Director, Procurement - Technology Solutions VMO
- Team Finance
- Location Columbus, Georgia, United States
This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship, now or in the future. Candidates must be a US Citizen or valid Green Card Holder.
This position is hybrid 3 days per week in the following office locations: Atlanta, GA, Cincinnati, OH, Columbus, GA or Denver, CO (2 days per week)
Ready to take your career global?
Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a Director, Procurement, Technology Solutions to join our ever-evolving Vendor Management Office team and help shape the future of global commerce
What you’ll own
- Lead the Vendor Information Management & Governance capability, setting its roadmap, operating model, standards, priorities, and measurable outcomes for trusted vendor information and intelligence.
- Own the curation, validation, and automation of strategic supplier scorecards and profiles covering service-level agreements, financial commitments, commercial terms, products and services, contracts, risk, performance, and roadmaps; establish data definitions, ownership, authoritative sources, quality controls, validation workflows, and escalation processes to keep information current, complete, and decision-ready.
- Apply AI, analytics, and workflow automation to simplify vendor risk management, improve compliance and labor productivity, reduce administrative effort, identify control and ownership gaps, and expand actionable business intelligence.
- Use financial, commercial, and technical judgment to interpret supplier data, surface risks and opportunities, and support supplier reviews, negotiations, technology strategy, and executive decisions
- Advance vendor, product, and service mapping to applications, capabilities, Technology Asset Management dispositions, and technology roadmaps; improve mapped application and service coverage to support rationalization decisions.
- Lead and develop team members and matrixed contributors, set clear accountabilities, and build a curious, solution-oriented culture that challenges the status quo, experiments responsibly, and turns ideas into sustainable improvements.
- Partner across Technology, Procurement, Sourcing, Third-Party Risk, Information Security, Legal, Finance, Enterprise Architecture, Service Management, and business relationship owners to resolve data and process gaps, align decisions, and drive adoption.
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Data Management, Supply Chain, Finance, Technology, Risk Management, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
- Typically, 8 or more years of progressive experience in technology vendor management, strategic supplier governance, vendor or master data management, third-party risk, procurement, commercial management, technology portfolio management, or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated success leading teams and complex cross-functional programs that improve supplier intelligence, scorecard quality, data integrity, compliance, productivity, governance, or decision support; proven ability to develop talent, set direction, build accountability, encourage innovation, and deliver through matrixed partners.
- Strong financial, commercial, and technical acumen, with experience curating and validating vendor financial, contractual, service-level, product, technical, risk, and performance information; ability to connect supplier economics, commitments, services, and technology roadmaps to executive governance and business decisions.
- Experience applying AI, analytics, workflow automation, and business intelligence to vendor risk management, data quality, and operational improvement, strengthening controls, compliance, productivity, insight quality, and user experience.
- Deep knowledge of vendor information management, master data management, data governance, quality, metadata, stewardship, and strategic supplier scorecards; strong understanding of vendor risk, procurement and sourcing, contracting, supplier governance, relationship management, and technology vendor lifecycles.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, intellectual curiosity, and a solution-oriented approach to challenging the status quo and turning ambiguity into action; executive-level communication, facilitation, and influence s