IT Vendor Management Lead (SaaS Platforms)

Location: Remote within the United States; Louisville, KY travel may be required periodically. Typical schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00am–5:00pm Eastern Time.

Salary: $115,200–$158,400 per year, plus eligibility for a bonus incentive plan.

Company

hirify.global is a U.S. healthcare and health insurance company serving Medicare, Medicaid, military, individual, and community healthcare needs.

What you will do

• Own strategic relationships with high-impact SaaS suppliers and align them with enterprise technology, financial, operational, and risk objectives.
• Lead supplier governance through quarterly and executive business reviews, steering committees, and strategic roadmaps.
• Manage contract strategy, renewals, enterprise licensing, consumption models, pricing optimization, and service-level agreements.
• Partner with IT, Security, Finance, Legal, Architecture, product owners, engineering teams, and business leaders on SaaS adoption and roadmaps.
• Lead escalations, risk mitigation, remediation plans, supplier performance correction, and lifecycle management.
• Optimize supplier costs, forecast spending, evaluate ROI, monitor market trends, and improve vendor management frameworks and dashboards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business, administration, engineering, or a related field.
• Seven or more years of experience in IT vendor management, strategic sourcing, technology procurement, or related IT leadership.
• Experience managing large enterprise SaaS ecosystems and negotiating SaaS agreements with multi-cloud integration considerations.
• Strong understanding of SaaS licensing, consumption-based pricing, renewals, platform expansion, contract optimization, and supplier governance.
• Executive presence with the ability to influence and present to VP/SVP stakeholders.
• Strong financial analysis, negotiation, conflict resolution, and cross-functional relationship-building skills.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or vendor management certification such as CVM.
• Experience in large, matrixed or regulated healthcare environments, including HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, or SOX.
• Experience managing complex technology suppliers with multi-million-dollar budgets.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work with limited periodic travel to supplier locations, conferences, and Louisville meetings or training.
• Dedicated, interruption-free workspace and reliable home internet are required to protect member PHI and HIPAA information.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k), paid time off, holidays, parental and caregiver leave, disability coverage, and life insurance.
• 40-hour work week with Monday–Friday scheduling.