IT Vendor Governance Lead

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.

The Role

• 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

Requirements

• 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

Nice to have

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