AI Vendor & Ecosystem Scout | Flexible Work Options

Hitachi, Ltd.; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and incentives

Well-being and care

Paid and unpaid leave

Flexible work options

Benefits that support your financial安全

Job summary

Hitachi Energy seeks a Vendor & Ecosystem Specialist to discover and assess external vendors, technology partners, and startups. You will manage relationships across AI and emerging technologies, converting offerings into inputs for assessments, packages, and architecture reviews.

You will build reusable vendor intelligence, coordinate with the Hitachi Group for opportunities, and support enterprise-ready solutions through collaboration with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Three+ years in vendor/partner management, scouting, market intelligence or ecosystem management in tech/enterprise contexts.
• Experience with AI/data and emerging digital tech vendor landscape; familiarity with RFIs.

Responsibilities

• Scout and evaluate vendors, technology partners, and startups; maintain structured vendor intelligence repositories and landscape maps.
• Act as the central Innovation-as-a-Service contact to obtain and clarify information for assessments.
• Coordinate with Hitachi Group entities to identify vendor opportunities and facilitate introductions.
• Scout and assess startups for fit with Hitachi Energy’s priorities and pipeline; prepare briefing materials.
• Produce structured comparisons of offerings, capabilities, fit, constraints and commercial information.
• Create and maintain vendor/startup repositories and landscapes; generate capability summaries and ecosystem maps.

Skills

Vendor management

Technology partner management

Vendor scouting

Startup scouting

Market intelligence

Ecosystem management

AI landscape knowledge

RFI processes

Vendor assessments

Capability comparisons

Ecosystem maps

Communication

Relationship management

Stakeholder management

Presentation skills

Report preparation

Strategic thinking

Conceptual thinking

Portfolio management

Demand management

Requirements management

Job description

Hitachi Energy seeks a Vendor & Ecosystem Specialist to discover and assess external vendors, technology partners, and startups. You will manage relationships across AI and emerging technologies, converting offerings into inputs for assessments, packages, and architecture reviews.

You will build reusable vendor intelligence, coordinate with the Hitachi Group for opportunities, and support enterprise-ready solutions through collaboration with stakeholders.