Our client, a leading finance firm, is looking for a accomplished vendor manager with enterprise technology background to join their regional team.

Responsibilities:
– Build/Manage long-term strategic relationship with the vendor
– Manage/Lead the vendor to achieve quality service delivery to ensure that local/regional business needs are met; Provide contract management
– Measure the performance of IT vendors and provide quality assurance to ensure desired quality of service (including quality, cost, productivity, relationship)
– Financial and Risk Management (Ensure that Audit/Compliance requirements are met and visibility is provided to regulators)
– Oversee regional infrastructure projects working closely with global teams and offshore infrastructure engineers
– Provide Transition and Change Management

Required Skills:
– Senior IT professional with 8 year+ experience
– 5-10+ years of vendor management experience in large scale technology implementation and project delivery with outsourcing component
– Offshore outsourcing experience is preferred (such as China or India)
– Demonstrable vendor management (KPI, budgetary control, negotiation, service delivery, etc.), leadership, motivational skills, good verbal /written communication skills
– Strong knowledge of IT infrastructure services
– University degree in Computer Science or related fields
– PMI Certification is preferred together with a working knowledge of CMMi
– Ability to take self-initiatives and provide leadership to high-performing teams
– Strong problem solving capabilities