Strategic IT Supplier Manager

ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Education Assistance

Learning and Development

Job summary

ALSAC is seeking a Manager of IT Supplier Management to lead and mature the strategy for technology supplier relationships. You will drive governance, performance, and spend optimization across software, SaaS, cloud, infrastructure, and services, partnering with IT, Legal, Finance and Security to maximize business value.

The role emphasizes strategic leadership, negotiation, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure contracts align with risk and policy while delivering measurable outcomes for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 6 years of experience, including managerial roles.
• Experience developing IT supplier management policies, governance and processes.
• Experience overseeing software, SaaS, cloud, telecom, and managed services suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Strategic leadership to mature IT supplier management, governance and spend optimization.
• Lead vendor relationships, regular business reviews and governance accountability.
• Direct contract, sourcing and commercial activities including SLAs and renewals.
• Monitor spend, budgeting inputs and forecast, plus cost optimization initiatives.
• Collaborate with IT leadership, Procurement, Legal, Finance and Security.
• Provide team leadership, mentorship and process excellence.

Skills

Supplier strategy

Vendor management

RFx processes

Contract negotiations

Spend analysis

Governance frameworks

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

ALSAC is seeking a Manager of IT Supplier Management to lead and mature the strategy for technology supplier relationships. You will drive governance, performance, and spend optimization across software, SaaS, cloud, infrastructure, and services, partnering with IT, Legal, Finance and Security to maximize business value.

The role emphasizes strategic leadership, negotiation, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure contracts align with risk and policy while delivering measurable outcomes for