RTX Corporation is looking to solve the problem of managing software contracts and negotiations to ensure favorable terms and conditions, while also mitigating potential risks and ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
Requirements
- Software licensing models
- Negotiating software contracts to drive year on year cost savings to help RTX meet its bottom line
- Understand and perform contract redlines
- Microsoft 365 including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Teams
- Hands-on contracting experience with emerging technologies such as Generative AI (GenAI), Machine Learning Ops (MLOps) and/or Value-Added Reseller agreements
- Minimum 12 years of Sourcing and Procurement of Digital IT software, maintenance and support, and professional services agreements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or related discipline
Responsibilities
- Build a strategy, lead and manage negotiations for Software (SaaS, perpetual, and subscription) contracts to ensure favorable terms and conditions to the achievement of technical, financial and performance objectives for RTX
- Review, draft, and revise a variety of contracts including software licenses, maintenance and support agreements and master agreements.
- Identify and mitigate potential risks in contracts, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
- Manage relationships with a broad set of suppliers ensuring adherence to agreed terms and resolving contract related issues
- Effectively manage an integrated master schedule of engagements, renewals, RFQs, etc. in a fast-paced environment
- Recommend and implement process improvements in deal tracking (savings, risk, metrics) and contract management to enhance efficiency and effectiveness
- Manage digital application suppliers; establish supplier engagement plans and enforce overall governance within a high-volume, high-mix portfolio.
Other
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access the financial management system due to government contractual requirements
- Ability to effectively work with and communicate with all levels of management and individual contributors on the program team
- Ability to develop effective presentations and documents used for leadership reviews
- Strong project management skills and ability to convert requirements into executable strategies
- Business acumen to connect technical requirements and concerns to contract performance
