Guardian Life

Vendor Governance and Optimization Lead

Guardian Life

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: HolmdelNew YorkUnited States

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Salary

💰 $132,420 - $217,545 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Establish structured governance frameworks with defined meeting cadences.
  • Develop governance documentation such as dashboards, vendor scorecards, and transition progress reports.
  • Manage vendor relationships across all service towers, maintaining a structured governance framework.
  • Conduct periodic performance reviews with vendors to assess performance and address risks.
  • Facilitate quarterly business reviews to evaluate strategic alignment and contract performance.
  • Collaborate with internal IT stakeholders to consolidate cross-tower metrics.
  • Lead service improvement and optimization initiatives post-transition.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Information Technology, or related fields.
  • 10+ years experience working with large technology product/services providers and multi-tower managed services environments.
  • Experience in transitioning services in application development, quality assurance end user services, end user computing, data center operations, cloud, networks, DevOps and/or application support domains.
  • Certifications in ITIL, PMP, or supplier management.
  • Familiarity with AI, hybrid cloud, DevOps delivery, and global service management models.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Retirement plans
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Annual, sales, or other incentive compensation

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
application developmentquality assuranceend user servicesend user computingdata center operationscloudnetworksDevOpsapplication support
Soft skills
governance frameworksvendor managementperformance reviewsstrategic alignmentcollaborationservice improvementoptimization initiatives
Certifications
ITILPMP