Portfolio Contract Manager

Overview

IU Health | Portfolio Contract Manager
Location: Indianapolis, IN

Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Build Your Career with IU Health!

Are you a visionary with a passion for transforming healthcare? Do you thrive on tackling complex challenges and driving impactful change? If so, IU Health invites you to bring your expertise to our dynamic team!

About the Role

The Portfolio Contract Manager oversees the management and strategic development of assigned contract categories, leading initiatives such as sourcing, negotiations, and supplier management to secure favorable terms. They collaborate with stakeholders across clinical and operational groups, provide data-driven insights, and support standardization and technology adoption within their categories. The role involves building and maintaining supplier relationships, analyzing performance, and ensuring contract compliance with organizational goals, including diversity and local spending targets. They work independently on complex projects, guide portfolio specialists, coordinate with group purchasing organizations, and ensure all contract terms are aligned with legal and operational requirements. Overall, they aim to optimize supply chain efficiency and clinical effectiveness through strategic contracting and supplier management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, preferably with a focus on healthcare management, business administration, supply chain management, or other analytical discipline.
• CMRP certification is preferred.
• 5-7 years of healthcare experience in focus area or related field is required, or equivalent combination of years, skills, and experience.
• Requires experience in project management, presentation development, analytics, customer service, contract management, navigating a complex organization, and obtaining buy-in for proposals. Contract negotiation, sourcing strategy development, contract portfolio ownership, and contract lifecycle management experience preferred.
• Strong verbal, written, leadership, business acumen, strategic thinking, relationship building, collaboration, negotiation, data analysis, and project management skills are required.
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint software applications; statistical software applications experience preferred.
• Must be proficient in the use of Supply Chain business systems and tools.
• May be required to travel to various locations as needed.

Why IU Health?
We invest in your growth through ongoing training, leadership development, and cross-functional opportunities. Our comprehensive benefits package includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with match, PTO, tuition reimbursement, wellness programs, and more—supporting your career and personal well-being.

Interested?
If you are committed to advancing healthcare quality and compliance across a large health system, apply today!

IU Health Benefits

IU Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Indiana University Health is Indiana’s most comprehensive health system, with 15 hospitals and nearly 40,000 team members serving Hoosiers across the state. Our partnership with the Indiana University School of Medicine gives our team members access to the very latest science and the very best training, advancing care for all. We’re looking for team members who share the things that matter most to us. People who are inspired by challenging and meaningful work for the good of every patient. People who are compassionate and serve with a purpose. People who aspire to excellence every day. People who are always ready to apply themselves.