Staff Vendor Partner Manager

About the role

We are a high-impact, fast-moving Customer Success organization on a transformational journey. With bold goals and a deep obsession for both customer and expert experiences, we operate at velocity and with purpose to deliver measurable impact at scale. We're looking for a bold, strategic, and hands-on leader to join our passionate team and help us drive large-scale change across both internal operations and external partner ecosystems. As a Staff-level individual contributor in Vendor Partner Management, you will lead multi-million-dollar customer success partnerships and deliver complex strategic initiatives that enhance service delivery, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction. You will be a critical bridge between internal teams and external partners, ensuring we deliver excellence and innovation across every touchpoint.

Responsibilities

• Partner Management & Service Delivery
  • Lead multiple high-value external partner relationships, driving performance improvement, operational consistency, and strategic alignment.
  • Hold partners accountable to KPI targets across CSAT, AHT, and Issue Resolution - initiating and tracking performance improvement plans when performance falls below threshold.
  • Facilitate Weekly Business Reviews (WBRs) and Monthly Business Reviews (MBRs), ensuring partners deliver data-driven pre-reads, own root-cause analysis, and execute on improvement actions.
  • Build trusted relationships with senior leaders across partner organizations to co-develop goals and long-term success plans.
  • Act as the voice of the partner internally, resolving escalations and clearing roadblocks that impede performance or customer experience.
• Strategic Programs & Transformation
  • Own and drive large-scale, cross-functional initiatives that impact customer support delivery, expert enablement, and operational scalability.
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders across Product, Operations, Finance, and Technology to co-design and execute strategic programs.
  • Take full ownership of execution details, including program setup, milestone tracking, meeting orchestration, and risk management.
  • Actively contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, bold thinking, and operational excellence.
• Data-Driven Insight & Impact
  • Monitor partner performance and staffing views, identifying improvement opportunities and building actionable strategies.
  • Ensure staffing delivery against capacity plans, flagging intraday gaps and coordinating real-time coverage adjustments in partnership with workforce planning.
  • Build executive-level insights to communicate progress, value, and impact of initiatives and partnerships.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of leadership experience in Vendor Partner Management, Customer Experience, Business Operations, Program Management, or Strategic Partnerships
• Proven track record managing BPO/vendor partnerships, with a focus on performance management and relationship development across senior stakeholders
• Experience with contact center KPIs, WBR/MBR cadences, and performance management frameworks
• Familiarity with expert enablement, change management coordination, and readiness processes in BPO or large-scale service delivery environments
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred
• Strong business acumen and customer-centric mindset, with the ability to balance high-level strategy and hands-on execution
• Demonstrated experience as a self-starter that can quickly and independently assess business requirements and become a trusted subject matter expert
• Deep analytical skills and comfort with data; able to drive insights, make decisions, and communicate findings effectively
• Experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives across functions with measurable business impact
• Demonstrated resilience, initiative, and ability to adapt in fast-paced, evolving environments

Pay

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay-for-performance rewards approach. This position may be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards, and benefits. The expected base pay range for this position in San Diego is $147,500 - $200,000.