Senior Sourcing Officer​/Contract Manager; Remote

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated.

It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

The IT Senior Sourcing Officer/Contract Manager oversees the full lifecycle of IT contracts—drafting, negotiation, execution, renewals, and closeout—while ensuring compliance with organizational policies and applicable regulations. The role partners with IT, Procurement, Legal, Finance, and Security to manage vendor risk, ensure appropriate contract terms (e.g., SLAs, data/privacy, liability, IP), maintain contract records and key dates, and support vendor performance and financial controls.

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This role is available for remote work from most US locations)

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the contract lifecycle from intake through drafting, negotiation support, execution, amendments, renewals, and closeout.
• Translate business requirements into contract terms; coordinate redlines and approvals with Legal/Procurement.
• Maintain contract repository records (metadata, key dates, deliverables, obligations, and documents) and ensure audit readiness.
• Develop and maintain standard templates, clauses, and playbooks aligned to organizational policy.
• Support negotiation of pricing, service descriptions, payment terms, warranty, and acceptance criteria.
• Ensure contract terms align with sourcing strategies, budgets, and total cost of ownership objectives.
• Coordinate competitive solicitations (e.g., RFP/RFQ support) as applicable.
• Ensure contracts address information security, privacy, confidentiality, data ownership, and regulatory requirements (e.g., HIPAA where applicable).
• Coordinate third-party risk activities and ensure contract language reflects required controls (e.g., security addendum, BAA, incident notification).
• Identify and escalate contractual risks, non-standard terms, and compliance gaps; recommend mitigation strategies.
• Monitor renewals, expirations, and notice periods; drive timely renew/terminate decisions.
• Support purchase order alignment, and contract-to-payment controls.
• Track contract value, spend commitments, and savings/avoidance outcomes.
• Guide IT teams and business owners on contracting processes, timelines, and best practices.
• Train stakeholders on contract compliance, documentation standards, and vendor governance expectations.

Our professional administrative functions include critical supporting roles in information technology and informatics, finance, administration, legal and community affairs, human resources, communications and marketing, development, facilities, and many more.

At our growing health system, we support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt Health for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose.

Core Accountabilities:

• Organizational Impact:
  Independently delivers on objectives with understanding of how they impact the results of own area/team and other related teams.
• Problem Solving/ Complexity of work:
  Utilizes multiple sources of data to analyze and resolve complex problems; may take a new perspective on existing solution.
• Breadth of Knowledge:
  Has advanced knowledge within a professional area and basic knowledge across related areas.
• Team Interaction:
  Acts as a "go-to" resource for colleagues with less experience; may lead small project teams.

Core Capabilities :

• Supporting Colleagues:
  
  - Develops Self and Others:
  Invests…