IT SaaS Vendor Manager (Remote)

IT SaaS Vendor Manager 

Overview:

As a key leader on the WeedMaps IT team, the IT SaaS Vendor Manager will use their analytical and negotiation skills to help optimize the internal and 3rd party tool sets used by the organization. Additionally, you will be responsible for helping manage vendor relationships across the organization, drawing on your purchasing experience and system tools knowledge, you'll collaborate with teams across the organization such as the Engineering, Product, and Design departments to build and execute strategies and plans centered around different functions and tools. Your balanced mentality of maximizing ROI and optimizing functional performance will help our organization achieve peak performance.

The impact you'll make:

• Help drive clarity and transparency within functional teams to understand what functions are important in certain tool sets
• Align teams towards complex multi-functional tool sets that would benefit multiple teams while meeting the operational needs of the requestor
• Regularly assess the team's working maturity, health, and composition, relentlessly striving for cohesion and delivery excellence.
• Provide project stakeholders with regular consistent reporting regarding contracts and projects.
• Create transparency and predictability via feature mapping, roadmaps, sprint plans, burn-downs, cycle times, value stream maps, budget updates, and release reports.
• Align communication between the cross-functional departments throughout the organization as it pertains to your project/program, with the possibility of off hours duty, if needed.
• Understand the task and responsibilities of the cross-functional departments and be able to launch mitigation steps in case there is a gap or unforeseen issue that needs to be addressed.
• Ensure project goals, objectives, milestones, and deliverables are achieved on schedule and within budget.

What you've accomplished:

• 3-5 years of purchasing, buying, vendor management experience involving  Saas / Cloud services within a tech or eCommerce environment.
• 1-3 years in a project management role for high production, high performing teams that consist of inter-departmental roles such as software, design, product development, and business operations.
• Self starter mentality and strong resolve when met with challenges via a project, a program, and personnel.
• Proven ability with corporate buying processes, contract negotiation, vendor relationships
• Proven ability to effectively communicate to varying levels of management via presentations,scheduled updates, and ad hoc communication requests.
• Ability to identify, evaluate, and implement methods to help teams perform efficiently.
• Proven ability to manage teams, mostly through influence, and thrives in a high paced dynamic environment.

Bonus points:

• Technical leadership to optimize spend for AWS, Datadog and other common SW Engineering platforms.
• JIRA administration and tool (Structure, boards, etc) experience.
• Experience with Slack, Slack Integrations, PagerDuty, and other communication, reporting, and productivity tools.
• Project Management Certifications
• Experience in process improvement implementations

Our 2022 Benefits:

• Medical, Dental & Vision benefits (effective Day1):
• Employee - employer paid premium 100%
• Dependent - employer paid premium 80%
• HMO - Kaiser & Anthem
• PPO and HDHP with HSA - Anthem
• Basic Life & AD&D - employer paid 1x salary
• 401(k) Retirement Plan (with employer contribution)
• PTO (3 weeks accrued); 5 sick days
• Supplemental, voluntary benefits
• Kindbody (family planning/fertility) including up to $10,000 towards cash-pay services
• BenefitEd (Student Loan Repayment/529 Education Savings) including a company contribution of up to $1,000/year
• FSA (Medical, Dependent, Transit and Parking)
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Short- and long-term disability Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Company-paid identity theft protection
• Rocket Lawyer legal services platform
• Paid parental leave
• Reimbursements for home office setup and monthly WiFi

Why Weedmaps?

• You get to play a meaningful role in the future of cannabis and how it’s regarded globally
• Catered lunches provided while working in the office
• Casual work environment, no fancy clothes required, but you are free to dress to the nines!
• Generous PTO and company holidays
• Endless opportunities to network and connect with your Weedmappers through education and speaker series, Employee Resource Groups, happy hours, team celebrations, game nights, and much more!

Weedmaps is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Our company uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.

Applicants may be entitled to reasonable accommodations under the terms of the ADA and state/local laws.  Please inform us if you need assistance participating in the interview process.

About Weedmaps:

WM Technology, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: MAPS) mission is to power a transparent and inclusive global cannabis economy. Now in its second decade, WM Technology has been a driving force behind much of the legislative change we’ve seen in the past 10 years.

Founded in 2008, WM Technology, is a leading technology and software infrastructure provider to the cannabis industry, comprising a B2C platform, Weedmaps, and B2B software, WM Business. The cloud-based SaaS solutions from WM Business provide an end-to-end operating system for cannabis retailers. WM Business’ tools support compliance with the complex, disparate, and constantly evolving regulations applicable to the cannabis industry. Through its website and mobile apps, WM Technology provides consumers with the latest information about cannabis retailers, brands, and products, facilitating product discovery and driving engagement with our retail and brand customers.

WM Technology holds a strong belief in the power of cannabis and the importance of enabling safe, legal access to consumers worldwide. Since inception, WM Technology has worked tirelessly, not only to become the most comprehensive platform for consumers, but to build the software solutions that power businesses compliantly in the space, to advocate for legalization, social equity, and licensing in many jurisdictions, and to facilitate further learning through partnering with subject matter experts on providing detailed, accurate information about the plant.

Headquartered in Irvine, California, WM Technology supports remote work for all eligible employees. Visit us at www.weedmaps.com.

Notice to prospective Weedmaps job applicants:

Our team has been made aware of incidents involving LinkedIn, Telegram, and Facebook accounts impersonating Weedmaps recruiters. These individuals are attempting to use our company name to solicit payment from prospective candidates interested in applying for jobs at our company. Our team is actively working to combat these attempts, but in the meantime, please be mindful of the following:

• Our recruiters will always communicate with candidates through an @weedmaps.com email address.

• CORRECT: [email protected]

• INCORRECT: [email protected]

• Our recruiters will NEVER ask for or attempt to solicit payment from applicants in order to apply, interview, or work for Weedmaps.

• If you are interested in a role at Weedmaps, please apply through our established channels.

• Weedmaps Careers Page or LinkedIn

If you are unsure if a communication is legitimate, please contact our recruitment team at [email protected] and they will happily confirm for you. Thank you for your vigilance and we appreciate your interest in working with us!  

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