Senior IT Vendor Manager

Location: On-site at hirify.global Center in Maplewood, Minnesota, United States. Travel may include up to 5%. Relocation is not authorized. Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employment visa sponsorship.

Expected compensation: $188,251–$230,084, including base pay and variable incentive pay if eligible.

Company

hirify.global is a global corporation developing products and technologies across multiple industries.

What you will do

• Develop and execute vendor strategies aligned with enterprise technology roadmaps, sourcing objectives, architecture standards, and business priorities.
• Own strategic IT supplier relationships, executive governance meetings, quarterly business reviews, scorecards, performance improvement plans, and escalations.
• Lead IT participation in agreements, renewals, amendments, statements of work, cloud commitments, SaaS subscriptions, enterprise licenses, managed services, and professional services engagements.
• Partner with Procurement on sourcing, RFQs, RFPs, competitive events, negotiations, and supplier selection.
• Govern software, SaaS, cloud, infrastructure, hardware, asset lifecycle, licensing, consumption, renewals, cost optimization, compliance, and continuity planning.
• Provide executive reporting, cross-functional leadership, coaching, process improvement, and supplier-risk mitigation across IT, Finance, Legal, Security, Architecture, Operations, and business functions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in information technology, business, supply chain, finance, engineering, or a technology discipline, completed and verified before starting.
• At least 10 years of experience in IT vendor management, technology sourcing, IT asset management, technology procurement, contract management, or supplier governance in a private, public, government, or military environment.
• At least 7 years of experience managing enterprise technology suppliers and complex commercial relationships in a private, public, government, or military environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with complex software, SaaS, cloud, hardware, managed services, or professional services agreements.
• Experience managing multimillion-dollar technology portfolios, renewals, negotiations, supplier performance, and executive escalations.
• Master’s degree or MBA.
• Experience with enterprise software licensing, publisher audits, SaaS optimization, cloud consumption agreements, infrastructure suppliers, and managed services.
• Knowledge of Technology Business Management, FinOps, IT Asset Management, ITIL, strategic sourcing, and supplier-risk practices.
• Experience using GEP, SAP, Flexera One, ServiceNow, Apptio, Power BI, or comparable enterprise tools.
• Professional certifications such as TBM, FinOps, IAITAM, ITIL, CPSM, CSCP, or relevant cloud certifications.
• Experience working in a global, highly matrixed technology organization.

Culture & Benefits

• On-site work at the hirify.global Center in Maplewood.
• Full-time employment with compensation including base pay and possible variable incentive pay.
• Benefits may include medical, dental and vision coverage, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, disability benefits, life insurance, paid absences, and retirement benefits.
• Work in a global environment with cross-functional collaboration and opportunities to transition from private, public, government, or military experience.
• Employees are expected to follow corporate policies, security standards, safety policies, and Environmental Health and Safety practices.