Director, Vendor Strategy

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Who are we?

A strategic and trusted insurance partner, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), provides a broad range of commercial property, casualty and specialty insurance coverages and outstanding service to customers and brokers around the world. Part of Berkshire Hathaway’s insurance operations, we bring our solutions to market with our stellar brand name, top-rated balance sheet, and the expertise of our global team of professionals, who exude excellent capabilities and strong character.

We are a values-based organization where respect, integrity, excellence, collaboration, and passion define who we are and how we do business. We value diversity of backgrounds, experience, and perspectives and strive to foster an inclusive environment that enables all our team members to bring their best selves to work. We are one team committed to building a culture where every teammate has the opportunity to contribute and be recognized.

Want to be part of the team building the finest property, casualty, and specialty lines insurance company in the world?

BHSI isseekingan experienced and forward-thinking

Director,Strategy & Planning,to lead Technology Vendor Strategy across our global technology organization. This role will build a disciplined, transparent, and outcome-focused approach to how BHSI selects, governs, measures, and evolvesourtechnology vendor ecosystem.

This is an individual contributor role with significant cross-functional influence.

This is a high-impact role for someone who brings vendor relationship management, strategic sourcing, workforce planning, financial insight, practical project leadership, and strong operating discipline. This person will help ensure BHSI engages the right partners for the right work, receives measurable value from each relationship, reduces unnecessary dependency risk, and uses external capabilities to accelerate business and technology outcomes without losing internal accountability or knowledge.

As a key member of the Technology Strategy & Planning team, this person will managerelated department initiatives,assist with department-wide activities, and keep important operational work moving with structure and follow-through.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on, analyticalthinkerwho can move comfortably between vendor relationships, data analysis, project execution, and practical department operations.

Success in this role requires excellent communication and relationship building skills, a data-driven mindset, and a high degree of self-awareness and emotional intelligence.

This person should be equallycomfortablebuilding relationships, following up on details,preparing leadership-ready updates,and helping the Strategy & Planning team stay organized and effective.

Why this role matters: BHSI’s technology organization relies on external partners to extend capability, accelerate delivery, and support global operations. This role will help ensure those partnerships are intentional, well-governed, financially transparent, and connected to measurable business and technology outcomes.

• Lead and continuously evolve BHSI’s technology vendor strategy, governance framework, standards, and operatingmodelso vendor decisions are consistent, transparent, and aligned to business and technology objectives.
• Develop vendor segmentation strategies thatidentifystrategic partners, preferred vendors, niche providers, commodity services, and opportunities for consolidation or growth.
• Establish vendor risk and resiliency practices, including dependency management, business continuity considerations, and transition planning.
• Monitor vendor spending and resourceutilizationto ensure alignment with approved budgets, forecasts, and workforce plans.
• Partner with Technology and Finance leaders to develop annual vendor budgets, workforce forecasts, quarterly reforecasts, and monthlyactualsreporting, providing analysis and recommendations to support investment decisions.
• Partner with Emerging Technology leaders to evaluate AI vendors, shape AI sourcing strategies, and support buy, build, partner, and retire decisions across the technology organization.
• Partner with Legal,Contract Management,Security,HR,and business stakeholderstooptimizevendorengagementacross sourcing,contracting, onboarding, renewals, and transitions.
• Advise Technology leadership on sourcing strategies, workforce models, and decisionsregardinginternal capabilities, staff augmentation, professional services, and…