SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER (PROCUREMENT)

Position Summary

Key Responsibilities

Experience Required

Skills And Abilities

Education Required

Special Conditions

Salary And Benefits

Additional Information

How To Apply

• Position Summary

  This position is managed from the UC Office of the President, however; it can be filled at any one of UC's 10 campuses. As the office with the formal delegation of authority from the University, our procurement professionals have specific knowledge and skill-sets to ensure that the policies and regulations (local, state, UC, federal and private) are supported as we carry out our procurement obligations.

• Key Responsibilities

  25% Product Strategy & Roadmap
  Define and maintain the integrated product roadmap across all six S2C technologies
  Ensure alignment with the SWP strategic initiatives, procurement strategy, and enterprise data priorities
  Identify capability technology gaps and inefficiencies for product innovation, and opportunities for automation and AI enablement
  Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term platform scalability

  25% Delivery & Execution
  Leadership Support
  Program Leadership in program planning, roadmap alignment, and milestone readiness
  Oversee end-to-end implementations, prepare impact assessments for enhancements, integrations, and rollouts
  Translate business needs into clear product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
  Partner closely with IT, technology providers, and system integrators
  Identify cross-technology impacts prior to release and coordinate readiness activities

  20% Stakeholder & Change Management
  Serve as the primary liaison between Procurement, Legal, IT, Finance, and other stakeholders
  Gather and prioritize requirements from business stakeholders, internal and external users, and leadership
  Facilitate requirements workshops, design sessions, and decision forums
  Partner with change management and training resources to design end user trainings and drive adoption
  Communicate roadmap progress, risks, and outcomes to leadership
  Act as the voice of the customer, ensuring solutions are intuitive, valuable, and impactful
  Facilitate alignment across leadership, engineering, design, operations, and other technology partners

  20% Data, AI & Continuous Improvement
  Champion AI, ML, and LLM capabilities across the S2C ecosystem
  Ensure responsible AI adoption aligned with enterprise data governance standards
  Define and monitor KPIs for produce performance and outcomes, adoption, efficiency, value realization, and user experience
  Drive continuous improvement based on usage data, analytics, and stakeholder feedback
  Monitor adoption, usage, and value realization post-launch

• Experience Required

  Min 10 years of experience in product management, procurement systems, or technology delivery
  Strong understanding of Source-to-Contract or Source-to-Pay processes
  Experience working in Agile, hybrid, or enterprise delivery environments
  Proven ability to manage complex, cross-functional initiatives

• Skills And Abilities

  Advanced knowledge of business and process analysis functions
  Advanced knowledge of related areas of IT
  Knowledge relating to the design of processes and software across the organization
  Advanced skills and methodologies associated with process and software design, modification and implementation
  Demonstrated skills needed to develop process and system implementation plans
  Demonstrated experience with process analysis, systems analysis, process architectures and systems analysis methodologies and practices including traditional waterfall, Agile, Agile Scrum, UML, UML Enterprise, et cetera
  Understanding and skill in complex process and systems requirement documentation standards, such as Use Case modeling, User Story creations and narrative description
  Demonstrated ability to work with others from diverse backgrounds
  Self-motivated and works independently and as part of a team
  Able to learn effectively and meet deadlines
  Demonstrated problem solving skills
  Advanced knowledge of business processes and procedures
  Demonstrated testing and test planning skills
  Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills
  Demonstrated ability to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical personnel at various levels in the organization
  Interpersonal and communications skills to work with both technical and non-technical personnel at various levels in the organization

• Education Required

  Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Information Systems, or related field

• Special Conditions

  This position has been approved for a hybrid work arrangement. The person hired must report to work on-site at UC’s Office of the President (UCOP) located in Oakland, CA on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, subject to change. The person hired must reside in the State of California.

• Salary And Benefits

  Job Title: Business Systems Analyst 5
  Job Code: 000658
  Salary Grade: Grade 26
  Payscale: $163,000 - $185,000, commensurate with experience
  Benefits: For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University visit: Benefits of Belonging

• Additional Information

  HOW TO APPLY
  Please be prepared to attach a cover letter and resume with your application.