Global Technology Vendor Management Expert – Software & Cloud

for complex global Software, SaaS and Cloud relationships, establishing accountabilities, performance frameworks and escalation mechanisms.

• Provide expert Vendor Management input across the

, including major agreements, renewals, transformations and commercial decisions.

• Review and challenge pricing/licensing, scope, deliverables and acceptance, SLAs/KPIs, liability/remedies, change control, dependencies, termination, transition and exit .
• Lead complex

, developing fact-based positions, negotiation strategies and BATNA.

• Apply Software, SaaS and Cloud commercial expertise to identify

.

• Build and challenge

, connecting commitments, consumption, spend, performance and outcomes to identify deviations and prevent value leakage.

• Identify and manage

, driving remediation and escalation where required.

• Translate complex vendor matters into

and influence internal stakeholders and vendor executives.

• Act as a

• Significant experience managing

environments.

• Advanced-to-Expert

capability, including complex agreements, renewals, commercial escalations and remediation.

• Strong understanding of technology contracts and commercial models, including

.

• Strong

, including business cases/TCO, cost drivers, contractual commitments and value-leakage identification.

• Applied

sufficient to challenge vendor proposals and work credibly with technical specialists.

• Demonstrated ability to lead

and manage commercial, contractual, operational, technology and compliance risks.

• Strong

, with experience operating across global, cross-functional and virtual teams.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication and presentation skills, including

are an advantage.

Preferred experience

• Enterprise Software licensing,

, Cloud infrastructure/consumption models and hyperscaler environments.

• Major technology transformations, migrations or large-scale implementations.
• Experience with

.

• Development of VM frameworks/best practices and

.

• Pharmaceutical, healthcare or another highly regulated industry.
• P2P, budgeting/financial management, ITIL, Agile/SAFe, project or change-management experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in Technology, Engineering, Business or related disciplines; advanced qualifications are beneficial.

Where pay transparency applies, details are provided based on the primary posting location. For this role, the primary location is Madrid. If you are interested in additional locations where the role may be available, we will provide the relevant compensation details later in the hiring process.