ICT Contracts Specialist

The ICT Contracts Specialist is accountable for the end-to-end lifecycle management of ICT contracts, including contract planning, drafting support, review, negotiation facilitation, execution, performance monitoring, renewal, variation, issue resolution and close-out. The role ensures that ICT services, software, hardware, cloud, cybersecurity and managedservice contracts are commercially sound, legally and regulatory compliant, risk-managed, auditable and aligned to DBSA governance, SCM requirements, service delivery objectives and value-for-money principles. The incumbent acts as the central contract and vendor-performance specialist for ICT, working with ICT, SCM, Legal, Risk, Finance, business stakeholders and service providers to ensure contractual obligations, SLAs, KPIs, data protection, security, licensing, service credits, penalties, exit provisions and renewal decisions are actively managed.