Product Enablement & Transformation, Product Manager – Contract Lifecycle Management, Executive Director, Birmingham location_on Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Opportunity Overview
CORPORATE TITLE: Vice President
OFFICE LOCATION(S): Birmingham
JOB FUNCTION: Application / Systems Administrator
DIVISION: Corporate Planning & Management
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.
YOUR IMPACT
This role sits within the Spend Management pillar, within Product Enablement & Transformation. The Product Enablement & Transformation team 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.
The role requires collaboration with different functions across the firm, an ability to work independently, and the ability to interact with senior professionals. It entails in-depth analysis and reporting for senior management, requiring diligence and a commercial mindset. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are necessary.
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 the execution of the program in partnership with our chosen CLM Vendor – iCertis – and other Professional Services teams.
* Transition to the Product Manager/Owner for iCertis, partnering with Sourcing, Legal, and iCertis to stabilize operational adoption and enhance the product.
* Be involved in change across the E2E platform suite, ensuring leadership and business stakeholders have access to up-to-date information.
* 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, refining the product and driving 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.
* Become a deep subject matter expert.
* Proactively work with the wider team on day-to-day technical queries and support specific audits.
* Communicate progress and relevant updates to project drivers and maintain key documentation.
Qualifications:
* 6-8 years of experience in iCertis or similar CLM application.
* Strong integration experience with SAP modules (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.
* Led at least one large scale platform deployment project in Professional Services.
* Knowledge of Agile change management and platforms like JIRA and Confluence is beneficial.
* Strong techno-functional abilities in the S2P application suite, ideally specializing in Ariba alongside iCertis.
* Flexible and focused work ethic in a global organization.
* Strong analytical skills with a 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 understanding of ERP core processes.
* Experience in Financial Services industry is beneficial but not required.
* Technical and operational problem-solving skills.
* Proactive, enthusiastic, and team-oriented approach.
ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS
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