Strategic Sourcing Leader, Professional Services

We are seeking a Strategic Sourcing Leader to lead and develop the Professional Services sourcing team and set direction across its portfolio.

Job Summary: The Strategic Sourcing Leader will be responsible for leading and developing the Professional Services sourcing team, setting direction across its portfolio, and overseeing a broad portfolio of strategic advisory relationships, enterprise programs, and high-volume statements of work and renewals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop the team: set clear objectives and expectations, delegate with appropriate decision boundaries, provide regular feedback, review performance, and address persistent gaps.
• Set the Professional Services portfolio strategy and roadmap, connecting business objectives, demand, spend, supplier markets, and risk.
• Manage the team's pipeline and capacity across strategic negotiations, supplier governance, and recurring SOWs.
• Personally lead selected critical negotiations and set standards for commercial quality across the team.
• Build proportionate intake, tiering, preferred-partner models, playbooks, and review pathways with Procurement Operations, Contract Management, Enablement, and control functions.
• Strengthen supplier relationships and accountability through segmentation, competition, performance reviews, and improvement plans.
• Partner with Finance and Accounting on spend visibility, demand scenarios, forecasting, approval discipline, and invoice-to-contract alignment.
• Partner with Legal, People, and Extended Workforce to select appropriate service models and distinguish Professional Services from contingent labor or hiring needs.
• Establish a concise view of portfolio and team performance covering commercial and service outcomes, pipeline health, cycle time, risk, stakeholder experience, and team capability.
• Build trusted senior stakeholder relationships and challenge demand, scope, or supplier preferences constructively.
• Personally use approved AI tools and lead adoption of improved sourcing workflows across the team.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of progressive strategic sourcing, procurement, or category management experience, with substantial depth across multiple Professional Services categories and ownership from strategy through supplier performance.
• 5+ years of people leadership experience, including formal responsibility for objectives, performance, development, and delegation.
• Experience leading complex services negotiations and explaining alternatives, commercial decisions, and measurable outcomes.
• Understanding of consulting, advisory, managed services, and project-based commercial models, including experience with large multidisciplinary firms such as the Big Four and specialist providers.
• Ability to turn category strategies into practical operating improvements, balancing standardization with flexibility and strategic work with recurring demand.
• Strong financial and analytical judgment, using imperfect spend, supplier, and performance data to compare options, test assumptions, and verify business value.
• Leadership effectiveness through ambiguity, rapid change, and limited structure.
• Practical experience using AI to redesign sourcing work and helping others adopt it.

Benefits:

• $266K – $295K base pay
• Generous equity
• Performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off
• Multiple paid company holidays
• Mental health and wellness support
• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
• Annual learning and development stipend
• Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits
• Relocation support for eligible employees