Director Vendor Management - IT

Reporting to UL Solutions Chief Information Officer, the IT Director, Vendor Management, is responsible for overseeing the selection, management, and performance of IT vendors and service providers. This role ensures that vendor relationships are aligned with the company’s strategic goals and that vendors deliver high-quality services and products. This role is senior position, as part of the IT Extended Leadership team, to oversee and enable the future vendor management strategy in partnership with UL Solutions’ Sourcing organization and IT leadership. Focused on leading and continuously improving the ITs partnership with key vendors, the leader will also define the strategy, service offerings, and frameworks achieve organization objectives. The leader will collaborate with other IT leaders, across the Transformation & Innovation organization (Digital and Cybersecurity) as well other stakeholders to ensure alignment, drive optimization and improved vendor relationships. The IT Director will be responsible for vendor evaluation, performance monitoring, cost optimization opportunities and risk management.