.https://corporate.Lastminute.Com/careers/job/?id=743999836587514&jobName=IT%20Vendor%20&Initiatives_Manager The CompanyLaunched in 1998, this pioneering British-born brand has specialised in creating amazing experiences and unforgettable memories – from hotels, city breaks and holidays to theatre, entertainment and spa days. Experts in brightening up online travel, lastminute.Com is among the worldwide leaders in the field, helping hundreds of thousands of customers every year find, and do, "whatever makes them pink".At the heart of our culture is a commitment of inclusion across race, gender, age sexual orientation, religion, gender identity or expression and accessibility. We strongly believe in an equal opportunity space, which is welcoming and celebrates the uniqueness of everyone who works here. We value different lived experiences and respect viewpoints, as we know unicity drives innovation. We want to make sure our people reflect the communities across the world we help travel.Job Description*This vacancy is also eligible for the External Referral Programme: Do you have a friend that you think can be interested in this position? Don't keep it for yourself, click here and suggest us his/her profile! Check out how our External referral policy works here Job DescriptionThe Tech Initiatives and Vendor Manager is responsible to provide strategic leadership/direction in building processes and/or identifying and driving improvement initiatives to increase people and organisational capabilities across the Technology department. He/she also leads strategic IT initiatives through applying structured project and program methodologies to existing processes and increasing consistency and successful project implementation across the organisation.Key ResponsibilitiesGuide and support the technology department in structuring an IT Governance UnitWork with senior leaders across the organisation to identify processes improvement opportunities and drive the execution of solutionsLead the definition of policies, processes, strategies, standards, and guidelines using best practice frameworks, whilst reviewing current approaches and suggesting improvements; Lead the development strategy and guidelines for appropriate staffing requirements, exercising control over resources, budget management and planning and contributing to defining standards; Help and support in the re-engineering of IT processes (demand management, change management, incident management, service request management, etc
