Senior Vendor Program Analyst

About the role

This position focuses on direct engagement and relationship management with Enterprise third parties to ensure compliance across Legal, IT, and Risk teams. Located in the Legal department, the role centers on Enterprise tools, contracts, and account relationships through the lens of compliance and governance. It fills a need for ownership and representation of enterprise vendors that have no sole business owner, providing a proactive approach to evaluating enterprise-level services and products based on known business needs.

Responsibilities

• Creates or modifies policies and procedures to establish governance of key Enterprise or High-Critical third parties.
• Executes the facilitation of existing Enterprise third parties with key stakeholders, such as IT, Legal, and business leaders.
• Creates direct professional relationships with key individuals at Enterprise third parties.
• Coordinates the collection, review, inventory, and renewal processes for existing contracts within the Mergers and Acquisition space.
• Ensures adherence to department policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Supports continuous improvement initiatives across the procurement organization.
• Supports business teams to educate third parties on specific due diligence.
• Performs all duties in accordance with company policies and procedures, and all federal, state, and local laws where the company operates.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, or Business; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Five (5) or more years of experience in procurement, sourcing, supply chain, or technology-related project or account management, preferably in the software category or technology domain.

Skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite / Google Workspace; experience with procurement tools (e.g., Coupa, Netsuite) is a plus.
• Familiarity with software licensing models, SaaS agreements, and vendor risk assessments.
• Familiar with indirect procurement within a mid-to-large sized enterprise.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and project management skills.
• Skilled at relationship building.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Able to be tactical while pushing for strategic improvements.