Senior Director, IT/Tech Procurement

About this Job This position will develop and execute Global Technology and IT Procurement strategies in close partnership with the Head of Procurement, CTO and CTO leadership team, Finance, Legal, Security and other key business stakeholders. The role will have responsibility for developing category and sub-category strategies across the Technology portfolio, which may include enterprise software and SaaS, cloud and infrastructure, IT professional services, telecommunications, hardware, data and analytics, and emerging technologies including AI. This leader will manage complex global sourcing and negotiation initiatives, optimize the organization's technology spend and commercial models, and build strategic relationships with critical technology suppliers. The position will go beyond traditional sourcing and contract negotiation by partnering with Technology leadership on demand management, license and consumption optimization, supplier consolidation, application rationalization, commercial model optimization and technology roadmap decisions. The role will establish value creation targets, supplier performance measures and governance for strategic technology partners while proactively identifying opportunities to reduce cost, mitigate risk, improve contractual flexibility and enable innovation. Responsibilities Technology Category Strategy: Develop and execute global category and sub-category strategies across the Technology and IT portfolio Develop a holistic understanding