Job brief: Principal Vendor Operations Manager, ALPR

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• Listed on Axon's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-10 (1 day ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-10.
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• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
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What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: Not published
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Remote · Scottsdale, Arizona, United States · Arizona-Remote
• Posted: 2026-11-10

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Manager. The title says "Manager".

Must have

• Axon’s Vehicle Intelligence ecosystem—spanning fixed and mobile Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR), Fleet systems, and connected sensor infrastructure—is expanding at an u…
• Partner with Training to ensure 100% of vendor technicians are certified on Axon mounting standards, power integration, cabling, and field diagnostics before ever touching a custo…
• Licensing, Permitting & Regulatory Strategy: Architect a multi-state compliance strategy accounting for electrical contractor licensing laws, master electrician requirements, low-…
• 8–12+ years of progressive operational leadership in vendor operations, technical field operations, telecom/broadband deployment, commercial electrical contracting, or systems int…
• You thrive in high-growth environments where processes must be built from the ground up, and you diagnose structural root causes rather than treating surface symptoms.
• Don’t meet every single requirement? That's ok.

Conditions

• Rapid national scaling requires a battle-tested, high-density network of specialized third-party installation and field service partners capable of executing high-velocity, high-q…
• You bridge the gap between boardroom commercial strategy and physical job-site execution.
• We need a rare hybrid operator: someone who possesses sharp business and commercial acumen, exceptional executive presence, a scrappy roll-up-your-sleeves mentality, and ground-tr…
• Audit contractor invoices against physical milestone sign-offs to eliminate invoice creep, unapproved change orders, and cost leakage.

Main duties

• 1. Partner Validation & Commercial Governance
• Operational & Technical Qualification: Partner closely with Strategic Sourcing to evaluate prospective field installation partners. While Sourcing manages en…
• Commercial Negotiation & Rate Cards: Architect and negotiate regional and national labor rate cards, time-and-materials (T&M) vs. fixed-fee milestone structu…
• Pricing Integrity & Cost Auditing: Analyze billing trends and pricing discrepancies. Audit contractor invoices against physical milestone sign-offs to elimin…
• 2. Operational Onboarding, Enablement & Billing Discipline

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for manager jobs in Scottsdale, AZ: $105k a year (8 listings, 3 employers). This listing does not publish pay to compare.
• Across Axon's 384 open listings, 53% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Axon hires

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