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We're building a culture where you can apply your strengths, contribute meaningful work, and develop the capabilities you'll need for tomorrow.\nAbout the Opportunity\nAs a Vendor Manager, you'll play a key role in helping Transurban get the very best value from our technology partnerships and investments. Working within our ERP and Corporate Applications team, you'll help strengthen the governance, performance, and strategic management of technology vendors that support critical business outcomes across the organisation through strong commercial acumen, customer-focused thinking, and informed decision-making.\nThis is an exciting opportunity to influence how we work with our technology partners, drive continuous improvement, and contribute to the implementation of a new technology licensing framework across a rapidly growing portfolio. You'll collaborate with stakeholders across Technology, Procurement, Risk, Finance, Legal, and external suppliers, using relationship building, collaborative delivery, and critical thinking to create stronger partnerships and better business outcomes.\nYou'll join a collaborative team that values curiosity, innovation, and diverse perspectives. Together, you'll help ensure our supplier relationships deliver long-term value while supporting the technology that keeps our business and communities moving.\nAs our Vendor Manager, you'll contribute to meaningful work that supports Transurban's ongoing growth and helps deliver better experiences for our customers, partners, and employees.\nHow you'll make an impact (your day-to-day):\nBuild confidence in our supplier partnerships by managing governance frameworks, monitoring performance, and ensuring vendor relationships deliver against business objectives and risk expectations through effective relationship building and commercial acumen.\nDrive better commercial outcomes by identifying opportunities to maximise value, improve supplier performance, optimise technology investments, and support cost-saving initiatives across the Technology portfolio using critical thinking, problem solving, and sound commercial judgement.\nTurn data into meaningful insights through performance reporting, score carding, risk identification, and recommendations that support informed decision-making by leaders and stakeholders. You'll leverage AI and data literacy to help identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement.\nStrengthen relationships across the business by partnering with internal teams and external suppliers to resolve issues, manage risks, and achieve mutually beneficial outcomes through collaborative delivery and a customer-focused approach.\nSupport continuous improvement by helping implement and evolve vendor management practices, technology licensing processes, and governance approaches that enhance business performance and accountability. Your adaptability will help drive positive change across an evolving technology environment.\nThis role will suit someone with a curious mind and a drive to adapt. We value the transferable skills and experience you could bring, including:\nBuilding and managing strategic relationships: Experience working with external partners, suppliers, service providers, or key stakeholders to deliver successful business outcomes through strong relationship building and collaboration.\nCommercial and analytical thinking: The ability to assess opportunities, evaluate performance, identify risks, and make recommendations that create value for an organisation through strong commercial acumen, critical thinking, and informed decision-making.\nGovernance and process improvement: Experience establishing, managing, or improving frameworks, controls, reporting processes, or operational practices that support accountability and performance.\nInfluencing and stakeholder engagement: The ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of stakeholders, build trust, and align people around shared goals through collaborative delivery and customer-focused outcomes.\nWorking confidently with technology and change: Experience supporting technology, digital, commercial, procurement, or operational environments, combined with AI and data literacy and the adaptability to learn new tools, systems, and ways of working.\nProblem solving in complex environments: A proactive approach to identifying challenges, navigating ambiguity, and delivering practical solutions that improve outcomes through strong problem solving, critical thinking, and sound judgement.\nTaking ownership of your career and development means exploring opportunities that stretch you. We aren't looking for a perfect checklist; we're looking for people who bring strong foundations, curiosity, and a willingness to learn. 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