Supervising Associate Vendor Management & Enablement

Role Overview
The Supervising Associate Vendor Management & Enablement will support the Cyber Managed Services (CMS) practice by coordinating and driving the end-to-end onboarding, governance, and ongoing management of technology vendors and strategic third parties.
The role serves as a central point of coordination between CMS business stakeholders, vendors, Procurement, Independence, Risk, Privacy, Information Security, Legal/GCO, and other internal functions. The successful candidate will ensure that vendor initiatives progress efficiently through EY's required reviews while maintaining visibility of dependencies, risks, approvals, decisions, and outstanding actions.
This role requires strong project management, stakeholder coordination, attention to detail, and the ability to navigate multiple governance processes simultaneously.

Key Responsibilities
Vendor Onboarding & Governance
   Manage multiple vendor onboarding initiatives from initial business request through internal approvals, contracting, procurement, and operational readiness.
   Determine applicable onboarding and governance requirements and coordinate activities such as NDA, BRIDGE, Independence review, Supplier Risk/IRA, InfoSec, PIA, AIRA, AI QRM, procurement and legal/GCO review, as applicable.
   Coordinate completion of questionnaires, assessments, intake forms, business justifications, and supporting documentation.
   Maintain a clear understanding of where each vendor sits within the onboarding lifecycle and proactively identify the next required action.
   Ensure required approvals and supporting documentation are appropriately captured before vendors progress to subsequent stages.

Skills & Experience
Required
   Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple parallel workstreams.
   Demonstrated ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholder groups and drive activities through to completion.
   Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex process requirements into clear actions.
   Ability to work independently, identify next steps, and proactively follow up on dependencies.
   Strong attention to detail and documentation discipline.
   Ability to identify risks, blockers, and decisions requiring escalation.
   Comfortable working in an environment involving governance, risk, procurement, legal, technology, and business stakeholders.
   Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, Outlook, and task/tracking tools.

Preferred
   Experience in vendor management, procurement, third-party risk, project management, PMO, operations, or technology enablement.
   Experience working with technology or cybersecurity vendors.
   Familiarity with vendor due diligence, information security, privacy, independence, contracting, or supplier-risk processes.
   Experience coordinating stakeholders across multiple countries or organizational functions.
   Understanding of managed services, cybersecurity services, or technology-enabled professional services environments.

Ultimately, the role enables CMS leaders and service teams to focus on client and business priorities while ensuring that the operational, governance, risk, and procurement activities required to use strategic technology vendors are actively managed.