• Vendor Management Experience Consultant

    COOLSOFT (Columbus, OH)


    Vendor Management Experience Consultant

     

    (Jobs in Colombus, OH)

     

    Requirement id 156554

     

    Job title Consultant

     

    Job location in Colombus, OH

     

    Skills required Health Care Systems, Business Requirements, IT Project Experience, Vendor Management Experience

     

    Open Date 07-Jan-2026

     

    Close Date

     

    Job type Contract

     

    Duration 4 Months

     

    Compensation DOE

     

    Status requirement ---

     

    Job interview type ---

     

    Email Recruiter:coolsoft

     

    Job Description Consultant: Health Care Systems, Business Requirements, IT Project Experience, Vendor Management Experience

     

    Start date :2/20/2026

     

    End Date :06/30/2026

     

    Submission deadline :01/12/2026

     

    Client Info : DOH

    Note:

    * Interview: Teams Hybrid

    Description:

    This position will support the Bureau of Infectious Diseases and Office of Management Information Services at the Ohio Department of Health (ODH).

    The ideal candidate will have the skill specified below:

    • Excellent communication and leadership skills both written and oral.

    • Strong influence, collaboration and negotiation experience.

    • Ability to collaborate with supporting resources across business and/or functional lines.

    • Have excellent organizational skills, proven analytical, planning, problem solving, and decision-making skills.

    • Must meet productivity standards, complete work in timely manner and strive to increase productivity.

    • Experience defining and developing quality standards.

    • Conduct reviews according to schedule.

    • Communicate and work with customers and other personnel as necessary.

    • Report progress on action items / defect resolution and possible risk areas and ensure action items are addressed and closed in a timely manner based on agreed dates and activities.

    • Ensure that defined processes are followed.

    • Organize and prepare work effectively to facilitate proactive resolution of problems, rather than reactive.

    • Mentor and share knowledge with State staff.

    • Experience in developing Requests for Proposals for IT system contracts with the State of Ohio.

    • Must have experience with RFP oversight at OPDH

    • Must have experience with creating RFPs for ODH along with each of the required sections in the RFP

    • Must have knowledge of ODH departments and how to collect RFP requirements from the affected users

    Day-to-Day responsibilities include but not limited to:

    • Assist ODH Immunization Program and ODH IT in the process of drafting an RFP per State of Ohio guidelines for a vendor for the states Immunization Information System.

    • Provide feedback to project teams regarding process/procedure improvement opportunities and other potential areas for improvement discovered during project activities.

    • Advise teams as they gather and document requirements.

    • Technical leadership in identifying and documenting items needed by the project, including system architecture and platform migration.

    • Advise about implications of requirements as related to vendor management after contract award.

    • Contribute to the establishment of and meet quality goals and objectives for the project.

    • Contribute to all aspects of quality assurance for the project including establishing relevant metrics, applying industry best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.

    • Review projects required work products to ensure compliance with approved tailored procedures and standards.

    • Perform detailed reviews of interim and final tasks as appropriate.

    • Advise about components of evaluation process and required documents such as Service Level Agreements and Data Recovery Plans.

    • Use technical understanding to assist ODH in seeing opportunities for growth and resource management in contract span Experience

    6 years IT project consulting experience in Public Health Management Information Systems.

    Mandatory Requirements/Skills:

    6 years required experience developing Business Requirements for IT systems

    6 years IT project leadership

    6 years vendor management

    Desired Requirements/Skills:

    Education

    4-year college degree or equivalent technical study.

     

    Call502-379-4456 Ext 100for more details. Please provide Requirement id: 156554 while calling.

     

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