San Francisco-based Upwork has unveiled partnerships with vendor management systems (VMSs) and managed service providers (MSPs) SAP FieldGlass and FlexTrack to boost its Enterprise Suite offering and provide an end-to-end service for hiring freelancers.
According to a post on the website of the freelancer marketplace operator, this will “deliver a more comprehensive and unified approach to workforce management.”
The company also announced a set of integrations and APIs it said would “enable the Upwork Enterprise Suite to work seamlessly across an enterprise’s entire workforce ecosystem.”
It expects these partnerships and integrations to help its enterprise customers to scale and optimize their workforce by giving them direct access to over 10,000 skills in more than 180 countries and enabling them to centralize and streamline workforce management, onboarding and payment into existing workflows.
“Upwork’s dynamic synergy with VMS and MSP partners tackles many age-old challenges in our work ecosystem, revolutionizing project visibility, quality assurance, and industry standards adherence,” commented Christopher J. Dwyer, senior vice president of research at Ardent Partners and managing director of the Future of Work Exchange, in the post.
“The seamless integration of VMS and MSP services on Upwork is a game-changer, providing a holistic solution for businesses hungry for agile, on-demand talent. This not only ensures robust project oversight and compliance but also sparks a new, transformative era of workforce solutions collaboration.”
Upwork also unveiled a new enterprise dashboard, an AI-powered job post generator and Managed Services, a “high-touch, service-led program-management and full-project-lifecycle solution.”
“Our latest partnerships, integrations and enterprise product enhancements aim to streamline and elevate the entire work process and drive unmatched efficiency and productivity,” said Zoë Diamadi, general manager of enterprise at Upwork.
Founded in 2015, Upwork describes itself as “the world’s work marketplace.” Freelancers earned more than $3.8 billion on the site last year, according to the company.
