Director, Customer Operations Vendor Strategy & Execution

What You'll Do Strategy, Governance & Reinvention Define and execute the long-term strategy for Affirm's global customer operations vendor network, balancing customer experience, operational efficiency, resiliency, compliance, and business continuity across all global vendors. Reinvent how we resolve customer issues and deliver experience across the vendor network, treating the BPO vendor network as an innovation hub rather than a cost center. Establish governance frameworks, performance standards, and accountability mechanisms across the global vendor ecosystem. Lead executive-level vendor governance forums, including Quarterly Business Reviews, strategic planning, and escalation management. Partner with Financial Partnerships on vendor selection, expansion, remediation, and network design, evaluating capabilities, geographic footprint, and concentration risk to inform future-state decisions. AI & Operational Innovation Partner deeply across product, engineering and operations teams to deploy agent and customer facing AI and automation across servicing workflows within the vendor network — agent assist, quality, forecasting, and customer resolution — to reinvent cost-to-serve and elevate vendor agent and customer experience. Bring an experimentation mindset, using AI in everyday problem-solving to reimagine the vendor operating model and program, not just optimize the current one. Performance & Operational Excellence Own overall vendor network performance across servicing functions, including CSAT, SLA, compliance, QA, productivity, and efficiency outcomes. Build mechanisms for vendor performance management, escalation handling, and vendor accountability, and drive systemic improvements across vendors and functional PODs. Lead recovery efforts for high-risk or underperforming vendor relationships. Drive target cost optimization programs across all global vendors. Analytics & Decision Enablement Partner with Analytics to define vendor reporting requirements, scorecards, and operational health metrics. Translate operational trends into actionable recommendations for senior leadership, ensuring decisions are grounded in data and measurable outcomes. Cross-Functional Leadership Build a global "one team" mentality that treats the vendor network as strategic partners rather than order-takers. Serve as the primary operational leader for vendor-supported servicing functions, partnering with Product, Engineering, Workforce Management, QA, Training, Risk, and Compliance. Lead large-scale initiatives — vendor migrations, specialization efforts, operating-model transformations, and regulatory implementations. Act as the executive escalation point for complex vendor, operational, and customer-experience issues. People Leadership Lead and develop a team of Vendor Managers and In-Country Vendor Managers, embodying a customer-centric culture and Affirm's values by example. Establish role clarity, operating rhythms, and performance expectations across the organization. Coach leaders to strengthen analytical rigor, strategic thinking, vendor-management capability, and cross-functional influence. Build a high-performing organization anchored in accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement. What we look for 15+ years in customer operations — including large-scale global vendor BPO program management, operations strategy, or consulting for fast-paced, multi-million-customer businesses using vendor networks (or demonstrated equivalent leadership trajectory). 10+ years leading managers and/or complex global operational and vendor organizations. Proven success managing large-scale outsourced operations and global vendor networks across multiple international geographies. Experience leading and optimizing supply and demand management with global work force management teams. Demonstrated experience deploying AI or automation to improve customer operations or BPO environments at scale. Strong analytical background, using data to drive strategic decisions and operational outcomes. Track record leading large cross-functional initiatives with measurable business impact. Deep cultural fluency across global geographies — a proven ability to lead and motivate diverse international teams and to build a customer-centric, high-performing culture across varied call-center and BPO environments. Exceptional communication, executive presence, and stakeholder management. Preferred Qualifications Industry background in fintech, technology, or financial services, or other high-growth operational environments. Knowledge of consumer facing compliance-heavy functions such as Fraud, Payments, Compliance, or Financial Operations. Experience building operating models, governance frameworks, and scalable service-delivery organizations. Experience designing vendor network strategies that balance performance, resiliency, scalability, and risk. Leading in fast paced rapid growth environments. Pay Grade - S Equity Grade - 7 Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills. Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company). CAN base pay range per year: $199,000 - $279,000 This posting is for an existing vacancy. #LI-Remote Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to