Contract Negotiator - IT Software Contracts

Location: Houston, TX or Bartlesville, OK

Onsite Flexibility: Onsite

• Position Type: Hourly Contractor
• Contract Duration: 12 months
• Pay Rate: $60.00 $65.00 / Hour (USD)
• Shift / Schedule: Days (1st Shift)
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

We are seeking an experienced Contract Specialist III to support 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. This position requires strong negotiation, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills, along with the ability to independently manage multiple contracts and priorities.

The ideal candidate is an experienced IT software contract negotiator who is comfortable taking direct ownership of complex agreements. This role is especially well suited for someone who enjoys hands-on contract 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 for this position.

• 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 a variety of technology agreements, including:

- Master Agreements - Software and cloud agreements - Statements of Work (SOWs) - Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) - Proof of Concept (POC) agreements - 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Bachelor's degree required.

• 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.

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

• Please submit candidates who are experienced contract negotiators, not candidates whose backgrounds are primarily focused on contract administration.
• Strong candidates should be able to demonstrate hands-on experience with all of the following: complex IT software contract negotiation and redlining; software and cloud agreements; licensing and renewals; due diligence and contractual issue spotting; RFP/RFI management; independent ownership of contracts from initiation through execution.
• Please do not resubmit candidates who have previously been submitted or interviewed for this opportunity.
• The strongest candidates will be able to speak specifically about contracts they personally negotiated and redlined, the types of IT/software agreements they handled, the contractual or commercial issues they identified, and how they drove agreements through execution.
• This position requires someone who can own the work directly, rather than primarily coordinate work performed by other teams.

This client is one of the largest integrated downstream energy companies in the world, headquartered in Houston with operations and employees across the United States and internationally. The organization manufactures, transports, and markets energy products and chemical inputs that power the global economy, with a diversified business spanning refining operations, midstream transportation and logistics, chemicals manufacturing, marketing and specialty products, and a growing renewable fuels platform giving professionals broad exposure across multiple segments of the energy value chain. Employing approximately 14,000 people, this organization is a major employer in the energy sector with a long track record of operational excellence and a commitment to evolving its business toward lower-carbon energy solutions. Teams here span refinery engineers, logistics and midstream specialists, chemical scientists, renewable fuels analysts, corporate finance and strategy professionals, and in roles like this one procurement and contracts specialists who manage complex technology and operational agreements.

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-17572 Industry: Software Engineering

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