Strategic Sourcing IT Contracting Lead

Strategic Sourcing IT Contracting Lead

Location: US-

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Category: Information Technology

Position Type: Full-Time

Remote: Yes

Navitus

Navitus - Putting People First in Pharmacy - Navitus was founded as an alternative to traditional pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) models. We are committed to removing cost from the drug supply chain to make medications more affordable for the people who need them. At Navitus, our team members work in an environment that celebrates diversity, fosters creativity and encourages growth. We welcome new ideas and share a passion for excellent service to our customers and each other.

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USD $ - USD $ /Yr.

5.00 - Salaried Non-Management except pharmacists

Core business hours

ATTENTION:
Navitus is unable to offer remote work to residents of Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

The IT Strategic Sourcing Lead/Vendor Procurement Principal is an individual contributor role responsible for driving complex vendor negotiation and acquisition that align with enterprise strategy transformation objectives.

This position ensures that large IT procurement activities support modernization initiatives, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency under the Strategic Transformation Officer (STO). This role promotes critical advisory and sourcing to ensure support for business initiatives ensuring operational efficiency, scalability, and innovation.

This role collaborates with existing organizational vendor-related roles and external consultants to champion and ensure vendor expectations are met or exceeded. This role will consult with and support stakeholders to ensure that vendors and their products promote sustainable technology modernization that adheres to regulatory obligations, accelerates enterprise transformation, ensures business alignment and supports the organization's multi-year growth strategy.

The Vendor Procurement Principal is accountable for initiating the lifecycle of this strategic value stream including governance, intake, prioritization, capacity alignment, budget stewardship, risk/issue controls, vendor selection, change management and transparent reporting to ensure decision clarity, market readiness, investment accountability, and organizational performance.

• Embed procurement strategies within the five-year roadmap, ensuring vendor partnerships accelerate technology modernization, margin improvement, and operational scalability.
• Support initiatives tied to the Board-approved plan, including investments in enterprise platforms and services that deliver a tech-enabled, human-centered experience.
• Lead end-to-end vendor acquisition processes, including RFP development, ROI analysis, and negotiation.
• Partner with internal stakeholders and external consultants to ensure vendor solutions align with transformation goals and regulatory obligations.
• Draft and review statements of work and service-level agreements (SLAs) tailored to business needs.
• In collaboration with business owners, establish and enforce SLAs and performance guarantees within vendor contracts to ensure measurable service delivery standards, including defining KPIs, monitoring compliance, and driving corrective actions when commitments are not met.
• Develop and issue RFIs to applicable vendors and coordinate applicable demos, proofs of concept and implementation needs for efficient and effective product selection and manageable cost structure.
• Collaborate with Legal, Compliance, and Vendor Risk teams to mitigate risks and ensure adherence to contract requirements, vendor policies and business Associate and First Tier, Downstream and Related Entity (FDR) criteria.
• Maintain procurement documentation and provide transparent reporting on vendor performance, financial impact, and risk controls.
• Support governance processes for prioritization, capacity alignment, and budget…