Senior Consultant - Technical Procurement Analyst

New_Nystec•Albany, NY

About The Position

As a Senior Consultant – Technical Procurement Analyst in NYSTEC’s Cybersecurity Data Privacy practice area, you will provide strategic and technical expertise to help organizations plan, evaluate, procure, and implement complex technology solutions. You will collaborate with business, technical, procurement, legal, cybersecurity, and executive stakeholders to translate needs into clear requirements, develop procurement materials, conduct market and technology research, evaluate vendor solutions, and identify technical, security, integration, scalability, and vendor risks. In the day-to-day role, you will serve as an independent technical advisor, helping ensure procurement decisions are objective, defensible, standards-based, cost-conscious, and aligned with clients’ current-state and target-state architectures, technology roadmaps, and future operational needs. The role includes supporting enterprise agreements across the procurement cycle, contract negotiations, vendor performance monitoring, and risk mitigation.

Requirements

Advanced experience leading and overseeing complex, large-scale enterprise procurement processes, including analysis, design, development, integration, and optimization of large enterprise contracts.
Demonstrated expertise managing complex procurement processes involving technology providers and vendors.
Proven ability to lead teams, influence change, manage stakeholder relationships, and respond effectively to evolving project needs.
Professional written, verbal, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
A bachelor’s degree and three to five years of complex, large-scale enterprise procurement experience; an equivalent combination of advanced education, training, and experience will be considered.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

Experience with complex technical procurement processes and approaches.

Responsibilities

Develop procurement strategies that may include scoring technical and financial proposals.
Create procurement packets for vendors.
Assist in creating RFP response evaluation criteria and recommending revisions.
Assist in creating contractor tasks and deliverables, evaluation criteria, and scoring methodologies.
Provide expert technical guidance on structuring enterprise agreements and share best practices with internal departments.
Collaborate and partner to execute enterprise agreements across the procurement cycle, from requisition to contract execution.
Support negotiation of contract terms and conditions, licensing models, service level agreements, and pricing to achieve the best value for the enterprise.
Collaborate with the legal department to confirm contract terms comply with client standards, regulatory requirements, and cybersecurity policies for on-premises, hybrid, and cloud-based solutions.
Analyze enterprise vendor agreement approaches to identify opportunities for cost savings and process improvements.
Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key technology vendors.
Monitor and track vendor performance and compliance with contractual obligations.
Assist with managing contract renewals, amendments, and terminations.
Work with client enterprise technical teams to understand stakeholder requirements and align procurement strategies with the client’s technology roadmap.
Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies related to technology procurement approaches.
Maintain plans of action and milestones (POA&Ms), as needed, to help remediate issues and gaps.
Ensure project tasks and deliverables are completed in accordance with the approved proposal.