Director, Technology Vendor Management

Job Title

Director, Technology Vendor Management Organization

Location:

NYC - 1211 Ave of the Americas

Employment Type:

Full time

Job Req: 53433

We are establishing a Vendor Management Organization as a dedicated function within the current Sourcing organization responsible for managing relationships with external Technology vendors. This function ensures vendors provide value, meet performance standards, and comply with contractual obligations.

• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders to align vendor services with business needs
• Stay up to date with industry trends to manage vendor sourcing and performance

• Develop vendor relationships demonstrating a partnership approach and fostering collaboration to drive innovation and continuous improvement
• Be the first level of relationship escalation for our stakeholders
• Facilitate communication between vendors and internal stakeholders

• Ensure performance meets established service levels and contractual obligations by:
  • Usage monitoring:
    • Understanding contracts, pricing models (unit based, license based, consumption based), entitlements
    • Ensuring governance and reporting mechanisms in place with the vendor to measure and report on consumption
  • SLA monitoring: SLA compliance as per contract and report any SLAs missed
  • Financial risk monitoring optimizing vendor costs:
    • Making sure we are utilizing the vendor effectively
    • Highlighting potential overages early enough to take corrective action

• Facilitate regular Q  for strategic vendors to review performance, discuss progress and ensure alignment with business objectives
• Facilitate discussion between the vendor and the News Corp Technology Architecture group to ensure deeper understanding of product offerings and roadmaps to promote more value from our strategic partners

• Bachelor of Arts or Sciences Degree or equivalent experience required.
• Minimum 10 years of vendor management and/or equivalent experience required.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with internal stakeholders (e.g., procurement, finance, operations) to align vendor management efforts with business objectives.
• Good understanding of procurement process and vendor contracts.
• Understanding of different delivery models (managed service, fixed fee, time and material, etc).
• Understanding of various commercial models (SAAS subscription, usage based, license based, etc).
• Technology industry knowledge.
• Understanding of vendor management best practices.
• Strong communication skills (internal as well as external).
• Negotiation and analytical skills.
• Conflict resolution.
• Experience working in a large, global, highly matrixed organization, and works easily in multi‑business‑unit project settings.
• Proven written and oral communicator, with strategic, analytical, and interpersonal skills to act as an effective change agent, unlocking barriers to value for priority spend categories.
• Experienced at identifying and assessing risk and concisely explaining complex issues to principal business owners.
• Extremely customer‑focused, taking the time to understand the needs of the business.
• Ability to travel (up to 10%) – facility site visits and internal/external meetings as required.

News Corp is a global, diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content to consumers throughout the world. The company comprises businesses across a range of media, including news and information services, book publishing, digital real‑estate services, cable network programming in Australia, and pay‑TV distribution in Australia. Headquartered in New York, News Corp’s activities are conducted primarily in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets.

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