Senior Manager, IT Procurement – Vendor Management

Role Overview

• Develop and execute enterprise technology sourcing strategies
• Lead a team responsible for managing approximately $300M in annual IT spend across a complex supplier ecosystem
• Guide full lifecycle sourcing plans and negotiations with technology leaders
• Build partnerships with business and technology leaders to maximize value from technology investments
• Oversee a team executing full lifecycle sourcing strategies across the IT vendor ecosystem
• Develop category strategies, sourcing pipelines, negotiation approaches, and vendor governance practices
• Establish governance frameworks to manage supplier performance and contract compliance
• Monitor supplier risk and performance, reporting to senior leadership
• Promote category management, strategic sourcing, and vendor management practices
• Develop strong partnerships with technology and business leaders to support strategic initiatives.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service
• Solid communication and influencing skills across varying leadership levels
• Demonstrated experience driving business results
• Demonstrated experience in creating meaningful data analysis and metrics to support business needs
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills related to complex vendor matters
• Extensive knowledge of vendor contracts and commercial/legal terms and conditions
• Significant experience leading sourcing initiatives within large enterprise organizations managing substantial technology spend
• Experience working within large, highly matrixed organizations with extensive supplier portfolios
• Demonstrated ownership of $100M+ in annual category spend with responsibility for sourcing strategy, negotiations, and supplier management
• Deep knowledge of procurement processes including category strategy development, RFX execution, supplier evaluation, contract negotiation, and vendor governance
• Experience sourcing and negotiating technology solutions including SaaS platforms, enterprise software, cloud services, and managed services
• Experience supporting enterprise technology transformation or digital modernization initiatives
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to develop total cost of ownership models and supplier benchmarks
• Experience using data analysis and metrics to develop insights, communicate strategy, and influence business decisions through effective storytelling
• Strong problem-solving capabilities with the ability to navigate complex vendor and commercial situations
• Strong communication and influencing skills across multiple levels of leadership
• Ability to manage complex initiatives and drive alignment across cross-functional stakeholders
• Customer-focused mindset with experience delivering measurable results.

Tech Stack

• Cloud

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits
• Competitive 401(k) contribution
• Pension plan
• Annual incentive
• 9 paid holidays
• Paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees)
• Student loan repayment program
• Paid-family leave