Technology Partner Manager
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About the Company
This organisation is on a significant transformation journey, reshaping its technology landscape to better support its customers.
With a people‑first culture, coaching‑focused leadership, and a strong commitment to innovation and simplicity, the business is building a more sustainable, scalable, and digitally‑empowered future. The technology function plays a central role in guiding this shift, ensuring platforms, practices, and ways of working are ready for what's ahead.
Why this role matters
This is a brand-new position created to bring consistency and strategic intent to how the business manages its technology partners.
Sitting within the Technology Strategy & Transformation team, you'll operate at the intersection of technology, commercial management, governance, procurement and delivery - influencing how the organisation partners with vendors and ensuring relationships are well managed, performance is optimised, and commercial outcomes are achieved.
This isn't a traditional procurement role, nor a purely technical one; it's for someone who can comfortably operate across both worlds.
Why you'll love working here
You'll have genuine ownership to shape a capability from scratch, with enterprise-wide visibility and exposure to senior leaders and strategic initiatives. It's a rare blend of strategy, commercial, technology and relationship management, offering high autonomy and the chance to define how technology partnerships work for years to come.
What you'll do
All applications are confidential. Apply directly, or contact Louise Hickey, louise@evolverecruitment.co.nz
This organisation is on a significant transformation journey, reshaping its technology landscape to better support its customers.
With a people‑first culture, coaching‑focused leadership, and a strong commitment to innovation and simplicity, the business is building a more sustainable, scalable, and digitally‑empowered future. The technology function plays a central role in guiding this shift, ensuring platforms, practices, and ways of working are ready for what's ahead.
Why this role matters
This is a brand-new position created to bring consistency and strategic intent to how the business manages its technology partners.
Sitting within the Technology Strategy & Transformation team, you'll operate at the intersection of technology, commercial management, governance, procurement and delivery - influencing how the organisation partners with vendors and ensuring relationships are well managed, performance is optimised, and commercial outcomes are achieved.
This isn't a traditional procurement role, nor a purely technical one; it's for someone who can comfortably operate across both worlds.
Why you'll love working here
You'll have genuine ownership to shape a capability from scratch, with enterprise-wide visibility and exposure to senior leaders and strategic initiatives. It's a rare blend of strategy, commercial, technology and relationship management, offering high autonomy and the chance to define how technology partnerships work for years to come.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with strategic technology partners, acting as the key point of coordination with external suppliers
- Drive regular governance and performance conversations, ensuring vendors stay aligned to business objectives
- Support commercial planning and supplier decision-making, contributing to vendor evaluations, partner selection and RFP processes
- Establish and maintain supplier governance frameworks, monitoring and reporting on performance
- Support risk identification and mitigation, driving accountability across partner relationships
- Collaborate closely with Technology, Procurement, Finance and other stakeholders to influence decision-making and facilitate alignment between business needs and supplier capabilities
- Significant experience managing strategic vendor or partner relationships, with exposure to technology environments and service providers
- Strong commercial awareness and business acumen, with experience influencing senior stakeholders
- Experience participating in supplier selection, commercial evaluations or RFP processes
- A background in technology partner management, vendor management, strategic account management, service delivery management, technology consulting, technical sales leadership, customer success leadership, or IT management with significant vendor responsibility
- A relationship-driven, commercially minded, strategic thinker who's comfortable operating with ambiguity and influential without relying on authority
All applications are confidential. Apply directly, or contact Louise Hickey, louise@evolverecruitment.co.nz