Senior Director, Procurement

Join our Mission to Protect Humankind!

Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases, which have serious and costly health consequences when left unchecked. Working to eradicate or treat bacterial infections such as invasive pneumococcal disease, Group A Strep, and Shigella is just the beginning. Our path to success is clear and well-defined, and Vaxcyte is set up to go the distance.

Join our Mission to Protect Humankind!

Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases, which have serious and costly health consequences when left unchecked. Working to eradicate or treat bacterial infections such as invasive pneumococcal disease, Group A Strep, and Shigella is just the beginning. Our path to success is clear and well-defined, and Vaxcyte is set up to go the distance.

WHAT We Do Is Every Bit As Important As HOW We Do It! Our Work Together Is Guided By Four Enduring Core Values

• RETHINK CONVENTION:
  We bring creative and intellectual diversity to every facet of the work we do in order to innovate and re-innovate the way vaccines are delivered.
• AIM HIGH:
  We embody our collectively audacious goal to courageously make the most complex biologics ever attempted to protect humankind.
• LEAD WITH HEART:
  Everyone leads at Vaxcyte with a kindness-first, inclusive approach to collaboration and vigorous debate that advances our business objectives.
• MODEL EXCELLENCE:
  The magnitude of our challenge requires our shared commitment to demonstrating integrity, accountability, equality and clarity across communications and decision making.

Summary

Vaxcyte is looking for an experienced and collaborative-minded Senior Director (or Director DOE) of Procurement to join our team. This individual will be responsible for owning and leading the enterprise Procurement function and procurement strategy, and for managing and scaling the team that focuses on indirect purchasing, policy, business process, and systems enablement. The key purchasing pillars of this Director’s scope of responsibility include enterprise-wide ownership of all non-inventory related sourcing and procurement activities, including clinical, sales & marketing services, travel, and professional services with accountability for governance, compliance, and value creation across these categories.

This individual will be responsible for helping the organization grow while balancing cost, risk, scalability, and speed of execution, and will serve as a key advisor to Finance and business leaders on sourcing trade-offs and procurement-related risk.

We are looking for a savvy professional who is adept at strategizing, coordinating, and planning, and who can define and implement improvements in policies, processes, and procedures to enable the company’s growth. This individual will have a customer service mindset and partner closely with internal stakeholders to clarify business needs, strengthen vendor relationships, and source new suppliers capable of supporting a transition to a commercial-stage organization.

A successful candidate will bring an enterprise mindset, the ability to design and implement right-sized tools and processes, and the flexibility to adapt to evolving business needs through pragmatic and innovative problem solving.

This individual will manage a team of approximately 5–7 professionals and will be responsible for scaling the procurement organization over the next 2–3 years, including organizational design, talent development, performance management, and succession planning, to build a high-performing and sustainable function.

Essential Functions

• Own and govern procurement policies, procedures, and programs, and identify opportunities to enhance organizational value, efficiency, and compliance.
• Establish and oversee enterprise-wide procurement guidance, training, and escalation pathways for our business partners across all departments.
• Define and lead all strategic purchasing activities in support of research, lab operations and supplies,…