Specialist Technology Vendor Management - Technology Vendor/Cybersecurity Commercial Management/Cybersecurity OEMs

About the role

The role requires the ability to understand cybersecurity products and services from both a technology and commercial perspective , evaluate vendor solutions, challenge supplier propositions, assess technology and commercial risks, and translate technical requirements into effective sourcing, contractual and commercial outcomes.

What you'll do

• Manage technology vendors and cybersecurity OEMs across the end-to-end vendor lifecycle , including sourcing, contracting, onboarding, governance
• Understand cybersecurity products, services and solution constructs , including vendor capabilities, technology dependencies
• Conduct techno-commercial evaluations of vendor solutions, balancing technical suitability, product requirements, architecture, supplier capability, risk
• Drive RFI/RFQ/RFP, strategic sourcing, vendor evaluation, benchmarking and supplier selection for cybersecurity and other technology requirements
• Lead and support commercial negotiations covering pricing, discounts, licensing, contract terms, SLAs, service credits, renewals

What you need

• 5–9 yrs of experience
• Vendor management
• Procurement
• Performance management
• Firewalls
• Accounts payable
• IAM
• Any graduate

Good to have

• Telecom
• IoT
• Dashboarding
• Network security
• Cloud security
• Financial analysis