Technical Software Vendor Manager

Arup; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering and design consultancy in Sheffield seeks a Technical Software Vendor Manager to bridge technical teams and software providers. In this pivotal role, you will manage relationships with key software vendors, facilitate stakeholder communications, and support vendor agreements. Ideal candidates should have hands-on AEC technical software experience and strong stakeholder management skills. This role provides an opportunity for professional growth in an innovative and collaborative environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Profit share

Health and wellbeing benefits

Learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with AEC technical software and understanding its role in project delivery.
• Ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships both internally and externally.
• Passionate about maximizing the potential of technical software.

Responsibilities

• Manage vendor meetings and stakeholder communication.
• Support the negotiation of vendor agreements.
• Engage with software user communities to identify learning needs.

Skills

AEC technical software experience

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Project management

Solutions-focused mindset

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Autodesk

Bentley

ESRI

Trimble

Job description

Joining Arup

Arup’s purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

Join our Strategic Vendor Partnerships team within the Digital Technology Group (DTG) as Technical Software Vendor Manager, and step into a career rich with variety, professional growth, and international influence. In this dynamic role, you’ll bridge the gap between our cutting‑edge technical teams and world‑leading software providers such as Autodesk, Bentley, ESRI, and Trimble. You’ll play a pivotal part in ensuring our global project delivery teams have access to the best technical software, enabling us to consistently deliver outstanding results for our clients—today and into the future.

You’ll be reporting to the Strategic Partnerships Manager, bringing your technology know‑how and AEC project delivery experience to support our business objectives. Your insights and communication will shape our relationships with key software vendors and ensure Arup remains the partner of choice for our clients.

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The Opportunity

As a Technical Software Vendor Manager at Arup, you will play a unique and pivotal role at the intersection of global project teams and leading software vendors, representing Arup’s interests in high‑impact meetings and partnership initiatives. This position offers you the chance to drive and manage communications with a worldwide community of technical software users, influence the negotiation and management of major commercial software agreements, and collaborate with a diverse, talented digital technology team. By learning from experts around the world, you’ll not only shape the future of our digital capabilities but also accelerate your own professional growth in an environment that values innovation, collaboration, and international reach.

Key Responsibilities include :

Internal Stakeholder Management

Contribute to and execute against the vendor stakeholder management plan.

Build and maintain a network of Arup technical software stakeholders (Users, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Skills Network (SN) Leads).

Attend, record and communicate outcomes from regular internal stakeholder meetings. Objective to understand business needs and represent vendor offerings both commercially and technically.

Manage everyday interfaces with the Arup procurement, cyber security, technical support and software deployment teams.

Support Arup initiatives related to 3rd party technical software as required.

Vendor Management

Contribute to and execute against vendor customer success plan.

Represent the interests of Arup’s technical software user community at weekly vendor meetings.

Collate and centrally share minutes of all meetings in line with predefined Ways Of Working.

Capture and manage delivery of actions arising from vendor meetings.

Day to day management of vendor related activities including;

• Project manage delivery of customer success activities.
• Coordinate software adoption and scaling plans.
• Coordinate Learning & Development interfaces.
• Monitor and report on usage of technical software.
• Capture and report on vendor KPI data.

Communications

Contribute to and execute against the Strategic Partnerships Comms Plan.

Manage vendor related communications to the global Arup technical software user community.

Coordinate Vendor Events.

Learning & Development

Engage with SME & SN communities to identify technical software learning requirements.

Coordinate with Vendors to define and agree proactive training program.

Measure & report on performance against plan.

Procurement

Support the negotiation and management of vendor commercial agreements as required.

A typical day as a Technical Software Vendor Manager at Arup is dynamic and collaborative, involving close engagement with both internal stakeholders and leading software vendors. You could start the day engaging with one of our subject matter experts to understand emerging business challenges / opportunities related to technical software. You may then raise these later in the day as part of a wider agenda when you meet with the account team from one of our Technical Software Vendor organisations. You may also then follow up with a comms release to a Global Skill Network to raise awareness and support best practice.

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.

You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

Did you know :

Our Digital Technology team are proud previous winners of the at the Chartered Institute of IT’s UK IT Industry Awards.

Is this role right for you?

• You’re passionate about enabling teams to maximize the potential of technical software and excited by shaping the future of digital delivery at a global scale.
• You communicate confidently across all levels and can manage complex stakeholder relationships, both internally and externally.
• You have hands‑on experience with AEC technical software and understand its role in successful project delivery.
• You thrive in an international, multi-disciplinary environment and bring a proactive, solutions-focused mindset to everything you do.
• You bring motivation and self‑direction to manage your workload in alignment with business priorities.

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What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.