Procurement Strategy and Governance Consultant

Procurement Strategy and Governance Consultant    – Procurement Center of Excellence
Procurement Operational Excellence and Design
Full-Time (Hybrid - Boston, MA or Springfield, MA)

The Opportunity
The  Procurement Strategy and Governance Consultant  plays a key role in shaping how Procurement operates across Mass Mutual. This is not a traditional sourcing or contracting role—this role focuses on designing, governing, and continuously improving the end-to-end procurement operating model.

In this role, you will translate strategy into execution by establishing clear processes, standards, and frameworks that enable Procurement to operate as a unified, high-performing function. You will partner across Procurement, Technology, and the broader business to simplify how work gets done, improve adoption of new capabilities, and ensure our processes deliver measurable value.

This is a highly collaborative and visible role where you will bring structure, clarity, and innovation to how Procurement operates—ensuring strong governance, embedded controls, and audit readiness while driving continuous improvement across the organization.

The Team
The Procurement Strategy and Governance Consultant sits within the Procurement Excellence and Design team and partners closely across all areas of Procurement to define and continuously improve how we work.
Defining and maintaining procurement policy and standards

Connecting and streamlining end-to-end source-to-pay processes

Partnering with Innovation and Data teams to enable technology capabilities

Driving continuous improvement to reduce cost, increase efficiency, and enhance the procurement experience

The Impact
Reporting to the Head of Procurement Excellence and Design, this role is a key contributor in shaping how Procurement operates today and in the future.

As a  Procurement Strategy and Governance Consultant , you will:
Build and maintain standardized processes that improve efficiency and ensure compliance

Define and govern core processes, ensuring controls are embedded and consistently executed

Establish frameworks to measure performance and ensure progress is visible

Drive continuous improvement across the procurement organization

Support audit readiness and strengthen the overall control environment

This is a highly collaborative role where your ideas, expertise, and initiative will directly influence how Procurement evolves.

Responsibilities
Maintain and improve the procurement control framework, including monitoring effectiveness, addressing gaps, and supporting audit readiness

Own and maintain procurement policies, standards, procedures, and controls, ensuring alignment with business processes

Design and implement tools and frameworks that make processes easy to access, understand, and consistently follow

Partner across teams (e.g., CFPMO, Readiness, Innovation & Data, Contracts, P2P) to drive initiatives and continuous improvement

Provide clear guidance on project execution and ensure alignment to expectations, standards, and changes

Lead or support initiatives that enhance procurement efficiency, effectiveness, and overall outcomes

Develop and track key metrics to provide visibility into performance across sourcing, contracting, and supplier management

The

Minimum Qualifications
High school diploma or equivalent

5+ years of experience in Procurement, Continuous Improvement, Vendor Management, Risk Management, or equivalent consulting experience

The Ideal Qualifications
Experience working in a procurement center of excellence, shared services, or matrixed environment

Experience partnering with Audit, Compliance, or Risk teams in a regulated environment

Familiarity with control frameworks, governance, and audit processes

Experience leading or supporting process design, governance, or continuous improvement initiatives

Strong background in procurement technologies (e.g., Source-to-Pay platforms such as Ariba, workflow tools such as Levelpath)

Knowledge of third-party risk and/or supplier performance management

Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills

Bachelor’s degree

What You Can Expect at Mass Mutual
Mass Mutual offers the opportunity to do meaningful work…