Senior Technology Vendor Manager

Location: San Francisco, New York City, Cambridge, or fully remote within the U.S.

Annual salary: $160,000–$200,000 in San Francisco and New York City; $150,000–$190,000 in Boston, DC Metro, Los Angeles, and Seattle; $140,000–$180,000 in Denver, Atlanta, Austin, Las Vegas, Sacramento, and Chicago; $135,000–$170,000 in Texas and Florida.

Company

hirify.global builds a streaming television service using cloud delivery, modern technology stacks, machine learning, and native applications across multiple platforms.

What you will do

• Own vendor management for Engineering and Data, prioritizing cloud and infrastructure costs.
• Analyze AWS usage, billing, commitments, Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, CDN, and transcoding spend to identify savings and ROI improvements.
• Support Engineering and Data teams with vendor intake, evaluation, proof of concept, security reviews, and build-versus-buy decisions.
• Lead negotiations and manage NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, purchase orders, renewals, and terminations with Legal.
• Partner with Finance on budgets, cost models, committed-spend forecasts, vendor consolidation, and retirement decisions.
• Manage strategic vendor relationships, quarterly business reviews, SLA performance, and vendor meetings at CES and other industry events.

Requirements

• 8–10+ years of experience in vendor management, technology procurement, or a closely related role, with most experience focused on technology and cloud vendors.
• Hands-on experience managing AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure relationships, including usage and billing analysis and commitment or pricing recommendations.
• Strong knowledge of technology products and categories, with the ability to compare vendors and make recommendations.
• Track record of negotiating pricing, terms, and SLAs that delivered measurable savings or improved terms.
• Experience managing contracts through legal review, including NDAs, MSAs, and SOWs.
• Financial fluency, including vendor budget ownership or management, cost modeling, and realistic spending assessment.
• Strong research, analysis, organization, proactive planning, communication, and independent-working skills.
• Ability to collaborate with engineers, Finance, Legal, and non-technical teams in person and remotely.

Nice to have

• Streaming or media industry experience, or familiarity with transcoding, stream acquisition, and CDNs.
• Engineering or technical background relevant to reducing AWS and CDN costs.
• Familiarity with FinOps practices and cloud cost tools such as AWS Cost Explorer.
• Experience with billing, payments, BI, or analytics platforms.
• Experience establishing a vendor management or procurement function from scratch.

Culture & Benefits

• People-first, pragmatic, transparent, open, and inclusive culture.
• Remote work is available, with flexible working hours; employees may receive an additional bonus for working at least three days per week in an office.
• Health, dental, and vision coverage; 401(k) contributions; paid parental leave; and unlimited paid vacation and sick leave.
• Annual vacation, professional development, education, home office, and TV stipends.
• Gympass, commuter benefits, dog-friendly office, and accessibility support.

Hiring process

• Applications are managed with automated tools that assess role-relevant qualifications and flag potentially fraudulent, duplicate, or non-genuine submissions.
• Applicants may request human review of an automated decision or reasonable accommodation by contacting recruiting@hirify.global.com.