About SOVRA SOVRA is a leading public procurement platform serving over 7,000 government agencies and connecting them with more than 1 million suppliers across North America. It offers comprehensive, end-to-end solutions tailored for the public sector.

SOVRA's solutions are purpose-built to address the unique challenges of public procurement, ensuring compliance, enhancing efficiency, and promoting transparency. Our commitment to innovation has been recognized with the Achievement of Excellence in Procurement (AEP) Certification from the National Procurement Institute, affirming our platform's adherence to the highest standards in efficiency and vendor accessibility.

By leveraging SOVRA's advanced tools and expansive supplier network, public agencies can optimize every tax dollar spent, drive better procurement outcomes, and deliver exceptional services to their communities.

You can find more info at SOVRA.com. About The Job What will your primary responsibilities look like?

• Working closely with the client’s key stakeholders and subject matter experts to understand, analyze and assess their requirements and inputs, facilitate discussions and suggest the best practice solution framework to address their needs;
• Preparing estimates and critical paths to meet objectives and deadlines, budget and quality deliverables;
• Documenting client requirements for client sign off;
• Identifying and managing all project dependencies, risk mitigation and contingency planning;
• Liaising with development, quality assurance (QA) and support to ensure clarity on client requirements and timeliness of delivery;
• Communicating with clients throughout the project lifecycle to properly manage the client relationship and deliverable expectations;
• Reviewing the client solution for completeness, usability and conformance to requirements prior to User Acceptance Testing (UAT);
• Training clients.

What elements of your professional background will be necessary and valuable in this role?

• University degree in software development or project management;
• Minimum 3 years as Business Analysis in a software environment;
• Procurement and Contracts experience;
• Experience within software as a service (SaaS) company;
• Client Onboarding experience;
• Familiarity with software applications and work experience within a software development environment.
• Required: Authorized to work in Canada or the US – unfortunately we are not able to sponsor work visas or transfers at this time.
• Required: Must be physically located in one of the following Canada’s provinces or USA states: Quebec, Ontario, AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, KS, MD, MA, MI, MT, NV, NJ, NY, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT.

What are the assets that would make you stand out?

• Strong listening, facilitation and presentation skills;
• Excellent customer service and communications skills;
• Strong analytical capability;
• Research and documentation experience;
• Confidence and ability to work independently and under tight deadlines;
• Extensive experience with the Microsoft Office suite; particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Thank you for your interest in SOVRA. However, only selected candidates will be contacted.

At SOVRA, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. We provide a work environment free from discrimination and harassment. In addition, we are committed to ensuring pay equity across our organization and regularly review our compensation practices

mdf commerce, through its wholly owned subsidiary International Data Base Corp., doing business as BidNet, participates in E-Verify. If selected for employment, you will be required to provide your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States.

mdf commerce, a través de su subsidiaria de propiedad total International Data Base Corp., que opera bajo el nombre comercial BidNet), participa en E-Verify. Si es seleccionado para empleo, se le solicitará proporcionar la información de su Formulario I-9 para confirmar que usted está autorizado para trabajar en los Estados Unidos.