Vice President

Position Purpose
This role requires a strategic and visionary senior ESM Manager to lead one of the ESM pillars with a focus on driving value, ensuring compliance and strengthening supplier partnerships. This role demands a result-driven leader with deep expertise in contract lifecycle management, IT products/services, regulatory governance and cross functional collaboration.

The candidate should be able to manage risk mitigation framework while adeptly navigating global stakeholder landscapes and regulatory obligations such as DORA.

Primarily responsibilities pertain to the following subjects:

Demand management

Contract Management

Supplier Management

DORA Regulations adherence

Risk Management

Collaboration with TPRM/Legal/Cybersecurity/Compliance teams

Collaboration with global stakeholders Procurement/CIOs,COOs

Team Management

Knowledge in IT products and services

Responsibilities

Strategic demand management

Lead IT demands proactively from CIB businesses, forecasting in alignment with business priorities

Secure consistency of purchases with business needs in partnership with procurement, beneficiaries and suppliers to shape long term strategies aligned with ESM goals

Contract and commercial governance

Oversee the end-to-end contract life cycle from sourcing to renewal and termination ensuring commercial and regulatory excellence

Build best-in-class contract structures that enable agility and performance accountability

Supplier and performance management

Build and nurture strategic relationships with key global ICT vendors

Implement robust supplier performance metrics, service-level adherence and risk-compliant partnerships

Risk and regulatory compliance

Embed risk mitigation protocols into ESM activities with special focus on operational resilience and regulatory compliance (DORA)

Ensure team practices align with internal risk framework and external standards

People leadership and Transformation

Set-up, develop, mentor and lead a high-performance team

Collaborate with global counterparts, study the current systems and processes; formalize the procedures and operational model to guide the team for implementation of the designed framework

Foster a culture of innovation, ownership and continuous improvement

Cross functional collaboration

Partner closely with TPRM, IT security, Legal, Compliance and other functions to uphold governance and safeguard BNPParibas interests

Act as a POC for ESM regulatory and audit engagements

Global stakeholder engagement

Serve as a trusted advisor to global leaders and businesses ensuring alignment across geographies and functions

Influence strategic IT sourcing decisions at a global level through data-driven insights and domain expertise

IT expertise

Maintain deep market knowledge of IT hardware, software, cloud infrastructure and managed services

Leverage insights to design sourcing strategies and vendor discussions

Technical & Behavioral Competencies
The position will require:

15 plus years of progressive experience in IT demand, sourcing, risk management with at least five years in leadership capacity

Demonstrated success in managing global supplier ecosystems and complex IT contracts

In-depth knowledge of regulatory requirements (DORA, GDPR, EBA regulations) impacting the banking sector

Proven track record of cross functional collaboration and executive stakeholder engagement

Strong analytical, negotiation and communication skills

Bachelors degree required; MBA or relevant certifications preferred

Behavioral Competencies

Strategic mindset with operational rigor

High integrity and commitment to compliance

Ability to lead change in a dynamic global environment

Passion for technology & industrialization

Specific Qualifications (if required)
NA

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills(Please select up to 4 skills)

Personal Impact / Ability to influence

Decision Making

Ability to deliver / Results driven

Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving

Transversal

Skills:- (Please select up to 5 skills)Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolutionAbility to inspire others & generate people's commitmentAbility to develop and adapt a processAbility to develop and leverage networksAbility to set up relevant performance indicatorsEducation Level:Bachelor Degree or equivalentExperience LevelAt least 15 yearsOther/Specific Qualifications (if required)Interested by our offer? Don't wait any longer