IT Contract Manager - Public Sector

Are you an IT Contract Manager experienced in ensuring reliable and effective delivery of IT Services by 3rd party suppliers, across large organisations? Are you interested in playing a pivotal role for an organisation involved in impactful work throughout NI? What's in it for you? Hybrid working supported. Working at one of NI's top ranked places to work. About your next employer A major Public Sector client who's major business systems are outsourced to a 3rd party require an IT Contract Manager. This managed service provider is responsible for a wide range of technical services including IT service desk, hosting, infrastructure management and security services, network management, applications support and development across a range of business systems. This is hybrid working, full time role. About you A minimum of 10 years experience working within the technology sector A minimum of 5 years experience of Service / Contract management of large value, complex service agreements Previous experience with outsourced IT agreements Previous experience in liaising with senior stakeholders across a large organisation Ability to create and present competent business cases with a positive outcome Strong commercial awareness Project management experience Clear evidence of key stakeholder engagement across a large organisation; ITIL v3 or v4 qualification(s) What you'll do You will be responsible for maintaining a positive, mutually beneficial relationship with the outsourced providers, while ensuring best commercial value and that services are delivered in line with terms and requirements of the business. You can also expect to deliver as the escalation point when things don't meet contracted expectations, implement service improvement plans with the overall aim of ensuring effective day to day operations, support in developing managed service strategy's, re procurement exercises, monitor and approve invoices, manage contract change control, contract compliance issues (including service failure analysis, service improvement plans, monitoring of exit management plans, asset registers). For further information on this job, or any other Contract Service Delivery/Project Management job in Belfast or Northern Ireland, apply via the link or contact Ross Stevenson for a confidential chat today. Skills: Contract Management SLA Agreements Stakeholder Management Benefits: Work From Home holiday pay pension hybrid