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Reporting directly to the Chief Digital and Information Officer (CDIO), this role serves as a key business partner to Technology leadership, providing the operational discipline and business management capabilities needed to effectively manage technology investments, strengthen financial transparency, optimize vendor performance, and ensure appropriate governance of technology purchases and assets.\nIn this role, you will lead and mature four critical operational functions across the Technology organization: IT Finance, IT Procurement and Contracts, IT Vendor Management, and IT Asset Management. You will connect technology strategy and operating plans with budgeting, forecasting, procurement, contracting, software licensing, hardware asset management, and vendor oversight to support the successful delivery of technology services across the enterprise.\nThe ideal candidate will bring strong financial and commercial acumen, operational excellence, and experience working across Technology, Finance, Accounting, Legal, Procurement, and business leadership teams. You will play a critical role in establishing scalable processes, controls, reporting, and performance measures while helping drive continuous improvement, accountability, and operational effectiveness across SWCA's technology portfolio. This position offers the opportunity to influence strategic decision-making, mentor team members, and contribute directly to the organization's technology and business success.\nThis is a full-time, regular (with benefits), salaried/exempt position that is distributed (=remote) based anywhere in the domestic United States. Priority will be given to applicants in Denver, Colorado metro area. Depending on business needs, this position may require 5-10% travel to support stakeholder engagement, vendor relationships, leadership planning, and cross-functional initiatives.\nApplication Deadline:\nPlease submit your application by 5PM Pacific Time on Friday, November 13, 2026. Phone screens will be conducted on a rolling basis and the position is expected to be filled by the end of 2026.\nAbout SWCA\nSWCA Environmental Consultants is a 100% employee-owned environmental consulting firm providing full spectrum environmental services across the United States. Our North Star is to be the best place to work and a leader in sustainability, delivering sound science and creative solutions to complex environmental challenges.\nWe are guided by our core values every day. We collaborate as #OneSWCA, we are #AlwaysLearning, we #NeverSettle, and we #GiveBack to our communities. With offices nationwide, SWCA offers a collaborative, team focused environment where employees can build meaningful and long-term careers.\nWhat you will accomplish\nIT & Finance:\nOwn and continuously improve financial management practices for the Technology Group.\nLead technology budgeting, forecasting, and multi-year financial planning in partnership with Technology leadership.\nMonitor technology spend, commitments, forecasts, and financial risks, providing regular reporting and variance analysis.\nPartner with Finance and Accounting on accruals, capitalization, allocations, controls, and compliance for technology expenditures.\nManage forecasting for recurring technology investments, including software, hardware, maintenance, services, and vendor agreements.\nDevelop business cases, total cost of ownership analyses, and financial recommendations to support technology investment decisions.\nIdentify opportunities to optimize spending, improve cost transparency, and enhance financial management practices\nIT Procurement & Contracts:\nManage the lifecycle of technology purchases, contracts, and renewals in partnership with key stakeholders.\nCoordinate technology sourcing, purchasing, contracting, and renewal activities.\nEstablish and maintain processes for purchase requests, evaluations, approvals, contracting, and renewals.\nMaintain visibility into contract terms, obligations, pricing structures, renewal timelines, and vendor commitments.\nSupport vendor evaluations and negotiations related to pricing, licensing, service levels, and commercial terms.\nPartner with Legal, Security, Privacy, Procurement, and Finance to facilitate appropriate contract reviews.\nProactively manage renewal planning and identify opportunities for contract consolidation and cost savings.\nIT Vendor Management:\nDevelop and maintain a disciplined approach to managing strategic technology vendors and service providers\nMaintain a vendor portfolio based on spend, risk, business impact, and strategic value.\nEstablish governance practices and conduct regular business reviews with key vendors.\nMonitor vendor performance, contract compliance, service levels, and commercial commitments.\nMaintain vendor performance metrics and coordinate resolution of significant service or contractual issues.\nPartner with Technology leadership on vendor strategy, renewals, sourcing opportunities, and risk mitigation.\nBuild strong vendor relationships while protecting SWCA's operational and commercial interests.\nIT Asset Management:\nLead processes and controls related to software licensing and technology asset management.\nSoftware Asset & License Management:Maintain accurate records of software licenses, subscriptions, costs, usage, contractual terms, and renewal dates.\nMonitor license utilization and identify opportunities to eliminate unused, duplicative, or underutilized software.\nCoordinate license reassignment, compliance efforts, audit readiness, and software rationalization initiatives.\nProvide licensing and utilization insights to support purchasing decisions, renewal negotiations, and future demand planning\n\nHardware Purchasing & Inventory Management:Coordinate purchasing, inventory management, and lifecycle tracking of Technology-managed hardware assets.\nMaintain accurate asset records, including assignment, location, warranty, lifecycle, and disposition information.\nSupport inventory controls, reconciliations, refresh planning, reuse programs, and asset recovery processes.\nProvide demand and cost forecasts and identify opportunities to improve purchasing efficiency and lifecycle economics\n\nOperational Leadership & Governance:\nProvide leadership and governance across Technology operations, financial management, vendors, contracts, and assets\nEstablish policies, procedures, controls, operating rhythms, and accountability across CDIO Operations functions.\nDevelop dashboards, KPIs, and reporting that provide leadership with insight into financial and operational performance.\nCreate and maintain a reliable system of record for technology spend, vendors, contracts, licenses, and assets.\nDrive process automation, data quality improvements, and operational efficiency initiatives.\nPartner with Technology leaders to translate operational data into business decisions and strategic actions.\nLead and develop team members supporting CDIO Operations.\nSupport audit, compliance, and governance activities related to technology financials, contracts, licensing, and asset controls.\nDrive continuous improvement and operational maturity across the Technology organization.\nMinimum Qualifications\nEight years of relevant, progressively responsible experience, including some experience managing others. Ten years of related experience is preferred; or any equivalent combination of experience, performance, training, and/or education. Knowledge normally obtained through post-secondary education or training; bachelor's degree preferred.\nExperience and qualifications for success\nBachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, Supply Chain Management, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.\nEight (8) years of experience in technology operations, IT business management, IT finance, technology procurement, vendor management, IT asset management, software asset management, or related disciplines.\nExperience managing technology budgets, forecasts, purchasing activities, contracts, renewals, and vendor relationships.\nDemonstrated supervisory experience, including direct oversight, performance management, and professional development.\nExperience using AI to enable and support efficiencies in managing large data sets.\nPrior expereince developing financial analyses, budget forecasts, variance reporting, and business cases to support technology investment decisions.\nWorking knowledge of software licensing, subscription-based services, SaaS agreements, and technology consumption models.\nExperience managing or overseeing hardware and software asset inventories, lifecycle management, and related governance processes.\nExperience supporting technology sourcing, purchasing, contract administration, or commercial agreement processes.\nStrong analytical and financial management skills, including budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and cost management.\nAbility to translate complex financial, contractual, vendor, licensing, and asset information into concise executive-level reporting and recommendations.\nStrong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, renewals, procurements, and vendor activities simultaneously.\nStrong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills, with experience partnering across Technology, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Information Security, and business leadership teams\nPreferred Qualifications:\nTen (10) or more years of experience in technology operations, IT business management, IT finance, procurement, vendor management, asset management, or related disciplines.\nPrevious experience supervising procurement or contracts professionals.\nExperience supporting a complex, geographically dispersed professional services, consulting, engineering, or environmental services organization.\nExperience with Technology Business Management (TBM), IT Financial Management (ITFM), FinOps, IT Asset Management (ITAM), Software Asset Management (SAM), or related governance frameworks.\nFamiliarity with SaaS licensing models, enterprise software agreements, cloud consumption models, managed services agreements, and professional services contracts.\nExperience negotiating technology contracts, software licensing agreements, renewals, pricing structures, and vendor commercial terms.\nExperience implementing or 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