Description The Principal Engineering Program Manager will utilize their expertise to oversee contract and license management, ensuring compliance with technical requirements and specifications. They will assess potential financial impacts and provide insights on cost management strategies. Additionally, the role will involve mitigating vendor risks by working with technology teams to ensure technical capabilities, conducting vendor audits, and implementing necessary corrective actions. This role will provide use cases and requirements to reporting teams to ensure data is accurately represented and consumable. Collaborating with Data Engineering and Software Engineering counterparts, the Principal Engineering Program Manager will define and drive the development of enterprise services that align with the organization's engineering goals. To effectively meet financial goals, the Principal Engineering Program Manager will collaborate with the Finance department to scrutinize multiple funding models offered by vendors. They will create bridging models that display expenditure for specific timeframes, factoring in license models, anticipated changes, upcoming needs, and other pertinent engineering considerations. Providence caregivers are not simply valued - they're invaluable. Join our team and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them. Required qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering. Or equivalent educ/experience. 8 years of related experience; 8-12 years preferred. Preferred qualifications: 5 years of vendor contracting experience Experience in Software Asset Management Master's Degree Experience in a Healthcare environment Why Join Providence? Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally, and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities. Accepting a new position at another facility that is part of the Providence family of organizations may change your current benefits. Changes in benefits, including paid time-off, happen for various reasons. These reasons can include changes of Legal Employer, FTE, Union, location, time-off plan policies, availability of health and welfare benefit plan offerings, and other various reasons. About Providence At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of "Know me, care for me, ease my way." Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we'll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable. The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities. Check out our benefits page for more information about our Benefits and Rewards. About the Team Providence Shared Services is a service line within Providence that provides a variety of functional and system support services for our family