AI Supplier Ecosystem Relations Manager

Location: Hybrid in the hirify.global Novi, Michigan, USA office at least 3 days per week; willingness to travel 20% required.

Salary: $125,250–$183,700 per year, with potential additional compensation depending on the position.

Company

hirify.global develops integrated automotive, lifestyle, and digital transformation technologies across brands including JBL, hirify.global Kardon, AKG, Mark Levinson, and Revel.

What you will do

• Monitor the AI, technology, and platform supplier landscape and identify emerging vendors, capabilities, and market trends.
• Evaluate vendors and solutions for technical fit, platform compatibility, scalability, risk, and business value.
• Define commercial guardrails, evaluation criteria, and supplier ecosystem standards.
• Partner with procurement and legal on supplier selection, due diligence, contract reviews, and negotiations.
• Collaborate with architecture, security, governance, product, platform, and business stakeholders to align solutions with enterprise standards and technology roadmaps.
• Lead solution scouting, comparative analysis, executive briefings, supplier performance monitoring, and ecosystem decision forums.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, procurement, information systems, engineering, technology management, or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience in vendor management, procurement, technology partnerships, ecosystem management, or related disciplines.
• Strong knowledge of supplier evaluation, sourcing processes, commercial models, contract considerations, and vendor governance.
• Experience assessing enterprise technology, cloud, AI, platform, or software solutions from both business and technical perspectives.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, market research, and data-driven recommendation skills.
• Willingness to work hybrid from the Novi, Michigan office at least 3 days per week and travel 20% of the time.

Nice to have

• Experience with AI, cloud, digital transformation, or enterprise platform ecosystems.
• Familiarity with technology procurement, software licensing, SaaS commercial models, and strategic sourcing.
• Experience with global technology vendors, consulting partners, and enterprise software providers.
• Certifications in procurement, vendor management, strategic sourcing, or technology management.

Culture & Benefits

• Employee discounts on hirify.global products.
• Training through hirify.global University, tuition reimbursement, and professional development opportunities.
• Wellness benefits and a recognition and rewards program.
• Paid vacation, holidays, sick leave, volunteer leave, and paid bonding and caregiver leave.
• Medical, dental, vision, fertility, adoption, retirement, disability, life insurance, HSA, and FSA benefits may be available.