Strategic Partnerships & Vendor Relations Director

DEMO; United States; Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SoftWriters seeks a Senior Leader to manage a large portfolio of vendors and partners, ensuring SLAs, contracts, and performance are met while driving monetization opportunities. The role requires deep vendor management experience, strategic thinking, and cross-functional collaboration.

Ideal candidates will have 10+ years in vendor management, strong analytical skills, and proven project management capabilities in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in vendor management, supply chain management, consulting, financial services, process or Third-Party Management.
• Self-motivated with ability to embrace roles and drive change.
• Proven analytical skills and strategic thinking.
• Project management experience demonstrating organizational, planning, analytical, verbal and written skills.
• Ability to work independently and deliver in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Experience with vendor contracts.

Responsibilities

• Manage and govern the assigned portfolio of vendors and partners.
• Support the implementation of monitoring and tracking vendor service level agreements, contracts, and performance.
• Lead User Conference recruitment of partners and third-party vendor sponsorship.
• Brainstorm with cross-functional teams to automate processes for efficiency.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders for ongoing risk assessments to identify, analyze, and mitigate vendor risk.
• Serve as the primary contact for SoftWriters vendors and internal teams for communication and issue resolution.
• Provide guidance, documentation, and analytics for new vendor partnerships.
• Investigate and document third-party vendor integrations with SoftWriters.
• Document updates to the Integration Booklet to reflect partnerships.
• Manage the partner pipeline including end-of-month billing prep for finance.
• Foster strong relationships to support oversight, analytics and monetization needs.
• Document ongoing vendor monitoring per company policy and procedures.
• Review and analyze vendor agreements for SLAs and commitments.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to enhance proactive vendor management efforts.
• Create/update new contracts to monetize partnerships.
• Terminate unused contracts and complete post-termination data security steps.

Skills

Vendor management

Analytical skills

Strategic thinking

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Independent work

Job description

SoftWriters seeks a Senior Leader to manage a large portfolio of vendors and partners, ensuring SLAs, contracts, and performance are met while driving monetization opportunities. The role requires deep vendor management experience, strategic thinking, and cross-functional collaboration.

Ideal candidates will have 10+ years in vendor management, strong analytical skills, and proven project management capabilities in a fast-paced environment.