Lead IT software agreements through the full contract lifecycle, including requirements gathering, contract review, redlining, negotiation, execution, renewals, and post-execution activities.
- Review and negotiate master agreements, software and cloud agreements, Statements of Work (SOWs), Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), Proof of Concept (POC) agreements, and renewals and licensing agreements.
- Perform contract due diligence, issue spotting, confidentiality reviews, and license validation.
- Partner with Legal, Data Privacy, Cybersecurity, Finance, IT, and Software Asset Management stakeholders to address business requirements, licensing considerations, compliance requirements, usage needs, and commercial terms.
- Lead and manage RFP and RFI activities.
- Independently manage assigned software contracts while maintaining strong stakeholder engagement.
- Identify and mitigate procurement and contractual risks while seeking opportunities to reduce total cost of ownership and maintain business value.
- Support invoice and contract-related issue resolution.
- Maintain accurate contract documentation in accordance with applicable document retention requirements.
- Collaborate with Legal and other stakeholders to ensure contractual and compliance requirements are addressed.
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Career Level
Senior
