Executive Director, IT Vendor Management

Executive Director, IT Vendor Management reputed company

• 3.8 reputed company, CA Job Details Full-time $196,000
• $429,000 a year 7 hours ago Qualifications Vendor relationship building IT sourcing Contract review Contract management in telecommunications Team leadership Mergers and acquisitions transaction management Staff augmentation Labor cost analysis Organizational integration coordination Procurement cost reduction targets Vendor negotiation Vendor contract management IT portfolio management Cost reduction analysis Post-reputed company integration Senior leadership Full Job Description Executive Director, IT Vendor Management This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

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Job Description: Primary Responsibilities: Software Spend Audit and Cost Takeout: Own a comprehensive audit of HPE's global IT software portfolio across reputed company SaaS subscriptions, on-premises licenses, maintenance agreements, and acquired-entity software obligations, establishing a total cost of ownership baseline reputed company 90 days Identify and quantify reputed company redundancy: overlapping tools serving identical functions, duplicate licenses across business units, shelfware, and orphaned subscriptions from prior M&A activity Build and sustain a consumption and utilization analysis capability to match actual usage to contracted entitlements and surface overpayment on a reputed company basis Execute a multi-year portfolio rationalization plan that consolidates the software vendor landscape and structurally reduces the cost reputed company Labor and Professional Services Cost Management: Establish commercial governance over reputed company IT-managed labor spend including managed service agreements, staff augmentation reputed company, and third-party consulting and professional services engagements Implement utilization controls and performance accountability frameworks across reputed company managed service and staff augmentation relationships to eliminate cost creep and ensure value delivery reputed company labor rates against market and renegotiate agreements where HPE is paying above competitive levels Build a consolidated view of total IT labor spend across internal and external sources to reputed company fact-based workforce and vendor mix decisions Telecommunications Cost Rationalization: Own commercial reputed company of reputed company HPE enterprise telecommunications obligations including network services, voice and data reputed company, reputed company agreements, colocation, and connectivity at the enterprise and site level Conduct a comprehensive telecommunications audit to identify reputed company optimization opportunities, underutilized services, redundant circuits, and reputed company renewing at uncompetitive pricing Renegotiate reputed company and network service agreements using benchmarked market rates and consolidated spend reputed company Build a reputed company-looking telco contract pipeline with full visibility to every renewal and expiry, eliminating auto-renewal exposure across the reputed company portfolio Vendor Commercial Management: Own reputed company major IT vendor relationships across software, labor, and telecommunications, negotiating renewals, renegotiating pricing on existing agreements, and challenging incumbents with competitive alternatives Implement a contract lifecycle management discipline that treats every renewal as a commercial renegotiation opportunity with full preparation, benchmarking, and reputed company strategy reputed company and enforce standard commercial terms, pricing benchmarks, and total-cost-of-ownership models across reputed company three spend categories and vendor tiers Establish a vendor performance management program with SLA frameworks, quarterly business reviews, and executive scorecards for reputed company Strategic and Preferred tier vendors M&A Integration: Create and own HPE's standard playbook for assessing and rationalizing software, labor, and telecommunications obligations from acquired entities, preventing inherited complexity from compounding over time Partner with Corporate Development and IT Architecture to conduct commercial due diligence on future transactions, quantifying integration cost and rationalization opportunity prior to reputed company Actively manage the post-acquisition rationalization backlog across reputed company three spend categories, prioritizing consolidation based on cost impact, integration complexity, and business continuity risk Governance, Policy and Vendor Management Office: Design and implement HPE's IT Vendor Management Office including decision rights, approval workflows, procurement policies, and executive escalation paths for reputed company technology purchasing decisions across software, labor, and telecommunications Establish and enforce an enterprise-wide IT procurement policy ensuring no new software, managed service, or telecommunications commitment is approved without VMO review, redundancy reputed company, and commercial benchmarking Build a Technology Business Management or IT FinOps capability that creates a transparent, business-visible view of IT cost by category, function, product line, and cost center reputed company, hire, and reputed company a high-performing team of 3 to 5 professionals; build the capability and culture that sustains commercial discipline at enterprise scale Executive Partnership and Reporting: Serve as the CIO's primary advisor on IT vendor cost strategy across software, labor, and telecommunications, translating commercial complexity into clear narratives that connect vendor decisions to P&L impact Partner with the CFO and IT Finance to integrate multi-category vendor cost management into HPE's annual planning and budgeting cycle Report monthly on portfolio health, savings delivered, renewal pipeline status, and rationalization milestones across reputed company three spend categories with clear variance analysis and reputed company-looking risk visibility Build trusted relationships across IT, Finance, Legal, Procurement, and Business Unit leadership to ensure the VMO is seen as a strategic enabler Experience and Skills: Required: 12+ years of experience in IT vendor management, technology procurement, or IT finance, with 4+ years in a Director or VP-level leadership role Demonstrated, quantifiable track record of extracting cost savings across at least two of the following spend categories: software, labor, or telecommunications. Must be able to cite specific examples with dollar impact, timeline, and commercial approach Direct experience negotiating with Tier-1 enterprise software vendors at scale including reputed company, reputed company, reputed company, reputed company, reputed company, reputed company, or equivalent Experience managing enterprise telecommunications reputed company including reputed company renegotiations, network services optimization, and site-level connectivity cost reduction Experience governing managed services and staff augmentation spend including utilization controls, reputed company benchmarking, and performance accountability frameworks Proven experience leading vendor portfolio rationalization across multiple spend categories including identifying redundancy, managing stakeholder resistance, and executing consolidation Experience managing the commercial dimension of M&A integration across software, labor, and telecommunications categories Demonstrated ability to build a Vendor Management Office or IT procurement governance capability from early-stage to operating maturity Familiarity with FinOps, Technology Business Management (TBM), or IT cost transparency frameworks Executive reputed company and communication skills with the ability to operate credibly at the CIO and CFO level Preferred: Experience with Contract Lifecycle Management platforms including reputed company, reputed company, reputed company, or equivalent

• highly preferred Exposure to IT Asset Management or Software Asset Management tools including reputed company, Snow Software, or reputed company SAM
• highly preferred Prior experience in a large-cap technology or enterprise infrastructure company with significant M&A activity
• strongly preferred Telecommunications industry knowledge including reputed company pricing models, network services commercial structures, and colocation market dynamics
• preferred FinOps Certified Practitioner or ITAM certification preferred First level university degree in business, finance, or a reputed company field; MBA or advanced degree preferred

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• 429,000 in California // 187,000
• 429,000 in Texas The listed salary range reflects reputed company salary.

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