Director, Vendor Management

vmysmartpros; India; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Health plan options

401k with company match

Dental, vision, disability, life & AD&

Paid parental/maternity leave & sabbat

Education reimbursement

Fertility coverage

Wellness program

Flexible work schedule

Access to fitness centers

Job summary

vmysmartpros seeks a seasoned Vendor Management Leader to own the end-to-end lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding. You will govern contracts, manage renewal pipelines, and steward templates while driving ESG reporting in alignment with corporate commitments.

You will partner with Legal, InfoSec, Compliance, Finance, IT, and Sustainability to maintain an audit-ready governance posture and deliver quarterly executive reviews of the vendor portfolio.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in vendor management or procurement with leadership experience.
• Strong ability to translate operations into executive framing.
• Proven success running a vendor management function with audit-ready reporting.
• Familiar with enterprise sourcing platforms and contract repositories.
• Analytical fluency with spend data, vendor risk, and ESG metrics.
• Proven partnership across Legal, InfoSec, Compliance, Finance, and IT.
• Bachelors degree in Business/Finance/Supply Chain; advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own vendor lifecycle end-to-end from onboarding to offboarding.
• Lead contract governance, renewal pipeline, and template stewardship.
• Drive ESG reporting and alignment with corporate commitments.
• Deliver quarterly executive Vendor reviews and spend coverage.
• Coordinate across Legal, InfoSec, Compliance, Finance, IT, and Sustainability.
• Ensure audit-ready posture and governance across the vendor portfolio.

Skills

Vendor management

Leadership

Executive communication

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

ESG metrics

Governance

Education

Bachelor's in Business/Finance/Supply Chain

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Workday Strategic Sourcing

DocuSign

Job description

Job Description

Own vendor lifecycle management end-to-end standardized onboarding (KYC, financial health, security review, code of conduct attestation), through performance management, through offboarding. Lead contract governance for the firm repository ownership and folder hygiene, template stewardship, renewal pipeline, expiration alerts, and executive approval workflows. Administer the vendor Code of Conduct annual distribution, attestation tracking, exception handling, breach escalation, and recertification cadence. Lead vendor ESG reporting and accountability in alignment with corporate ESG commitments and external disclosure requirements (Scope 3 emissions, modern slavery and labor practices, supplier diversity, controversies monitoring); manage the portfolio against published ESG targets in partnership with Corporate Sustainability. Maintain the vendor segmentation framework Strategic, Emerging, Legacy, Tactical and ensure differentiated treatment by tier holds across the organization. Drive tier-appropriate vendor risk reviews security, financial, regulatory, geographic in partnership with InfoSec, Legal, and Compliance. Deliver quarterly Strategic Vendor reviews for executive leadership; lead renewal-pipeline forecasting and spend coverage reporting. Partner across Legal, InfoSec, Compliance, Finance, IT, Sales, Corporate Sustainability, AI Transformation, and business unit leaders as the firms central authority for vendor strategy and execution; recruit, develop, and retain the VMO team. Lead software compliance verification across internal and client environments, including monthly reporting and audit-readiness reviews that reconcile client contracts, vendor agreements, and system data; partner with the AI Transformation function within the Office of the CFO to automate this three-way validation process.

Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive experience in vendor management, procurement, strategic sourcing, or a closely related discipline, with at least 3 years in a people-leadership role.
• Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to translate operational detail into executive framing and influence across functions without direct authority.
• Demonstrated success running a vendor management function in steady state clean governance, audit-ready posture, predictable executive-grade reporting.
• Familiarity with enterprise sourcing platforms (Workday Strategic Sourcing or comparable) and contract repositories (DocuSign or comparable).
• Strong analytical fluency comfortable working with spend data, contract metadata, vendor risk indicators, and ESG metrics.
• Track record of partnership with Legal, InfoSec, Compliance, Finance, and IT on vendor matters.
• Bachelors degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.

Benefits

• Unlimited Paid Days Off
• Three health plan options through Blue Cross Blue Shield
• 401k with company match
• Eligibility for dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D coverage, and flexible spending accounts
• Paid Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave, and Sabbatical Leave
• Education Reimbursement, Student Loan Assistance or 529 College Funding
• Enhanced fertility coverage
• Wellness program
• Flexible work schedule
• Depending on location, ability to take advantage of fitness centers