Job Description
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients worldwide.
Job Title: Senior Technology Vendor Manager
Location: Chicago, Los Angeles, CA, Nashville, TN, NYC, San Francisco, CA
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients worldwide.
Job Title: Senior Technology Vendor Manager
Location: Chicago, Los Angeles, CA, Nashville, TN, NYC, San Francisco, CA
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite
Overview
We are seeking an experienced Senior Technology Vendor Manager to lead operational and strategic aspects of client's vendor ecosystem. This role is critical to managing the end-to-end lifecycle of key technology vendors-balancing cost optimization, contract governance, risk mitigation, and relationship management.
You will drive negotiations for fair savings & contract terms, performance, accountability, and value across a portfolio of complex vendors supporting infrastructure, software, cloud services, emerging tech, broadcast and ad sales platforms. You will collaborate with senior stakeholders in Technology, Finance, Legal, Risk, and Procurement to deliver best-in-class vendor partnerships aligned with corporate goals.
Key Responsibilities
Vendor Strategy & Governance (5%)
Own and enhance the vendor governance framework across the tech organization.
Lead Business Reviews (QBRs) with strategic vendors to drive value, performance, and innovation.
Establish and track KPIs, SLAs, and performance metrics for ongoing vendor evaluation.
Contract Management & Negotiation (80%)
Manage end-to-end contract lifecycle: drafting, reviewing, redlining, execution, and renewal.
Drive contract negotiations, ensuring terms are commercially favorable and risk appropriate.
Collaborate with Legal and Sourcing to align contracts with internal standards and regulatory requirements.
Stakeholder & Vendor Engagement (10%)
Act as the primary point of contact between the business and assigned vendors.
Work cross-functionally with Technology, Security, Finance, and Procurement to align vendor performance with internal goals.
Serve as a point of escalation for vendor-related issues and drive resolution with urgency and diplomacy.
Risk, Compliance & Optimization (5%)
Lead vendor risk assessments in partnership with Security and Risk Management.
Ensure compliance with internal policies and relevant external regulations (e.g., SOX, GDPR).
Identify opportunities for cost savings, consolidation, or service optimization through strategic sourcing initiatives.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in business, Supply Chain, Technology, or related field.
7+ years of experience in vendor management, IT procurement, or contract negotiation.
Strong understanding of technology domains (cloud, SaaS, telecom, infrastructure, etc.).
Proven experience managing multi-million-dollar vendor relationships.
Track record of leading contract negotiations, governance strategies and cross-functional business reviews.
Ability to handle a large volume of simultaneous deals in various stages (30 to 40).
Preferred Skills
Experience with enterprise tools like Salesforce, Asana, Oracle, SAP, or similar platforms.
Familiarity with vendor risk management frameworks and financial due diligence.
Strong analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
High emotional intelligence and the ability to manage senior-level stakeholder relationships and vendor partnerships.
Experience working in media or entertainment industry is a plus.
Success Metrics
Delivery of cost savings and contract efficiency improvements.
Strong internal stakeholder satisfaction.
Improved vendor performance and innovation delivery.
Timely and compliant contract lifecycle execution.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Technology Vendor Manager to lead operational and strategic aspects of client's vendor ecosystem. This role is critical to managing the end-to-end lifecycle of key technology vendors-balancing cost optimization, contract governance, risk mitigation, and relationship management.
You will drive negotiations for fair savings & contract terms, performance, accountability, and value across a portfolio of complex vendors supporting infrastructure, software, cloud services, emerging tech, broadcast and ad sales platforms. You will collaborate with senior stakeholders in Technology, Finance, Legal, Risk, and Procurement to deliver best-in-class vendor partnerships aligned with corporate goals.
Key Responsibilities
Vendor Strategy & Governance (5%)
Own and enhance the vendor governance framework across the tech organization.
Lead Business Reviews (QBRs) with strategic vendors to drive value, performance, and innovation.
Establish and track KPIs, SLAs, and performance metrics for ongoing vendor evaluation.
Contract Management & Negotiation (80%)
Manage end-to-end contract lifecycle: drafting, reviewing, redlining, execution, and renewal.
Drive contract negotiations, ensuring terms are commercially favorable and risk appropriate.
Collaborate with Legal and Sourcing to align contracts with internal standards and regulatory requirements.
Stakeholder & Vendor Engagement (10%)
Act as the primary point of contact between the business and assigned vendors.
Work cross-functionally with Technology, Security, Finance, and Procurement to align vendor performance with internal goals.
Serve as a point of escalation for vendor-related issues and drive resolution with urgency and diplomacy.
Risk, Compliance & Optimization (5%)
Lead vendor risk assessments in partnership with Security and Risk Management.
Ensure compliance with internal policies and relevant external regulations (e.g., SOX, GDPR).
Identify opportunities for cost savings, consolidation, or service optimization through strategic sourcing initiatives.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in business, Supply Chain, Technology, or related field.
7+ years of experience in vendor management, IT procurement, or contract negotiation.
Strong understanding of technology domains (cloud, SaaS, telecom, infrastructure, etc.).
Proven experience managing multi-million-dollar vendor relationships.
Track record of leading contract negotiations, governance strategies and cross-functional business reviews.
Ability to handle a large volume of simultaneous deals in various stages (30 to 40).
Preferred Skills
Experience with enterprise tools like Salesforce, Asana, Oracle, SAP, or similar platforms.
Familiarity with vendor risk management frameworks and financial due diligence.
Strong analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
High emotional intelligence and the ability to manage senior-level stakeholder relationships and vendor partnerships.
Experience working in media or entertainment industry is a plus.
Success Metrics
Delivery of cost savings and contract efficiency improvements.
Strong internal stakeholder satisfaction.
Improved vendor performance and innovation delivery.
Timely and compliant contract lifecycle execution.
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Miami, FL |
| Industry | Computer/IT Services |
| Salary | $80 |
| Company Size | 100 to 499 employees |
| Year Founded | 2009 |
| Website | http://www.tekwissen.com/ |
About Company
WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE
TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.
To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.
Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.
It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.
Capabilities and accomplishments in one TekWissen business enhance the opportunity for success in the others. Put simply, TekWissen's unique combination of attributes promotes success.Skills
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