Senior Manager - Portfolio, Contracts & Vendor Performance Management

Qnity Electronics•Wimington, DE

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Qnity is seeking an experienced technology leader to oversee our enterprise Digital Technology portfolio, strategic vendor ecosystem, and technology governance processes. This highly visible role will help senior leaders make the right technology investments, maximize value from supplier relationships, and ensure disciplined execution across a significant capital and operating budget. You will bring portfolio strategy, financial stewardship, operational performance, and vendor management into one data-driven framework that supports business growth and operational excellence. This is an opportunity to build and continuously evolve the operating model that guides technology investment decisions across the enterprise.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, Finance, Engineering, or a related discipline.
12+ years of progressive experience across technology portfolio management, PMO leadership, program management, vendor management, contract management, or technology governance, including 5+ years of people leadership experience.
Proven experience managing significant capital and operating technology portfolios.
Demonstrated success leading strategic supplier relationships, contract governance, and vendor performance programs.
Strong financial acumen with experience managing budgets, forecasts, business cases, and technology investments.
Track record of influencing senior leaders and driving difficult decisions through data and business insight.
Experience leading teams and building organizational capability.

Nice To Haves

Experience in manufacturing, semiconductor, electronics, or another complex industrial environment.
Experience building or transforming PMO, governance, vendor management, or portfolio management functions.
Professional certification such as PfMP, PMP, PgMP, or WorldCC.
Familiarity with ServiceNow, Power BI, or comparable reporting and workflow platforms.

Responsibilities

Lead the intake, evaluation, prioritization, and governance of enterprise technology initiatives.
Maintain a consolidated view of technology investments, including scope, budget, timelines, business value, risks, and resource demand.
Facilitate senior leadership portfolio reviews and guide stage-gate decisions that determine where investments should accelerate, pivot, or stop.
Measure and report on realized business benefits to ensure approved initiatives deliver expected outcomes.
Oversee the Digital Technology contract portfolio, ensuring visibility into commitments, renewals, consumption, obligations, and commercial risk.
Partner with Procurement, Finance, Legal, and Technology leaders to drive sourcing strategies, negotiations, renewals, and optimization opportunities.
Connect technology demand, vendor spend, and contract utilization to ensure investments align with business priorities.
Identify cost, service, renewal, and entitlement risks before they affect performance or budget.
Establish and lead a comprehensive vendor performance management program.
Develop scorecards, KPIs, service reviews, escalation processes, and senior leadership reporting for strategic technology partners.
Chair monthly and quarterly business reviews with key vendors and internal stakeholders.
Lead operational performance reviews that give leadership clear visibility into trends, risks, service performance, and improvement opportunities.
Ensure actions and decisions are tracked through completion and measurable outcomes.
Deliver clear, concise recommendations to senior leaders based on financial, operational, contractual, and performance data.
Partner with Finance on forecasting, business cases, capital planning, operating budgets, accruals, and variance management.
Strengthen governance disciplines through improved standards, tools, reporting, and workflows.
Lead and develop a high-performing team while mentoring project and program leaders across the organization.