I was hoping to determine whether you or someone in your network might be interested in the opportunity outlined below. I am presently seeking to fill a position for a Program Manager for a client in a role situated in Kirkland, WA.

Job Title: Program Manager

Location: Kirkland, WA

Duration: 12 Months Contract

Job Description
As a Program Manager, you will be responsible for managing strategic partner relations, hold quarterly business review working a cross functional role with other Could infrastructure domain related departments. Being entirely a cloud service, your ability to work with internal engineering and network departments is critical in supporting strategic partners for Hardware, Integrators, Colocations and Network providers to ensure that the customer experience is optimal. Your ability to work independently with limited direction, communicate effectively across multiple organizations in disparate geographic locations, and provide timely status will be keys to success. Prior experience with Partner Management is a key requirement for this role.
Job Description:

• Build upon and enhance strategic partnerships processes across Cloud Infrastructure
• Partner with the Engineering, Network, Procurement teams to own and manage the Partner relations
• Manage QBR s and surveys of vendors performance
• Assist is driving Vendor MSA, Beta agreements with departments and Legal.
• Organized technical discussions, service improvements plans
• Conduct surveys and gather feedback to present to internal and external teams
• Capture and report on vendor performance with internal departments using the Qualtrics platform

Required Minimum Skills:

• A minimum of 9 years of experience is working in Partner or Service Management
• Degree in a finance/business field or equivalent work experience. Success with delivering projects on-time and in scope.
• Demonstrated skill in writing, documentation for internal publication.
• An Operations or CSM background with an affinity for establishing and measuring KPIs
• Experience with holding QBR s, Vendor performance tracking.
• Experience using Qualtrics is a big plus
• Cloud knowledge including Hardware, Network, Colocations, and Integrator services.
• A passion for process improvement with Six Sigma or Lean Certification.

Qualifications
The candidate should have a background in global Vendor/Partner management and working with diverse Vendors.