Director, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Director of Global Strategic Sourcing – Technology

We are looking for a dynamic Director of Technology Strategic Sourcing to lead high‑impact technology categories. You will set the vision and strategy for spend categories, shape company‑wide sourcing decisions related to technology spend, and grow as a senior leader within a global sourcing organization. Your focus will be on delivering significant savings, streamlining operations, and raising internal customer satisfaction. You will also help standardize technology purchasing and governance through a unified source‑to‑pay process, enabling faster buying and strengthening company‑wide governance.

Collaborating with the Head of Global Strategic Sourcing, you will lead teams of category managers covering an annual spend of over $ (data omitted). The category scope includes Cloud (Compute, Storage, GPU), AI and Data Platforms, Enterprise Software, Infrastructure and Services. This role offers growth, impact, and a chance to influence executive decision‑making in a fast‑paced, global environment.

• Partner closely with internal customers to understand priorities, unlock value, and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Build and continuously evolve multi‑year category strategies aligned to business roadmaps, budgets, and risk posture.
• Help standardize technology buying through unified source‑to‑pay processes and contracting standards.
• Lead sourcing and cross‑functional teams across multiple categories and initiatives from strategy development through sourcing, contracting, and implementation.
• Develop organizational capability by mentoring, coaching, and building high‑performing sourcing leaders and teams.
• Drive process improvements that increase customer happiness, reduce cycle time, and deliver efficiency gains while ensuring compliance with policies and mitigating supplier risk.
• Deploy leading‑edge procurement solutions such as AI, RPA, Chatbots and Process Mining to drive automation, unlock savings, mitigate risk and transform strategic sourcing processes.

• 10+ years of demonstrated leadership experience and expertise in strategic sourcing for technology categories (enterprise software, SaaS/cloud, data/AI, or infra/services) at a global scale and within a fast‑paced, dynamic organization.
• Experience structuring and negotiating large‑scale cloud agreements with hyperscalers, with a solid understanding of cloud category market dynamics and the ability to develop and implement sourcing strategies that translate to significant business outcomes.
• Proven track record in building trusted relationships with diverse partners across all levels and influencing decision‑making that aligns the interests of diverse teams.
• Strong people‑leadership capabilities, with a track record of attracting, developing, training, and retaining outstanding talent.
• Experience embedding risk, compliance, and governance into sourcing and contracting processes.
• Experience leading high‑profile, complex negotiations with multi‑faceted relationships (buy from, sell to, joint go‑to‑market, etc).