Tamara is originally from Ticino, Switzerland, and her career has taken her across several cities—including Milan, Geneva, Edinburgh, and Utrecht. For the past seven years, she has been based in Zurich, where she currently serves as a Vendor Relationship Manager & Complex Deal Specialist at UBS. She earned her Bachelor of Sciences in Business Administration & Management from Bocconi University.
In her role, Tamara oversees and executes go-to-market deal strategies by structuring complex projects and building strong relationships with top-tier vendors and senior leadership in Professional Services and Outsourcing globally. This involves negotiating high-impact agreements, structuring requests for proposals, managing relationships with key vendors, and generating significant savings. Previously, she worked as a Category Manager, Supplier Risk Analyst, and Procurement Systems Analyst, where she developed category/portfolio strategies, managed costs and budgets, redesigned contract architectures, introduced third-party risk methodologies, and improved procurement systems (e.g., SAP).
Tamara's project management (and business analysis) experience spans regulatory and compliance initiatives, post-merger integrations, end-to-end process transformations, and organizational changes across both traditional and Agile environments.
She joined PMI to deepen her understanding of project management best practices, learn from experienced professionals, and connect with a community that values continuous improvement. Tamara is also currently preparing for the PMP exam, which she expects to complete by the end of this year.
Outside of work, Tamara enjoys running, hiking, pilates, horse riding, traveling, and visiting art exhibitions.
Tamara looks forward to contributing to and learning from the community.
You can learn more about Tamara by visiting her LinkedIn profile.