Strategic Vendor Manager - Digital
ScottsihPower HQ, Glasgow (hybrid working)
Salary up to £82,000 + up to 20% bonus, car allowance & family healthcare cover
Closing date - 1st of June 2026
Help us create a better future, quicker
We’re looking for a
Senior Vendor Manager
to join our Digital Transformation team and take ownership of our strategic contracts and commercial governance across a global supplier landscape. This is a key role, responsible for ensuring our contracts are robust, compliant and commercially sound, while supporting the delivery of large-scale digital programmes and long-term business objectives.
What you’ll be doing
You’ll own the end-to-end lifecycle management of high-value, complex contracts, from contract strategy and negotiation through to ongoing administration, performance management and renewal. This includes leading contract renewals, variations and new agreements, ensuring terms are clear, enforceable and aligned to ScottishPower’s
Digital Transformation department.
Acting as a subject-matter expert in contract management, you’ll provide assurance across contractual frameworks, policies and controls. You’ll proactively identify and manage commercial risk, ensuring obligations, liabilities, service levels and change mechanisms are clearly governed and consistently applied.
You’ll work closely with legal, procurement, finance and delivery teams to ensure
our IT
contracts support effective delivery while protecting ScottishPower’s commercial interests. This will include advising stakeholders on contractual interpretation, change control, dispute resolution and escalation, as well as supporting negotiations with strategic suppliers.
You’ll also support the development of contract management maturity across the function, embedding best practice, improving consistency of approach and strengthening governance forums, reporting and controls across the contract portfolio.