
Vendor Governance and Optimization Lead
Guardian Life
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Holmdel • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $132,420 - $217,545 per year
Job Level
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