
Senior Director – Field Services, Vendor Operations
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full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $125,000 - $140,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Own the end to end vendor ecosystem across servicing and field services offerings, including sourcing, onboarding, coverage management, performance, and compliance
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key vendors while holding them accountable to defined service levels and cost expectations
- Design and execute vendor strategies that balance speed, quality, and margin
- Own vendor-level economics, ensuring pricing, service levels, and quality expectations align with margin objectives and scalable growth.
- Lead vendor performance management efforts, including issue resolution, corrective action, and continuous improvement
- Partner cross functionally with operations, finance, compliance, and technology to support scalable execution
- Develop and refine vendor processes, tools, and documentation to support growth and operational clarity
- Identify gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities within the vendor ecosystem and take ownership of resolving them
- Spend meaningful time in the field with vendors and internal teams, including property walks, ride-alongs, training, and quality reviews to ensure standards are understood, executed, and continuously improved
Requirements
- 8 or more years of experience in operations, field services, vendor management, or a related execution focused role
- Demonstrated experience standing up or scaling operational programs, not just maintaining them
- Strong understanding of vendor economics, performance management, and field execution dynamics
- Comfort operating in ambiguity and building structure without excessive process or bureaucracy
- Proven ability to work cross functionally and influence outcomes without relying on formal authority
- Experience in property services, inspections, preservation, maintenance, or related fields is a plus but not required
- Ability to operate effectively within existing technology platforms and constraints, improving execution through process, discipline, and accountability while maintaining awareness of market alternatives
- Comfortable spending time in the field, reviewing work product firsthand, and engaging directly with vendors in property-level environments
- Willingness and ability to travel as needed to support vendor onboarding, market launches, field reviews, and internal planning sessions. Travel intensity may increase during periods of business expansion.
Benefits
- employer-sponsored life insurance
- medical, dental and vision coverage
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- Flexible PTO
- reimbursement for approved business travel expenses
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
vendor managementperformance managementoperational programsvendor economicsfield executionprocess improvementissue resolutioncontinuous improvementscalable executionproperty services
Soft Skills
relationship buildingcross-functional collaborationinfluence without authorityoperating in ambiguityaccountabilityproblem-solvingtrainingcommunicationleadershipadaptability