Director, Procurement & Strategic Sourcing

Key Responsibilities

• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives across clinical, CMC, commercial, G&A, technology and professional services spend categories.
• Negotiate complex agreements, including CRO, CMC, commercial services, consulting, SaaS and enterprise vendor contracts.
• Develop sourcing strategies, vendor selection processes, supplier negotiations, and ongoing supplier performance management.
• Partner cross-functionally with G&A, Commercial and R&D organizations to support sourcing and contracting needs.

Procurement Operations & Purchasing Management

• Own day-to-day procurement operations, including purchasing workflows, purchase requisitions, PO management, approvals, vendor onboarding, and procure-to-invoice activities.
• Ensure procurement activities align with company policies, delegation of authority, financial controls and public company requirements.
• Partner with Finance and Accounting to support purchasing controls, spend visibility, accruals, invoice management, and budget alignment.
• Establish and maintain scalable procurement processes appropriate for a lean organization.

Procurement Systems, Process Improvement & Governance

• Serve as internal business owner for procurement processes and systems.
• Identify and resolve process inefficiencies, system configuration issues, and workflow bottlenecks across the procurement lifecycle.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives related to procurement operations.
• Partner with external vendors, IT, Finance and other business stakeholders to define, prioritize and optimize systems and processes.
• Develop procurement reporting, spend analytics and dashboards to improve visibility, compliance and decision-making.
• Support system implementations, upgrades, testing, training and change management initiatives related to procurement operations.