IT Vendor Management Office Sr. Manager

At Solventum, we improve lives by helping healthcare professionals do their best work. Join a team using innovation and insight to make a real impact on the future of healthcare. All roles listed are with Solventum, and we’re committed to protecting your personal information—learn more in our Privacy Policy: https://www.solventum.com/en-us/home/legal/website-privacy-statement/applicant-privacy/ Job Description: IT Vendor Management Office Senior Manager (Solventum)  3M Health Care is now Solventum  At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.   We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.  The Impact You’ll Make in this Role  As a Senior Manager, IT Vendor Management Office, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:  Setting the medium- to long-term strategy and operating plan for IT vendor management. This covers the strategic supplier portfolio, including managed service providers (MSPs), professional services, and software publishers. It includes the governance model, supplier segmentation, performance standards and policies that determine how Solventum IT gets value from its third-party ecosystem.  Owning end-to-end governance of strategic MSP relationships across infrastructure, applications, service desk and other managed services. This includes:  o   executive steering committees and quarterly business reviews  o   performance against SLAs and experience-level agreements (XLAs)  o   service credits and earn-backs  o   productivity and run-rate commitments  o   innovation and automation commitments  o   multi-supplier service integration, so providers are held accountable for business outcomes, not just contractual compliance. Directing the MSP lifecycle, including sourcing strategy inputs, transition and transformation oversight, steady-state performance, contract change and renewal strategy, and quarterly/monthly service review. In partnership with Procurement and Legal, this role negotiates at an expert level on scope, service levels, pricing levers and commercial remedies.  Partner with and support IT Pillars/LT on their corresponding pillar wise budget/spend for the overall vendor portfolio. This includes:  forecasting MSP and software run-rate  validating invoices, credits and consumption