Vendor Strategy Manager Jobs

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Boulder, CO, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Chicago, IL, USA.Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• Experience in partner/vendor management

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience maximizing extended workforce business growth and cost reduction as needed for operations teams through application of advanced modeling and consultation methods
• Experience as an agreement consultant, representing both extended workforces and service providers
• MBA or JD degree
• Effective analytical and structured problem solving skills, with excellent communication and collaboration skills exhibited in complex operational settings
• Experience managing advertising operations, technical support, and/or customer care operations

About The Job
gTech’s Business and Outsourcing Strategy and Services team (gBOSS) provides consultative services to gTech, the Global Business Organization (GBO), and Google at large, enabling each part of our business by developing innovative, scalable, and compliant solutions that allow gTech to run efficient operations with the best vendor partners at optimal cost while minimizing risk.
Google creates products and services that make the world a better place, and gTech’s role is to help bring them to life. Our teams of trusted advisors support customers globally. Our solutions are rooted in our technical skill, product expertise, and a thorough understanding of our customers’ complex needs. Whether the answer is a bespoke solution to solve a unique problem, or a new tool that can scale across Google, everything we do aims to ensure our customers benefit from the full potential of Google products.
To learn more about gTech, check out our video .
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $96,000-$141,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .
Responsibilities

• Serve as a go-to resource on industry trends in extended workforce agreement models and market benchmarks for outsourced services.
• Understand business problems, design extended workforce solutions and lead initiatives to improve efficiencies and drive change.
• Design commercial agreements and lead negotiations with vendor partners for outsourced services that span advertising operations, technical support, retail store and supply chain operations, and customer care.
• Partner with verticals to drive consistency, adoption, and excellence across levers, including outcome-based agreements, reward/penalty structures, pricing, incentives for ongoing automation/scaling, and ramp-up/ramp-down terms.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .