Technology Partner Manager

Evolve Recruitment Group; Auckland; On-site; NZD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Evolve Recruitment Group in Auckland is establishing a brand-new role within the Technology Strategy & Transformation team to manage strategic technology partners. The role balances commercial oversight with technical partnering, ensuring relationships are well governed, performance is optimised, and commercial outcomes are achieved.

You will operate across technology, procurement, governance and delivery to influence how vendors are selected, managed and engaged, shaping how technology

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing strategic vendor or partner relationships in technology environments.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience participating in supplier selection, RFP processes or commercial evaluations.
• Background in technology partner management, vendor management or IT management with vendor responsibility.
• Relationship-driven, commercially minded and able to operate with ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with strategic technology partners as the main point of contact with external suppliers.
• Lead governance and performance conversations to keep vendors aligned with business objectives.
• Support commercial planning and supplier decision-making, including vendor evaluations and RFPs.
• Establish and maintain supplier governance frameworks and monitor performance.
• Identify and mitigate risk, driving accountability across partner relationships.
• Collaborate with Technology, Procurement, Finance and other stakeholders to align business needs with supplier capabilities.

Skills

Vendor management

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder mgmt

Governance

Technology partner mgmt

Job description

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Evolve Recruitment Group – Auckland, North Island

About the Company

This organisation is on a significant transformation journey, reshaping its technology landscape to better support its customers.

With a people‑first culture, coaching‑focused leadership, and a strong commitment to innovation and simplicity, the business is building a more sustainable, scalable, and digitally‑empowered future. The technology function plays a central role in guiding this shift, ensuring platforms, practices, and ways of working are ready for what's ahead.

Why this role matters

This is a brand-new position created to bring consistency and strategic intent to how the business manages its technology partners.

Sitting within the Technology Strategy & Transformation team, you'll operate at the intersection of technology, commercial management, governance, procurement and delivery - influencing how the organisation partners with vendors and ensuring relationships are well managed, performance is optimised, and commercial outcomes are achieved.

This isn't a traditional procurement role, nor a purely technical one; it's for someone who can comfortably operate across both worlds.

This role is similar to a service delivery manager.

Why you'll love working here

You'll have genuine ownership to shape a capability from scratch, with enterprise‑wide visibility and exposure to senior leaders and strategic initiatives. It's a rare blend of strategy, commercial, technology and relationship management, offering high autonomy and the chance to define how technology partnerships work for years to come.

What you'll do

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with strategic technology partners, acting as the key point of coordination with external suppliers
• Drive regular governance and performance conversations, ensuring vendors stay aligned to business objectives
• Support commercial planning and supplier decision‑making, contributing to vendor evaluations, partner selection and RFP processes
• Establish and maintain supplier governance frameworks, monitoring and reporting on performance
• Support risk identification and mitigation, driving accountability across partner relationships
• Collaborate closely with Technology, Procurement, Finance and other stakeholders to influence decision‑making and facilitate alignment between business needs and supplier capabilities

What you bring

• Significant experience managing strategic vendor or partner relationships, with exposure to technology environments and service providers
• Strong commercial awareness and business acumen, with experience influencing senior stakeholders
• Experience participating in supplier selection, commercial evaluations or RFP processes
• A background in technology partner management, vendor management, strategic account management, service delivery management, technology consulting, technical sales leadership, customer success leadership, or IT management with significant vendor responsibility
• A relationship‑driven, commercially minded, strategic thinker who's comfortable operating with ambiguity and influential without relying on authority