Senior IT Vendor Manager - Supplier Management Office

The Senior IT Vendor Manager - Supplier Management Office is responsible for leading strategic vendor relationships and managing complex IT contracts across the organization.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for strategic IT vendors, fostering long-term partnerships
• Lead regular business reviews to assess vendor performance, resolve issues, and identify improvement opportunities
• Lead financial forecasting, budgeting, and cost optimization initiatives related to vendor engagements
• Analyze spend data to identify savings opportunities, rationalize vendor portfolios, and improve ROI
• Support invoice validation, dispute resolution, and vendor payment processes in collaboration with finance and procurement
• Support contract negotiations, ensuring alignment with IT strategy and licensing best practices

• 10-15 years of experience including 7+ years in Vendor Management
• Proven track record managing large-scale IT vendor portfolios and complex contract negotiations
• Strong understanding of IT services, software licensing, cloud agreements, and outsourcing models
• Exposure to legal processes/principles, pricing constructs and commercial best practices - confidentiality, data security and privacy

• Free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit
• 401k matching
• Health insurance
• Flight privileges

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