Director, Strategic Sourcing - Technology

Intuit is a global platform company on a mission to power prosperity around the world for consumers, small businesses, and the self-employed. The Global Strategic Sourcing team drives commercial excellence, speed, and innovation by partnering across Intuit’s third-party ecosystem to deliver enterprise value in a digitally advanced, data-driven sourcing function.

About the role

Reporting to the VP of Stock, Treasury & Procurement, the Director of Strategic Sourcing - Tech leads a high-impact organization driving strategies across Cloud, Software, Hardware, Telecom, Engineering & Technology Services. This leader serves as a trusted commercial advisor to senior leaders and supports major business units including QuickBooks, Mailchimp, TurboTax, and Credit Karma. The role oversees a multi-billion-dollar portfolio in total spend, nearly 900 suppliers, and a team of approximately 50 FTEs and contract workers.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end category strategy and execution, including Media, Agency, Events, Content Production, Facilities, Professional Services, Contingent Labor, and Benefits.
• Design and implement data-driven sourcing strategies that balance cost, speed, quality, and innovation.
• Lead and negotiate complex, global agreements, focusing on total value and mitigating supplier risk.
• Serve as a trusted commercial advisor and partner to VP+ stakeholders and senior leaders across the Technology ecosystem.
• Manage and optimize strategic supplier relationships to drive innovation, performance, and accountability.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team, developing organizational and team member capabilities in category management and strategic sourcing.
• Leverage analytics, automation, and modern sourcing tools to enhance visibility, decision speed, and digital fluency.
• Define and implement process improvements that reduce cycle time, deliver efficiency gains, and ensure compliance with policies.

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive strategic sourcing or commercial leadership experience.
• 5+ years of management experience, with a demonstrated ability to recruit, mentor, develop, and retain an outstanding strategic sourcing team.
• Demonstrated expertise in strategic sourcing, with strong financial acumen and experience leading complex, high-value negotiations.
• AI-Centered Approach: Demonstrated experience championing AI and automation across the sourcing function to drive faster decisions and reduce manual effort.
• Strategic and Global Mindset: Ability to align sourcing strategies to enterprise goals and manage a broad, complex portfolio of categories within a fast-paced, dynamic organization.
• Strong Leadership: A collaborative, innovative, and enterprise-minded leadership style.
• Communication & Influence: Excellent executive communication skills. Proven ability to partner with and influence VP+ stakeholders and senior leaders, with an outstanding ability to collaborate with business partners.
• Digital Fluency & Agility: Comfort operating in analytics- and automation-enabled environments. Evidence of adaptability and a continuous improvement mindset to drive process improvements.

Pay

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay-for-performance rewards approach, including cash bonus, equity rewards, and benefits. Pay is based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location.

• Mountain View: $247,000 - $334,000
• San Diego, CA: $235,000 - $318,000