Vendor Management Senior Analyst

About the role

The Vendor Management Senior Analyst will help build and support a strategic sourcing and vendor management program to maximize value and manage third-party risk. This role involves collaborating across the company to support procurement efforts, including contract negotiation, RFP management, and process creation. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can drive efficiency in a dynamic setting.

Responsibilities

• Support Marqeta’s strategic sourcing and vendor management vision, processes, and tools.
• Provide support in procurement activities, including contract negotiation, administration, and coordination with legal, compliance, security, and finance teams.
• Monitor performance metrics for the procurement program and vendor performance, suggesting improvements and escalating critical issues.
• Identify and drive opportunities to optimize sourcing and vendor management processes.
• Conduct savings analyses and modeling to prioritize procurement opportunities and track results.
• Identify and assess vendor risks and implement mitigation strategies.
• Maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure cost, quality, and delivery targets are met.

Required skills

• Strategic sourcing
• Vendor management
• Contract negotiation
• Risk management
• Procurement
• Data modeling

Nice to have

• Payments industry experience
• FinTech experience
• Banking experience
• SaaS experience

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of experience in strategic sourcing and vendor management

Benefits

• Private Medical coverage
• Private Dental coverage
• Retirement savings program
• Equity
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Monthly remote work stipend
• Annual development stipend
• Parental Leave
• Wellbeing programs

About the Company

Marqeta is an enabler of embedded finance, providing a card issuing platform that offers flexibility and control for companies to issue cards, authorize transactions, and manage payment operations in real time. The company powers well-known brands in the new economy, including Block, Cash App, Affirm, Instacart, Doordash, Uber, and Walmart.