Vendor Management Analyst - AI Data Service Operations
Job description
About the Team
The AI Data Service and Operations team provides data annotation and search operations services that support international products. The team works closely with business, product, operations, and external vendor partners to deliver high-quality, scalable, and compliant services across multiple markets.
As the team continues to evolve toward a more strategic operations model, we are looking for a Vendor Management Analyst who can combine strong data analysis, performance diagnosis, and stakeholder management to improve vendor delivery and business outcomes.
About the Role
As a Vendor Management Analyst, you will be responsible for analyzing vendor performance, identifying operational opportunities, and converting data insights into clear action plans. You will partner with business stakeholders and vendor teams to monitor service health, diagnose performance gaps, and support governance routines that drive accountability, quality, efficiency, and continuous improvement.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with data, asking the right business questions, and influencing teams through facts, structured analysis, and practical recommendations.
What You Will Do
- Build and maintain performance dashboards, reporting views, and recurring analysis to track vendor delivery across quality, productivity, SLA, cost, risk, and operational health metrics.
- Use SQL and analytical tools to investigate performance trends, identify root causes behind metric movement, and translate findings into business-ready insights.
- Conduct regular vendor performance reviews, highlighting risks, opportunities, and recommended action plans for internal business teams and external partners.
- Work closely with business stakeholders to understand operational priorities, define success metrics, and ensure vendor performance analysis supports business decision-making.
- Partner with vendor managers, operations teams, procurement, finance, and other cross-functional teams to improve service delivery, governance, and execution discipline.