Global Vendor Operations Lead, Google Cloud

8 Hours ago • 8 Years + • Operations

Job Summary

Job Description

The Global Vendor Operations Lead at Google Cloud will partner with various Cloud teams (Support, Learning, Sales, Engineering) to establish new vendor relationships and enhance existing ones. This role requires a data-driven approach to identify operational gaps and develop innovative solutions, collaborating with vendor sites and stakeholders. Responsibilities include acting as an escalation point for performance issues, collaborating with executive stakeholders on strategic initiatives, co-creating innovative solutions with suppliers, overseeing a large global vendor network, and managing vendor service provider relationships to ensure high-quality output and customer success. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, experience in vendor management and operational efficiency, and the ability to influence without direct authority. The position requires experience in data analysis tools like spreadsheets, SQL, or Looker and familiarity with change management in fast-paced environments.
Must have:
  • 8+ years in vendor strategy & operations
  • Experience in change management
  • Data analysis skills (spreadsheets, SQL, Looker)
  • Collaboration & stakeholder management
  • Problem-solving and solution development
Good to have:
  • Experience in B2B support, outsourcing, or consulting
  • Large-scale strategic initiative execution
  • GenAI tool knowledge
  • Operational efficiency transformation experience

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in vendor strategy and operations, either in vendor management (working at the client) or in vendor delivery (working at the supplier).
  • Experience in change management in a changing environment requiring deadline-driven focus and productivity.
  • Experience with data spreadsheets, SQL, or Looker.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience in Enterprise/B2B support delivery models, outsourcing or offshore delivery models, operational efficiency transformation, or management/ops consulting.
  • Experience in executing large-scale strategic and operational initiatives within a global team.
  • Knowledge of technologies and leveraging GenAI tools in your day-to-day to enhance the quality, effectiveness and creativity of your deliverables.
  • Ability to influence without direct authority, to drive change at all levels within an organization, and to build strong working relationships.

About the job

The Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what's next for their business — all with technology built in the cloud. Our products are developed for security, reliability and scalability, running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware. Our teams are dedicated to helping our customers — developers, small and large businesses, educational institutions and government agencies — see the benefits of our technology come to life. As part of an entrepreneurial team in this rapidly growing business, you will play a key role in understanding the needs of our customers and help shape the future of businesses of all sizes use technology to connect with customers, employees and partners.

In this role, you will partner with all Cloud teams in Support, Learning, Sales and Engineering to set up new vendor engagements and improve existing ones. Google Cloud is a rapidly growing business with continuously evolving needs.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

  • Identify operational gaps using a data-driven approach and develop innovative solutions to address these in collaboration with vendor sites and business stakeholders. 
  • Understand processes which impact the operation (ie. contracting, finances, capacity, workflows, etc.) and support the relevant stakeholders driving these efforts.
  • Act as the escalation poc for internal and external escalations regarding performance or supplier relationships.
  • Collaborate with executive stakeholders across a large, global organization, and execute complex strategic and operational initiatives. Co-create with suppliers to deliver innovative solutions and tools improve customer experience and service delivery.
  • Oversee a large vendor network distributed across different sites or products. Own and manage the relationship with vendor service providers, own service delivery performance, partner with suppliers to ensure high quality output and successful customer outcomes.

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