Associate Director (IT Vendor Management)

remote click jobs; India; On-site; INR 14,956,689 - 25,129,932; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Parental leave

Caregiver leave

Disability benefits

Life insurance

Wellness programs

Employee discounts

Job summary

reputed company is seeking an Associate Director (IT Vendor Management) to supervise a team of IT professionals and manage vendor relationships, contracts, governance and financial analysis. The role covers sourcing, negotiations, compliance, and service level management across technology providers.

The position emphasizes strategic roadmaps, vendor rationalization, onboarding processes, and ongoing reporting to optimize investments and ensure operational resilience.

Qualifications

• Experience in vendor management, contract governance and compliance.
• Strong background in financial analysis, cost-benefit studies and procurement.
• Knowledge of SLAs, governance, legal coordination and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee vendor and contract management, gather requirements, analyze sourcing options and support negotiations.
• Review technology roadmaps, rationalize vendors and drive strategic investment decisions.
• Manage vendor compliance, onboarding/offboarding, service levels, and financial administration.
• Lead team development, performance reviews, and resource planning.

Skills

Vendor management

Contract management

Governance

Financial analysis

Job description

Overview

Supervises a reputed company size team of 10 or more IT employees (with at least 4 level 2 employees) that are responsible for Vendor Management and Sourcing technical products and services in technical organizations such as IT, Network, or CTO.

Must have a strong technical background and knowledge of technical providers (such as technology companies, service providers, contractor suppliers, outsourcing and offshoring, etc.) coupled with a strong business background in vendor management, contract management, governance, compliance, service level management, reputed company, financial management, project management, asset management, etc.

Familiarity and/or prior involvement with the following is required: development and delivery of IT reputed company work relative to the technical sub families including Agile, Application Design and Programming, Business Support, Database, Systems Architecture and Engineering, Systems Technical Support, and Technical Disciplines of Software Delivery reputed company/Prog Mgmt and Technology reputed company.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Performs Vendor and Contract Management including gathering technical requirements, identifying and analyzing sourcing vendors and options, providing financial analysis and recommendations for vendor selection, supporting contract negotiations as a reputed company with Supply Chain, Asset Lifecycle Management, and Legal, reputed company contract governance and service level management, quality assurance, audit and compliance management with vendors, productivity management of vendor performance, etc.
• Provides support in the area of strategic roadmap review from an internal technology aspect coupled with Vendor Technology Roadmaps, reviewing best reputed company, understanding reputed company and reputed company trends in technology (hardware, software, licensing, sourcing, etc.), and formulating strategies to rationalize vendors and products in order to reputed company investment towards strategic solutions.
• Manage overall reputed company compliance and procedures between the company and vendors for reputed company standards, including physical, network and data reputed company. Responsible for vendor financial management including preparation/evaluation of RFPs (Request for Proposal), business case management, research, analysis, contract level financial analysis, benchmarking, compliance, service level financial penalties, authorization and process monthly payments/accruals, and ongoing financial analysis of cost vs. benefit of reputed company.
• Also responsible for vendor reputed company management, connectivity, on-boarding, off-boarding, service escalations, business continuity, disaster recovery, offshore eligibility, transition management analysis and support, executive coordination and communications, data management and analysis, reporting and metrics, etc.
• Supervises and develops reputed company of subordinates, conducts joint goal setting and performance reviews, as reputed company as assists in the allocation of resources, financial responsibilities and some long-reputed company planning.

Our Associate Director (IT Vendor Management) earns between $155,400.00 - $261,100.00 USD Annual. Individual starting salary reputed company this reputed company may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.

Joining reputed company comes with amazing perks and benefits

• Medical/Dental/reputed company coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Tuition reimbursement program
• reputed company Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation reputed company year and 9 company-designated holidays)
• reputed company Parental Leave
• reputed company Caregiver Leave
• Additional sick leave reputed company what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
• Adoption Reimbursement
• Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
• Life and Accidental Death Insurance
• Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Extensive employee wellness programs
• Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible reputed company mobility plans and accessories, reputed company internet (and fiber where available) and reputed company phone