Senior Category Manager – Technology Procurement

What You'll Do

• Define and own global strategy across technology spend, including SaaS, cloud, infrastructure, and IT services.
• Establish multi-year sourcing roadmaps aligned with technology roadmap, product and engineering priorities, and financial targets.
• Manage complex, high-value, enterprise-wide negotiations, formulating commercial models for SaaS licensing, cloud consumption/pricing, and multi-year contracts.
• Structure agreements to optimize cost, flexibility, and risk.
• Own the global supplier landscape and strategy, establishing supplier segmentation and partnership models.
• Lead executive-level vendor engagements and partner directly with senior leadership across CTO/Engineering, Product, Finance, Legal, and Security teams.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on build vs buy decisions, vendor selection, and commercial risk and trade-offs.
• Use analytics and AI tools to leverage spend and usage data, driving cost efficiency, improving contract outcomes, and identifying strategic opportunities.
• Influence procurement policies, technology governance, and compliance frameworks to ensure alignment with security requirements, regulatory obligations, and contract risk standards.
• Drive transformation in technology procurement through new sourcing models, automation, and consumption-based optimization.

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years in technology sourcing/procurement, vendor management, and commercial negotiations.
• Extensive background in SaaS licensing, cloud pricing structures, and enterprise technology agreements.
• Proven ability to influence senior collaborators and guide complex negotiations.
• Experience in global/matrix environments and exposure to FinOps, cloud optimization, or engineering cost models preferred.
• Strategic problem solver with strong commercial competence and ability to influence without authority at senior levels.
• High ownership and accountability, with a track record of driving measurable business outcomes.
• Able to balance technical, financial, and operational considerations.

Why Aristocrat?

• World Leader in Gaming Entertainment
• Robust benefits package
• Global career opportunities
• Our Values: All about the Player, Talent Unleashed, Collective Brilliance, Good Business, Good Citizen
• Travel Expectations: None
• Pay Range: $94,500 - $175,500 per year
• Benefits Package: Includes health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, and a 401(k) plan with employer matching
• Additional Information: At this time, we are unable to sponsor work visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the job posting location for this position on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.