Specialist Tech Vendor Mgmt - OEM/Telecom Products/Global Procurement/Strategic Sourcing/Supplier Performance/Contract & Commercial Govern

Overview

Senior telecom vendor management role to strengthen technology vendor governance across telco products, services, and operations, including AI-enabled automation and governance analytics across the vendor lifecycle.

What you'll do

• Own end-to-end technology vendor lifecycle governance, including onboarding, contract execution, SLA/KPI performance, renewals, risk controls, and exit management.
• Manage strategic relationships with telecom vendors, OEMs, managed service providers, network suppliers, and internal business stakeholders.
• Drive vendor performance governance through scorecards, service reviews, escalation management, corrective action plans, and executive reporting.
• Partner with Procurement, Finance, Product, Operations, P2P, Revenue Assurance, and Billing teams to align commercial, operational, and financial outcomes.
• Support contract compliance, pricing reviews, renewal strategy, commercial governance, cost optimization, and vendor consolidation initiatives.
• Identify vendor risks, service gaps, billing issues, dependency failures, and process inefficiencies; drive structured resolution and control improvements.
• Enable AI-led workflow automation, GenAI-assisted reporting, predictive analytics, anomaly detection, exception management, decision intelligence, and intelligent governance dashboards.
• Own transformation roadmaps, governance forums, milestone tracking, automation adoption, and leadership-level reporting for vendor management initiatives.

What you'll need

• 5–10+ years of experience in technology vendor management, supplier governance, telecom operations, procurement, commercial management, or transformation programs.
• Strong telecom background with exposure to telco products, network services, managed services, OEM/vendor ecosystems, billing, P2P, and service delivery models.
• Prior experience as a Senior Vendor Manager, Vendor Governance Lead, Supplier Relationship Manager, Technology Vendor Manager, or similar role managing strategic telecom/technology vendors.
• MBA, MCA, B.Tech/BE, or equivalent qualification required.
• Strong understanding of contract lifecycle management, SLA governance, KPI scorecards, commercial reviews, vendor risk management, and service performance governance.
• Proven ability to manage senior stakeholders across Product, Finance, Procurement, Operations, Revenue Assurance, Billing, and external vendor organizations.
• Experience driving vendor cost optimization, renewal governance, commercial negotiation support, vendor consolidation, and process transformation.
• Strong communication, negotiation, analytical thinking, governance discipline, data interpretation, and executive reporting skills.

Nice to have

• Experience working with telecom OEMs, managed service providers, network suppliers, cloud providers, or large technology vendors.
• Exposure to AI-led automation, GenAI use cases, predictive analytics, anomaly detection, intelligent dashboards, workflow orchestration, process mining, governance reporting, and decision intelligence.
• Strong commercial acumen with ability to connect vendor performance, service delivery, billing outcomes, cost optimization, risk controls, and business value.
• Ability to operate in a matrixed environment and influence cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority.
• MBA preferred for commercial/vendor governance-focused roles.

Details

• Location: Gurgaon, India.
• Weekly hours: 40; time type: Regular.