Strategic Vendor Partnerships Lead, Technology

Join Multiverse, the UK's largest apprenticeship provider and Europe's first EdTech unicorn. As the Strategic Vendor Partnerships & Procurement Lead, you will play a crucial role in shaping our technology procurement strategy and building valuable vendor relationships. This high-autonomy, high-influence role will require you to navigate the intersection of engineering, security, legal, finance, and our vendors. You will be responsible for centralizing and modernizing our technology procurement processes, owning live contracts and negotiations, and turning procurement into a commercial lever.

• Establish and maintain strategic relationships with key technology vendors, ensuring alignment with business goals and unlocking value beyond cost savings.
• Centralize and modernize procurement processes for technology, including the development of a single software asset register and clear intake-and-approval flows.
• Lead negotiations and renewals for technology contracts, including enterprise contracts for AI tooling and other software, ensuring favorable terms and conditions.