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Director, Strategic Sourcing, Technology
Location
California + 2 moreAll locations: California | Colorado | Washington
Posted
95 days ago
Salary
$153.8K - $301.1K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Director, Strategic Sourcing, Technology
Adobe
• Partner closely with internal customers to understand priorities, unlock value, and deliver measurable outcomes • Build and continuously evolve multi-year category strategies aligned to business roadmaps • Help standardize technology buying through unified source-to-pay processes • Lead sourcing and cross-functional teams across multiple categories and initiatives from strategy development through sourcing, contracting, and implementation • Develop organizational capability by mentoring, coaching, and building high-performing sourcing leaders and teams • Drive process improvements that increase customer happiness, reduce cycle time, and deliver efficiency gains while ensuring compliance with policies and mitigating supplier risk • Deploy leading-edge procurement solutions to drive automation, unlocking savings, mitigate risk and transform strategic sourcing processes
Job Requirements
- 10+ years of demonstrated leadership experience and expertise in strategic sourcing for Technology categories at a global scale
- Experience in structuring and negotiating large-scale cloud agreements with hyperscalers
- Solid understanding of cloud category market dynamics; demonstrated ability to develop and implement sourcing strategies
- Proven track record in building trusted relationships with diverse partners across all levels
- Strong people-leadership capabilities
- Experience embedding risk, compliance, and governance into sourcing and contracting processes
- Experience leading high-profile, complex negotiations with multi-faceted relationships.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
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