A few days ago BBBH63238 IT Vendor Governance Lead Negotiable Dublin City Centre

IT Vendor Governance Lead
Contract
Dublin City Centre (2 days)
12 Month Contract
Immediate Start

We are working with a large enterprise organisation currently undergoing a significant technology sourcing and supplier management transformation. They are looking to bring in an experienced Vendor Strategy & Governance specialist to help design and embed a modern vendor management framework across their technology supplier ecosystem. This is a key role focused on building governance structures, improving supplier performance, and creating scalable vendor management processes across multiple teams and stakeholders.

• Design and implement end-to-end vendor management processes across technology suppliers
• Establish vendor governance frameworks covering operational, tactical and strategic layers
• Define vendor engagement models, escalation paths and operating procedures
• Build vendor performance frameworks including KPIs, SLAs, reporting dashboards and scorecards
• Work closely with IT, procurement, finance and service owners to improve supplier oversight
• Lead workshops and stakeholder engagement to drive adoption of new governance processes
• Ensure vendor performance, risk and compliance issues are tracked and managed effectively
• Identify opportunities to improve vendor management through automation, tooling and data insights

• 10+ years experience in vendor management, IT service management, sourcing or service delivery
• Strong understanding of ITSM frameworks (ITIL or similar)
• Experience designing or implementing vendor governance and operating models
• Proven experience building performance frameworks and reporting structures
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across technical and business teams
• Experience working within large, complex organisations

• Background in supplier management, procurement or commercial negotiations
• Experience working within multi-vendor environments or transformation programmes
• ITIL certification or similar