Strategic Sourcing Analyst, Specialist

Vanguard Group, Inc.

$80K — $95K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Five years of relevant experience in contract management or related fields.
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline.

Responsibilities

  • Draft, review, and manage a diverse set of client-facing agreements and amendments.
  • Act as the subject matter expert for client agreement matters.
  • Collaborate with internal teams to address contractual issues throughout the lifecycle.
  • Ensure all agreements are tracked and completed within specified timelines to minimize risk.
  • Identify and mitigate potential contractual risks while meeting client and business needs.
  • Oversee workflows, reporting, and data management for contract compliance and accessibility.
  • Engage in process improvement and development of best practices for contracting.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with a well-known company in the financial services sector.
  • Engagement with multiple internal teams and departments enhances collaborative skills.
  • Role directly contributes to client onboarding and long-term relationships.
  • Potential for involvement in process improvement initiatives and standardization efforts.
Full Job Description
Vanguard is seeking a Contract Advisor to support the preparation, coordination, and management of client-facing agreements for our Workplace Solutions business. This role helps ensure that client agreements are accurate, timely, well-controlled, and aligned with applicable laws and regulations, operational requirements, business needs, and client commitments.

The Contract Advisor will partner with internal relationship managers, implementation teams, legal partners, business operations teams, and document management teams to support agreement creation, negotiation, execution, tracking, and ongoing contract administration. This is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys navigating the contract lifecycle, process ownership, stakeholder coordination, and work that directly supports client onboarding and long-term client service.

Key Responsibilities
  • Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a broad portfolio of client-facing agreements, amendments, and related documentation.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert for all client agreements.
  • Partner with internal stakeholders to resolve contractual and related issues throughout the agreement lifecycle.
  • Reduce risk by ensuring agreements are tracked, escalated, and completed within required timelines.
  • Identify and mitigate contractual and operational risks while balancing client and business needs.
  • Manage agreement workflows, reporting, document repositories, metrics, and related data to maintain contract accuracy, accessibility, and compliance.
  • Contribute to process improvement initiatives, contract standardization efforts, and the development of contracting best practices and resources.
  • Support other projects as requested.

Qualifications
  • Five years related work experience.
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.

Special Factors

Sponsorship
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

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