Strategic Sourcing Lead

About the role

Seeking a globally focused Department Lead for IT Strategic Sourcing to define and execute sourcing strategies that maximize value, reduce costs, and manage risks across IT categories such as software, services, and infrastructure. This role leads a distributed team, collaborates with IT and procurement leaders, and oversees vendor performance, compliance, and negotiations to achieve business objectives. Work is onsite with some remote flexibility; visa sponsorship is not available.

Responsibilities

• Developing multi-year category roadmaps
• Establishing standardized processes
• Managing vendor relationships through KPIs and performance reviews
• Ensuring service quality and governance
• Resource planning
• Budget management
• Developing talent within a high-performance team

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree (master’s preferred), 15+ years of sourcing and procurement experience, extensive IT contract negotiation skills, and leadership expertise.

Skills

• Strong negotiation
• Communication
• Process management
• Strategic partnership abilities
• Experience managing global budgets and vendor relationships
• Operational leadership
• Stakeholder influence
• Ability to operate in an ambiguous environment

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Bonuses
• Industry-leading health plans
• Retirement options
• Career development
• Childcare support
• Tuition support