Director Vendor Management

At Ensono, our Purpose is to be a relentless ally, disrupting the status quo and unleashing our clients to Do Great Things*!* We enable our clients to achieve key business outcomes that reshape how our world runs. As an expert technology adviser and managed service provider with cross-platform certifications, Ensono empowers our clients to keep up with continuous change and embrace innovation.

We can Do Great Things because we have great Associates. The Ensono Core Values unify our diverse talents and are woven into how we do business: Honesty, Reliability, Curiosity, Collaboration, and Passion.

About the role and what you'll be doing

The Director of Vendor Management leads Ensono's Vendor Management Office (VMO) within Procurement. This fully remote leadership role owns day-to-day vendor lifecycle management --- onboarding, contract governance, code of conduct, vendor risk, and ESG reporting and accountability --- for a complex enterprise vendor ecosystem spanning mainframe software and hardware, value added resellers, distributed software and hardware, telecom, cloud, and professional services.

VMO is the central nervous system between Alliances, Finance, IT, Legal, Compliance, Corporate Sustainability, Bid Management, and business unit leaders for everything vendor-related. The Director also partners closely with the firm's AI Transformation function within the Office of the CFO. This role offers significant exposure to senior leaders and outputs feed directly into deliverables reviewed at the CFO and ELT level.

What You Will Do

• Own vendor lifecycle management end-to-end --- standardized onboarding, performance management, and offboarding.
• Lead contract governance for the firm --- repository ownership, template stewardship, renewal pipeline, and executive approval workflows.
• Administer the vendor Code of Conduct --- annual distribution, attestation tracking, and breach escalation.
• Lead vendor ESG reporting and accountability in alignment with corporate commitments and external disclosure requirements.
• Maintain the vendor segmentation framework and ensure differentiated treatment by tier.
• Drive tier-appropriate vendor risk reviews in partnership with InfoSec, Legal, and Compliance.
• Deliver quarterly Strategic Vendor reviews for executive leadership.
• Partner across the organization as the firm's central authority for vendor strategy and execution; recruit, develop, and retain the VMO team.
• Lead software compliance verification across internal and client environments.

Required Qualifications

• 8 years of progressive experience in vendor management, procurement, or strategic sourcing, with at least 3 years in a people-leadership role.
• Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to translate operational detail into executive framing.
• Demonstrated success running a vendor management function in steady state.
• Familiarity with enterprise sourcing platforms (e.g., Workday Strategic Sourcing) and contract repositories.
• Strong analytical fluency with spend data, contract metadata, and ESG metrics.
• Track record of partnership with Legal, InfoSec, Compliance, Finance, and IT.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading vendor management at a technology or managed services company at enterprise scale.
• Hands-on experience with ESG reporting frameworks and supplier diversity programs.
• Familiarity with third-party risk management (TPRM) frameworks.
• Track record of executing a vendor classification or segmentation methodology.
• Experience designing or maintaining a vendor onboarding workflow that scales.
• Comfort interfacing with AI or data initiatives.
• Prior accountability for contract lifecycle management and renewal pipeline forecasting.
• Experience supporting M&A due diligence on vendor portfolios.
• Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), Certified Professional in Supplier Diversity (CPSD), or equivalent.
• Experience managing others in India.

Why Ensono?

Ensono is a place to make better happen -- for our clients and for your career. We are a client-facing business, but we do encourage clients to allow us to work remotely most of the time.

Some of our benefits include:

• Unlimited Paid Days Off
• Three health plan options
• 401k with company match
• Paid Maternity, Paternity, and Sabbatical Leave
• Education Reimbursement and Student Loan Assistance
• Flexible work schedule

As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this role is $150,000 to $190,000 annually. Ensono is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.