Contracts Administrator

Hybrid Role – Edison, NJ

The role requires prior experience in a hospital system. Our healthcare client is looking for a Contracts Administrator to serve as a strategic business partner to Health Applications leadership, driving vendor management and commercial governance for a portfolio of health applications vendors, including EHR (Epic preferred), integrated clinical applications, interoperability‑related services, and managed application services providers.

• Structure, negotiate, and manage contract vehicles including MSAs, SOWs, order forms, amendments, and BAAs, ensuring appropriate protections for healthcare compliance (HIPAA/HITECH), data privacy and security requirements, and clear downstream vendor obligations (including flow‑down terms for subcontractors).
• Lead vendor engagement strategy and planning for new initiatives and expansions, translating business and clinical goals into clear scopes, deliverables, assumptions, acceptance criteria, and operating governance.
• Coordinate and facilitate RF(x) sourcing events, vendor selection activities, and negotiation cycles in collaboration with IT leadership and Strategic Sourcing.
• Support contracting and negotiation efforts for EHR modules, professional services SOWs (implementation, optimization, upgrades), and application managed support engagements, ensuring commercial clarity, pricing transparency, and risk‑appropriate terms.
• Partner with clinical and operational stakeholders to align vendor deliverables to clinical workflows and operational readiness, supporting upgrade planning, go‑live execution, hypercare support, and stabilization activities.
• Establish and operationalize vendor performance management frameworks, including SLAs (availability, response, resolution), escalation paths, service reporting requirements, issue triage models, and KPI scorecards.
• Drive vendor accountability through recurring operating cadences (weekly checkpoints, monthly reviews, QBRs), ensuring issues are surfaced early and remediated with documented corrective action plans.
• Coordinate cross‑functional alignment with Clinical Leadership, HIM, Privacy, Security, and Legal for matters related to interoperability standards (HL7, FHIR), data exchange, security controls, audit readiness, and compliance obligations.
• Build and maintain executive‑ready reporting on vendor performance, risk, renewal timelines, financial stewardship, and value realization; develop dashboards and presentations for senior stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to reduce cost and risk through vendor rationalization, contract optimization, rate‑card governance, improved commercial terms, and standardization of vendor engagement models.
• Maintain templates, playbooks, and operating procedures that improve consistency, reduce cycle time, and strengthen governance across Health Applications vendor engagements.

• Contract
• Risk analysis
• Contract management
• Contract review
• MSA
• RFP
• RFI
• SLA’s
• KPI
• SOW

• Great communication, must be able to support internal stakeholders and work with third‑party vendors.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Edison, NJ.

The pay range for this position is $70.00 - $75.00/hr eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre‑tax and Roth post‑tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long‑term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a hybrid position in Edison, NJ.

This position is anticipated to close on Feb 20, 2026.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.