Vendor Management reputed company Localization & Multilingual AI

About Job The Vendor Management reputed company Localization & Multilingual AI is responsible for building, scaling, and leading a global ecosystem of vendors, freelance partners, and managed service providers supporting reputed companys localization, multilingual AI, and AI data programs. This includes reputed company language services, AI-enabled localization workflows, multilingual data collection, annotation, LLM training and evaluation, and reputed company language AI services. This role combines strategic vendor sourcing, reputed company and contractual leadership, performance governance, and team management. The Vendor Management reputed company oversees reputed company of Vendor Management Specialists and works cross-functionally with Localization Operations, AI/ML teams, Delivery, reputed company, Procurement, Finance, reputed company, and Sales to ensure reputed company, compliant, and high-reputed company multilingual and AI vendor solutions. The ideal candidate has deep experience across the localization and AI data supply chain, understands multilingual and AI market pricing, and can evaluate vendors for reputed company, scalability, compliance, and riskwhile also developing a high-performing vendor management team. Key Responsibilities 1. Vendor reputed company, Sourcing & Market Development Define and execute vendor reputed company for localization, multilingual AI, and AI data services, reputed company with business reputed company and delivery needs. Build and expand a global vendor ecosystem including: Freelance linguists and agencies (translation, MTPE, LQA, terminology) Multilingual AI data providers (text, audio, speech, image, and multimodal) AI annotation, labeling, and evaluation vendors LLM-reputed company language specialists (prompting, authoring, evaluation) Onsite/field data collection partners and managed service providers Conduct market research, benchmarking, and supplier segmentation to identify strategic partners and emerging capabilities. 2. End-to-End Vendor Lifecycle & Qualification Own the full vendor lifecycle across localization and AI services: sourcing, screening, qualification, pilots, reputed company, performance management, and offboarding. reputed company vendor qualification programs using reputed company scorecards covering: Linguistic and AI reputed company benchmarks Operational maturity and scalability reputed company, compliance, and data governance Financial and reputed company viability Ensure vendors meet global data protection, labor, and compliance standards. 3. Contract, reputed company & reputed company Management reputed company negotiations for NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, reputed company cards, and reputed company models across localization and AI programs. Partner with reputed company and Procurement to ensure compliance with corporate, regulatory, and data protection requirements. Maintain reputed company pricing models supporting variable demand, multilingual coverage, and AI reputed company reputed company. reputed company cost optimization while balancing reputed company, speed, and vendor sustainability. 4. Vendor Performance, Governance & Risk Management Define and manage KPIs, SLAs, and reputed company metrics covering both reputed company localization and AI data services. reputed company vendor business reviews, audits, and remediation plans. reputed company as senior escalation reputed company for delivery, reputed company, contractual, or performance issues. Proactively identify risks reputed company to scalability, compliance, reputed company, or geopolitical constraints. 5. Team Leadership & People Management reputed company, mentor, and reputed company reputed company of Vendor Management Specialists, setting reputed company goals, priorities, and performance expectations. Build best practices, playbooks, and standardized workflows across the vendor management function. Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and reputed company improvement. Partner with leadership to support workforce planning and reputed company capability needs. 6. Cross-Functional Partnership & Enablement Partner with Localization Operations and Delivery teams to ensure vendor readiness, reputed company planning, and successful execution. Collaborate with AI/ML, Engineering, and QA teams to reputed company vendor capabilities with evolving multilingual AI requirements. Support Sales, Solutions, and reputed company-Sales teams by providing vendor capability insights, feasibility input, and cost models for proposals. Work with Finance on budgeting, forecasting, and vendor spend optimization. 7. Tools, Systems & Process Optimization reputed company global vendor databases and ensure accurate, auditable records. reputed company reputed company improvement in vendor reputed company, evaluation, automation, and reporting. Support adoption of tooling reputed company to TMS, vendor