Senior Technology Vendor Manager

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🏄 California, New York, +1 more states – Remote

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💵 $160k - $200k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Philo

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2010

📱 Media

📡 Telecommunications

💰 $50M Series D on 2020-08

Media • Telecommunications

Philo is a streaming service offering access to a wide array of TV shows and movies. Geared towards viewers in the United States, Philo provides channels for entertainment enthusiasts seeking diverse content options. The service emphasizes user-friendly features and comprehensive support for devices, and it actively engages with its audience through blogs, press releases, and job opportunities, while maintaining a focus on privacy and accessibility.

📋 Description

• Own vendor management for Philo’s Engineering and Data teams, with cloud and infrastructure costs as the top priority • Partner with infrastructure engineers to understand AWS usage, billing, and commitments, and model savings from Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, and other commercial options • Manage and optimize spend with AWS, CDN partners, and transcoding providers • Track usage against commitments and flag risks or opportunities • Help Engineering and Data teams find, evaluate, and contract needed tools, platforms, and services • Build an intake process for new vendors • Partner with IT and Legal on vendor security and risk reviews • Set and share vendor management best practices • Research vendors and recommend options based on product needs, quality, and budget • Own evaluation and selection criteria and run structured vendor comparisons • Support build-vs-buy decisions with cost, effort, and tradeoff analysis • Run proofs of concept before committing to new products • Lead negotiations on pricing, business terms, and SLAs • Manage the full contracting lifecycle, including NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, and purchase orders • Maintain centralized records of vendor owners, contract terms, costs, and renewal dates • Work with Finance to model contract costs and forecast committed spend • Provide leadership with visibility into vendor spending, overlap, and savings opportunities • Identify tools to consolidate or retire • Serve as main point of contact for key vendors and escalate issues internally • Run quarterly business reviews and measure performance against SLAs • Coordinate vendor meetings at CES and other industry events

🎯 Requirements

• 8–10+ years in vendor management, technology procurement, or a closely related role, with most of that time spent on technology and cloud vendors • Hands-on experience managing a relationship with a major cloud provider (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure), including reading usage and billing data and recommending commitment or pricing changes • Strong knowledge of technology products and categories • Track record of negotiating pricing, terms, and SLAs that produced measurable savings or better terms • Experience running contracts through legal review, including NDAs, MSAs, and SOWs • Financial fluency, including vendor budgets, cost models, and committed-spend forecasting • Strong research and analysis skills • Highly organized and proactive • Clear communication with engineers, finance, legal, and non-technical teams, in person and remotely • Comfortable working independently in a lean, fast-moving team • Experience at a streaming or media company, or familiarity with video technology such as transcoding, stream acquisition, and CDNs (nice to have) • Engineering or technical background (nice to have) • Familiarity with FinOps practices and cloud cost tools such as AWS Cost Explorer (nice to have) • Experience with billing, payments, or BI and analytics platforms (nice to have) • Experience standing up a vendor management or procurement function from scratch (nice to have)

🏖️ Benefits

• Company stock options • Full health, dental and vision coverage for you and your family • 401(k) plan with employer contributions • Flexible working hours • Up to 20 weeks of fully paid parental leave • Unlimited paid time off for vacation and sick leave • $2,000 annual vacation bonus • $5,250 annually for professional development and educational assistance • $1,250 annual home office + TV stipend during first year of employment ($250 annually thereafter) • $500/month ($6,000/year) bonus for employees who commit to working at least 3 days per week in our offices • Generous commuter benefits ($315/month towards transit, rideshare, bike rental, or parking at our HQ office in San Francisco) • Free Gympass subscription • Dog-friendly office

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