AT&T

Principal Tech Vendor Management

AT&T

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Alpharetta • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $116,700 - $196,100 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Vendor and Contract Management includes gathering technical requirements, identifying and analyzing sourcing vendors and options, providing financial analysis and recommendations for vendor selection, supporting contract negotiations as a liaison with Supply Chain, Asset Lifecycle Management, and Legal, oversee contract governance and service level management, quality assurance, audit and compliance management with vendors, productivity management of vendor performance, etc.
  • Deep focus on financial management processes and business case management for large scale Managed Services Agreements with $100+M of annual fees across multiple organizations.
  • Provides support in the area of strategic roadmap review from an internal technology aspect coupled with Vendor Technology Roadmaps, reviewing best practice, understanding current and future trends in technology (hardware, software, licensing, sourcing, etc.), and formulating strategies to rationalize vendors and products in order to focus investment towards strategic solutions.
  • Manage overall security compliance and procedures between the company and vendors for security standards, including physical, network and data security.
  • Responsible for vendor financial management including preparation/evaluation of RFPs (Request for Proposal), business case management, research, analysis, contract level financial analysis, benchmarking, compliance, service level financial penalties, authorization and process monthly payments/accruals, and ongoing financial analysis of cost vs. benefit of contracts.
  • Also responsible for vendor access management, connectivity, on-boarding, off-boarding, service escalations, business continuity, disaster recovery, offshore eligibility, transition management analysis and support, executive coordination and communications, data management and analysis, reporting and metrics, etc.

Requirements

  • Responsible for Vendor Management and Sourcing technical products and services in technical organizations such as IT, Network, or CTO.
  • Must have a strong technical background and knowledge of the organization (technology, processes, procedures, tools, applications, systems, etc.) and technical providers (such as technology companies, service providers, contractor suppliers, outsourcing and offshoring, etc.) coupled with a strong business background in vendor management, contract management, governance, compliance, service level management, security, financial management, project management, asset management, etc.
  • Expert level technical professional.
  • Advisor on technical knowledge and ATT technologies.
  • Typically requires 8-10 years experience.
  • Extensive Vendor Financial Mgmt experience with large scale Managed Services Agreements is required for this role.
Benefits
  • Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Paid Caregiver Leave
  • Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
  • Adoption Reimbursement
  • Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
  • Life and Accidental Death Insurance
  • Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
  • Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
  • Extensive employee wellness programs
  • Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
vendor managementcontract managementfinancial analysisbusiness case managementsecurity compliancedata managementRFP preparationservice level managementdisaster recoveryproject management
Soft skills
strategic thinkingcommunicationnegotiationanalytical skillsexecutive coordination