Associate Director, Strategic Sourcing - Digital Services​/IT

Position Summary

The Associate Director, Strategic Sourcing – Illumina Digital Services / IT leads sourcing strategy, supplier management, and commercial execution across Software, IT and AI categories in support of R&D, manufacturing, and commercial functions. This role is responsible for managing a team of sourcing professionals while partnering closely with the IT organization to enable compliant, scalable, and cost-effective procurement of Software licenses, IT services, Infrastructure, and Cloud technologies.

• Lead and develop a high‑performing sourcing team supporting IT categories
• Set strategic direction, performance goals, and talent development plans
• Ensure diversity of thought and inclusive teamwork with a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Develop and execute world‑class sourcing strategies built on rigorous facts, data, and analysis to create value across all dimensions (financial, risk, quality, supply, reputation)
• Software licensing (SaaS, enterprise systems such as SAP, Oracle, etc.)
• IT infrastructure, cloud (AWS/Azure) and digital services
• Deliver financial, quality, supply, and risk‑mitigation goals; ensure savings reported are credible and compliant with the approved methodology
• Oversee strategic vendor relationships to maximize value and minimize risks for Illumina, leveraging the Illumina Supplier Relationship framework
• Lead complex negotiations including but not limited to:
  • SOW – Lead commercial structuring and negotiation of Statements of Work (SOWs), including pricing models, milestones, deliverables, acceptance criteria, and change controls
  • AMS contracts – Experience negotiating Application Managed Services agreements including SLA frameworks, transition governance, offshore delivery models, benchmarking, and productivity commitments
  • Cloud agreements – Lead negotiations for enterprise cloud agreements covering consumption commitments, discount structures, license conversions, support models, and commercial governance
  • Operational excellence – Drive optimization of enterprise software licensing, renewals, rate cards and usage models to reduce cost and contractual risk
• Establish supplier governance frameworks, including performance metrics, innovation reviews, and risk assessments
• Oversee contract lifecycle, ensuring compliance with regulatory and quality standards
• Provide thought leadership on vendor market capabilities (innovation, efficiency, etc.) and identify clear limits on supplier capabilities; balance cost optimization, execution speed and quality to meet dynamic project timelines and business outcomes
• Promote consistent use of agreed sourcing tools, frameworks, and methodologies; act as a proactive and collaborative partner skillfully navigating internal and external dynamics
• Translate complex scientific and technical requirements into sourcing strategies and commercial models; demonstrate exceptional verbal and written communication skills to translate technical concepts across IT, Legal, and executive leadership

• Must have experience managing suppliers and outsourced development partners
• Strong experience in IT sourcing
• Strategic thinker: anticipates and develops business opportunities and priorities for future action while also executing on concrete business objectives
• Customer focused, very responsive, and action oriented to meet business needs while maintaining a positive, professional outlook
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time; both domestic and international
• Strong analytical skills that allow the successful candidate to extract core data from a variety of sources, draw conclusions and insights, and translate those insights into actions
• Ability to deal effectively with pressure, multiple tasks, deadlines, and rapidly changing priorities
• Aptitude to multi‑task and lead projects and negotiations
• Ability to work and interact with all departments within Illumina
• Willingness to challenge the status quo with sound rationale
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office (Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, Access)

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, IT, Life Sciences, or related field
• 10‑12+ years of…