Senior Technology Vendor Manager
Core
Manage the full lifecycle of technology vendor relationships, including planning, selection, contracting, monitoring, and termination, while mitigating risks and ensuring operational excellence.
Role type
Senior Technology Vendor Manager (Individual Contributor)
Builds
Vendor performance dashboards, scorecards, KPIs, and documented exit strategies for high-risk vendors.
Domain
Financial Services / Technology Procurement & Vendor Management
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
Commercial contract negotiation, strategic sourcing, vendor performance management, risk identification and mitigation, cross-functional strategic initiative execution, market competitiveness analysis, change management, ambiguity management.
Preferred skills
Advanced degree, experience with significant change projects, global sourcing intelligence, creative problem solving.
Technologies
Vendor dashboards, KPI frameworks, contract management systems.
Responsibilities
Provide relationship management and negotiation for a portfolio of medium-spend technology contracts; Define contractual Service Level Agreements to measure Vendor Performance; Identify and track vendor risks to ensure mitigation or acceptance; Develop and maintain vendor performance management materials such as metrics and scorecards; Perform periodic reviews of vendor satisfaction with Technology end-users; Develop and Document Exit Strategies for high-risk vendors.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
