Company / Role Overview
A large, complex multinational organisation is seeking a senior contract professional to support its Infrastructure and Security function during a period of operational and organisational transition. This contract role sits directly with the leadership team and is responsible for establishing commercial discipline across a significant technology spend portfolio, with a focus on contract governance, asset and license visibility, and cost efficiency. The environment is delivery-focused, ambiguous by nature, and requires an experienced individual who can operate independently, challenge assumptions, and drive tangible outcomes within a defined timeframe.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and manage the commercial oversight of infrastructure and security contracts, including large-scale outsourced service agreements and associated asset and software arrangements.
- Lead the review, re-baselining, and renewal preparation of major outsourcing contracts, ensuring clear scope definition, accountability, and alignment to actual business needs.
- Conduct detailed analysis of infrastructure and security assets, software, and licenses to identify redundancy, under-utilisation, and cost leakage.
- Establish clear ownership and accountability for assets and contracts by working closely with internal product and technology stakeholders.
- Challenge existing spend assumptions and drive rationalisation initiatives to deliver measurable cost efficiencies and reinvestment capacity.
- Act as a senior commercial partner to technology leaders, providing independent challenge and decision support rather than day-to-day operational delivery.
- Collaborate with procurement and finance teams to ensure commercial decisions are well-defined prior to negotiation and execution.
- Support leadership in preparing for future operating model clarity by stabilising and cleaning up the existing contract and asset landscape.
Job Requirements
- Proven experience in IT contract management, vendor management, or technology commercial roles within large, asset-heavy environments.
- Strong understanding of infrastructure and security technology landscapes sufficient to assess commercial justification, usage, and ownership (deep technical expertise not required).
- Demonstrated track record of driving cost optimisation, contract rationalisation, or efficiency initiatives across sizeable IT spend portfolios.
- Experience working with outsourced service providers and managing contracts that bundle services, assets, software, and people.
- Ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments, challenge senior stakeholders constructively, and hold teams accountable for commercial outcomes.
- Strong analytical, financial, and stakeholder management skills, with comfort working at senior leadership level.
- Prior exposure to financial services or regulated industries is advantageous but not mandatory.
- Consulting background or experience in transformation, optimisation, or advisory roles is a plus.
If this role aligns with your experience and career goals, please send your application to [Confidential Information].
Argyll Scott Asia is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
