Manager, HR Vendor Management

Manager, HR Vendor Manager

What You’ll Do:

· Oversee Gartner’s comprehensive vendor ecosystem, managing existing vendor relationships while designing and optimizing the long-term vendor strategy across the HR organization.

· Proactively identify, evaluate, and onboard new vendors based on evolving business needs, ensuring alignment with Gartner’s strategic priorities and compliance standards

· Develop and maintain robust performance metrics and dashboards to continuously evaluate vendor effectiveness, outcomes, and return on investment.

· Partner with HR leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to optimize vendor deliverables, ensuring solutions are scalable, innovative, and aligned with organizational goals

· Design and implement tools, processes, and frameworks that enhance recruiting delivery, streamline operations, and improve organizational productivity.

· Create compelling presentations and reports that articulate the business impact of vendor partnerships, enabling data-driven decision-making at the leadership level.

· Manage a Project Specialist, providing strategic direction, prioritizing workload, and fostering career growth and development within Gartner.

Who You Are:

· Strategic thinker – You take a long-term view, mapping out a clear vision and actionable plans to grow and scale the function and drive business success through effective vendor partnerships.

· Strong Collaborator - You’re a strong communicator who thrives in cross-functional environments, working seamlessly with stakeholders across the business.

· Trusted Consultant: You build meaningful relationships with stakeholders by understanding their priorities, making informed recommendations and align vendor capabilities to meet evolving business needs

· Detail Oriented - You excel at managing complex processes and data, balancing precision with agility in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

What you'll need:

· Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent in business management, procurement or similar

· 5+ years proven background within HR operations or strategic investment decisions

· Well rounded understanding of HR processes and operations

· Demonstrable record of delivery with experience in owning and executing strategic and tactical cross-functional projects

· Experience with developing a culture of continuous improvement

· Ability to “think big” and innovate within an ambiguous environment, while being comfortable “in the weeds” fixing problems and defining quick to deliver actions

· Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) with deep experience in reporting and managing global stakeholder audiences

Who are we?

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.
Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.
Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to 21,000 associates globally who support ~14,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.
What makes Gartner a great place to work?
Our vast, virtually untapped market potential offers limitless opportunities – opportunities that may not even exist right now – for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.
We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.
Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.
We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.
What do we offer?
Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.
In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive — working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.
Ready to grow your career with Gartner? Join us.

Gartner believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is 92,000 USD - 131,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based, uncapped sales incentive plan. Our talent acquisition team will provide the specific opportunity on our bonus or incentive programs to eligible candidates. We also offer market leading benefit programs including generous PTO, a 401k match up to $7,200 per year, the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount, and more.

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