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Product Enablement & Transformation, Product Manager – Contract Lifecycle Management, Executive Director, Birmingham, Birmingham
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Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Other
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Job Reference:
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94
Posted:
14.03.2025
Expiry Date:
28.04.2025
Job Description:
OUR IMPACT
The Corporate Planning & Management (CPM) Division unifies Finance & Planning, Spend Management, Operational Risk and Resilience, and CPM Engineering teams to deliver business planning and analytics, expense management, third party risk management, and governance strategies across the firm. CPM have 5 operating pillars.
Finance & Planning supports the execution of the firm’s strategic objectives through the management of the planning process, firmwide reporting and analytics and insights into the firm’s business plans and budgets. They develop a consistent framework for revenue division projections creating transparency, accountability, and efficiency around projections.
Product Finance is responsible for the overall governance and proactive management of the firm’s non-compensation expenses. Spend Management encompasses the functions responsible for managing all aspects of the firm's spend with third parties - advising commercial agreements and driving operating efficiency.
Operational Risk & Resilience drives firmwide Operational Risk programs along with second line teams and implements required changes within CPM. The Corporate Insurance & Advisory team in this pillar identifies, procures, and manages corporate insurance needs for the firm and its investing businesses.
The CPM Engineering team provides engineering solutions that enable the firm to manage third-party spend, data and automation, plan budgets, forecast financial scenarios, allocate expenses and support corporate decision making in line with the firm’s strategic objectives.
YOUR IMPACT
Professionals in CPM have an analytical mindset, exhibit intellectual curiosity and are from diverse academic backgrounds. This role sits within the Spend Management pillar, within Product Enablement & Transformation.
The Product Enablement & Transformation team is a global team that enables Goldman Sachs to actively and effectively manage our vendor population, supply chain effectiveness, travel & expense processing & Source-to-Pay activity through the platforms we maintain within our architecture. Through excellent functional, project, program, and change management skills, along with a bias for becoming the subject matter or technical expert, this team seeks to fulfill the vision of our clients and partners.
The role requires collaboration with different functions across the firm on a regular basis, an ability to work independently, and the ability to interact with senior professionals across the firm. It also entails in-depth analysis and reporting for senior management, requiring diligence and a commercial mindset. The candidate is required to work closely with global counterparts and should have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Goldman Sachs is embarking on a journey to uplift our contract lifecycle management process. This includes delivering a contract repository, leveraging standard templates/clause libraries to assist in streamlining contract negotiation and execution, and utilizing inbuilt AI tools to abstract key information for risk assessment and commitment management across our third-party vendors. This role will be at the center of that program.
Job responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
* Create and gain consensus on the business case, building a detailed program plan, showing funding needs, resource needs, benefits, risks, and opportunities.
* Pioneer execution of the program in partnership with our chosen CLM Vendor – iCertis – alongside any other Professional Services team we may choose to bring in.
* Partner across Legal, Sourcing, Operations, Compliance, Tech Risk, and other functions to drive consensus and champion the vision for the program.
* Transition to the Product Manager/Owner for iCertis post-go-live and partner with Sourcing, Legal, and iCertis to stabilize operational adoption and continue to enhance the product.
* Be involved in change across the E2E platform suite, including tools like Ariba Sourcing & Contracting, Buying & Invoicing, & SLP.
* Support wider infrastructure priorities, standards, and strategy globally.
* Own Product strategy for our Contract Lifecycle Management Product, primarily driving the platform strategy of iCertis.
* Focus on user experience and drive user-centric platform strategies.
* Adopt data-driven decision making to assist in driving application adoption and success.
* Grow knowledge and experience, staying close to industry trends and emerging technologies.
* Prioritize flexibility and a ‘how can we make this work’ approach to problem-solving.
* Become a deep subject matter expert.
* Work with the wider team on day-to-day technical queries related to system logic and perform defect/data analysis.
* Communicate progress and relevant updates to project drivers and maintain key documentation of approvals.
Qualifications:
* Strong functional skills with 6-8 years of experience in iCertis or similar CLM application.
* Strong integration experience with other modules within SAP (Ariba, S4 HANA, Guided Buying, Concur).
* 8+ years’ experience in Source to Pay, Program Management, Operations or similar.
* Clear fundamentals of Source to Pay Process with at least 6 years of hands-on experience with iCertis.
* Experience leading at least one large-scale platform deployment project in Professional Services.
* Knowledge of Agile change management and platforms like JIRA and Confluence would be beneficial.
* Demonstrate strong techno-functional abilities in the S2P application suite.
* Strong analytical skills and bias for using data to make decisions.
* Excellent communication skills and ability to interact effectively with cross-functional teams.
* Ability to work across hierarchies and geographies.
* Strong accounting knowledge and experience in accounting processes.
* Experience in the Financial Services industry will be beneficial but not required.
* Proactive, enthusiastic, and team-oriented approach.
ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS
At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital, and ideas to help our clients, shareholders, and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.
We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our workplace and beyond.
We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process.
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