Kforce has a client in San Francisco, CA that is seeking an IT Contracts Manager. This role sits in the office in San Francisco Monday - Thursday, Friday is work from home. Summary: As a Contracts Manager within the Technology Finance organization, you will be responsible for supporting your business partners through every phase within the contracts lifecycle management (CLM) process. You will play a pivotal role in helping the business partners navigate through the vendor management and procurement process. You will have opportunities to work closely with various stakeholders of all levels both internally and externally as well as work on key projects that have high visibility across the company. Responsibilities: * Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of agreements (NDAs, MSAs, SaaS agreements), order forms, SOWs and amendments required to support business activities * Manage vendor initiatives including sourcing activities (RFx), supplier selection, contract/pricing negotiation and spend tool administration * Build strategic partnerships and serve as a procurement/contracting SME to our business partners by providing guidance on sourcing, contracting and vendor management strategies * Analyze company spend regularly to appropriately determine and execute on sourcing initiative and cost saving opportunities * Partner with Legal, Corporate Accounting, Risk and Compliance teams with respect to contract reviews, threatened and actual litigation, corporate compliance issues, and other similar matters affecting the supported business units * Attend and/or lead team meetings reporting on contract status and metrics related to renewals, vendor spend, and cost savings * Help create, deploy and maintain best in class procurement, contracting and vendor management processes and workflows for the Technology organization * Educate and train our business partners on the VMO processes and other related content* Four-year undergraduate degree (preferably in Business, Accounting, Finance or related field) * 3-5 years of experience directly related to indirect procurement (strategic sourcing, category/supplier/spend management), contracts and vendor relationship management, preferably for technology companies or supporting technology organization * Strong knowledge of procurement, contracting and vendor management principles * Experience redlining contracts (MSA or SOW) and vendor negotiating around terms and conditions * Comfortable working in a fast paced environment with high volume of transactional contracts * Contract experience related to IT, SaaS and hardware contracts is required * Experience supporting a technology organization and partnering with different cross-functional teams to work through contracts (ie. legal, security, vendor partners, etc.). * Retail technology experience is highly preferred * Proficiency with MS Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat. * Experience with e-signature tools (e.g., Adobe Sign, DocuSign) and spend management tools (e.g., Raindrop, SAP, Coupa) tools * Background in legal is a plus