Director - Global Procurement Governance

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About the role

The Director, Procurement Governance is responsible for establishing and leading the enterprise-wide procurement governance strategy and overseeing the Contract Management function. This role establishes, maintains, and continuously improves procurement policies, controls, and compliance standards across the enterprise. It ensures procurement and contract management activities are compliant with policies, regulatory requirements, risk management standards, and strategic objectives while driving operational excellence, financial objectives, transparency, and accountability across purchasing and contract management activities.

This role combines strong knowledge of procurement and contract management processes with the ability to influence procurement, legal, finance, compliance, and internal audit stakeholders in a complex environment to balance strong governance with operational agility.

Responsibilities

• Procurement Governance & Policy: Design, implement, and maintain enterprise-wide procurement policies. Ensure alignment with enterprise processes, controls, and regulatory requirements. Lead periodic policy reviews and updates to reflect business, regulatory, and operational changes. Drive consistent application of procurement standards across all business units. Lead day-to-day operations, including effectively operationalizing negotiated contracts and addressing issues.
• Contract Management: Oversee and enable the Contract Management group, ensuring contract lifecycle excellence and consistent application of contracting standards across business units to mitigate risk and create operational efficiency. Standardize contract templates, clause libraries, and procedures in partnership with Legal. Lead implementation of technologies supporting digital advancements. Ensure timely contract turnaround and adherence to service-level expectations.
• Enablement: Embed governance requirements into processes and systems. Drive adoption of governance standards through training, communication, and stakeholder engagement. Continuously refine processes to remain innovative, efficient, and industry-leading. Build and drive adoption of Procurement Institute training curriculum for each Global Procurement (GP) persona.
• Supplier Governance: Lead continuous improvement of the supplier risk management and Responsible Sourcing programs. Establish policies, standards, and controls embedded throughout the supplier lifecycle. Partner with Enterprise Risk, Legal, Compliance, Cyber, and business stakeholders to ensure consistent risk assessment, due diligence, and monitoring practices. Drive standardized governance, reporting, and performance metrics for actionable supplier insights.
• Leadership: Lead and develop a high-performing team, act as a trusted advisor to leadership and stakeholders. Influence cross-functional stakeholders to promote a culture of accountability, integrity, and compliance. Track and evaluate team performance and attract, develop, and retain talent.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 8+ years of related experience in procurement policies and contract management
• Demonstrated experience implementing governance frameworks in complex organizations
• Proven ability to design enterprise procurement governance and internal control frameworks
• Strong knowledge in contract lifecycle management and contract management technologies
• Strategic thinking skills and sound judgment
• Excellent communication skills
• Proven ability to partner with leaders and influence without direct authority

Qualifications

• Demonstrated understanding of the capabilities and limitations of generative AI tools and efficient leverage of AI to support research, analysis, content creation, and problem solving
• Application of critical thinking to validate AI-generated outputs while adhering to organizational policies for responsible AI use, data privacy, and security
• Master's Degree (preferred)

Pay

The base pay range for this role is $159,790.00 to $207,998.00. The base salary range is dependent on job-related factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life, accident, and disability insurance
• Parental leave
• Employee assistance program
• Commuter benefits
• Paid holidays and paid time off
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Flight privileges