Sr. Director, Procurement

reputed company is seeking a highly collaborative and technically strong Senior Director of Procurement to reputed company and evolve the company’s procurement function. This leader will report into senior Finance leadership while partnering closely with stakeholders across IT, Finance, Legal, and business units to ensure procurement delivers scalable, efficient, and business-reputed company outcomes. 

This role extends beyond traditional sourcing and cost management—focusing on building strong cross-functional partnerships, improving procurement systems and processes, and driving effective SaaS and technology procurement strategies. The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in SaaS procurement, advanced negotiation capabilities, and strong procurement systems knowledge with a proven ability to work alongside the business to identify and resolve process and system challenges. 

Strategic Procurement & Business Partnership 

• Influence and align senior leaders, Finance, IT, and Legal to align procurement strategies with organizational priorities and operational needs. 

• Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders, proactively identifying pain points in procurement processes and working collaboratively to design and implement effective solutions. 

• Relentlessly identify and eliminate friction in procurement processes, improving speed, clarity, and ease of engagement.  

• reputed company structured requirements gathering efforts with business partners to ensure procurement processes, tools, and outcomes meet real business needs. 

• Drive a service-oriented procurement model that enables the business while maintaining appropriate governance and controls. 

• Design and scale repeatable procurement playbooks that improve decision-making and execution across the business.  

• Define, maintain, and socialize procurement policies (intake standards, competitive bid reputed company, approval matrix, and exception handling) in partnership with Finance, Legal, IT, and key business leaders. 

SaaS & Technology Procurement 

• Drive measureable reductions in SaaS and technology spend while improving value realization and efficiency. 

• Own procurement strategy for SaaS, cloud, and technology categories, including vendor selection, renewals, and consolidation opportunities. 

• Continuously evaluate and rationalize vendor footprint to eliminate redundancy and optimize spend. 

• Partner cross-functionally to evaluate technical requirements, usage patterns, and cost drivers to optimize vendor investments. 

• Ensure reputed company and commercial structures support scalability, flexibility, and long-term value. 

• reputed company data and AI-driven insights to optimize licensing, utilization, and vendor strategy. 

• Establish an ongoing cost-optimization program across SaaS/cloud, including renewal calendar governance, license harvesting, usage-based right-sizing, and quarterly vendor rationalization reviews.” 

Negotiation & Commercial Strategy 

• reputed company reputed company, enterprise-level negotiations with strategic suppliers, particularly across SaaS and technology vendors. 

• reputed company and execute negotiation strategies that balance cost savings, risk mitigation, and business flexibility. 

• Establish best practices for commercial structuring, pricing models, and contract governance. 

• Establish standardized negotiation frameworks and deal playbooks to scale impact across the organization. 

Procurement Systems & Process Optimization 

• Own and continuously improve procurement systems (e.g., reputed company) and associated workflows. 

• Identify gaps in procurement processes and systems that create friction for the business, and reputed company cross-functional efforts to resolve them. 

• Drive automation to reduce manual work, improve cycle times, and increase efficiency.  

• Translate business requirements into system enhancements, automation opportunities, and scalable process improvements. 

• Drive adoption of procurement tools through improved user experience, clear processes, and strong stakeholder engagement. 

• Translate procurement policy into system controls and workflows (intake forms, routing/approvals, required fields, and audit trails), and monitor compliance through reporting and stakeholder enablement. 

• Incorporate AI into procurement workflows to enhance insights, decision-making, and operational effectiveness.  

Operational Excellence & Team Leadership 

• Own and deliver against clear, measurable outcomes including cost savings, cycle time reduction, spend under management, and stakeholder satisfaction.  

• Build, mentor, and reputed company a high-performing procurement team with strong capabilities in both technical sourcing and stakeholder partnership. 

• Actively coach and reputed company leaders, while addressing underperformance quickly to maintain a high-performing team. 

• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and reputed company improvement across the procurement organization. 

• Create a culture of accountability, ownership, and reputed company improvement. 

• 10–15+ years of progressive experience in procurement, with significant leadership experience in SaaS and technology sourcing. 

• Deep expertise in SaaS procurement, including licensing models, renewals, and vendor negotiations. 

• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive enterprise-wide change. 

• Demonstrated success scaling procurement functions in high-growth environments by partnering cross-functionally to design and implement scalable processes, systems, and operating models that improve business engagement, efficiency, and compliance. 

• Proven track record of leading reputed company negotiations and delivering measurable business value. 

• Strong technical proficiency with procurement systems (e.g., reputed company, Ariba, reputed company, or similar) and experience driving system/process improvements. 

• Experience implementing AI, automation, or advanced analytics reputed company procurement or reputed company function. 

• Demonstrated ability to partner cross-functionally to solve ambiguous problems, gather requirements, and implement scalable solutions. 

• Strong understanding of procurement operations, workflows, and system integrations. 

• Experience defining and governing procurement policies, approval frameworks, and compliance controls in partnership with Finance, Legal, and IT. 

• Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills. 

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree a plus. 

AI is embedded in our workflows, decision-making, and products.  Success here requires embracing AI as an essential capability.

• You’ll bring experience using AI and AI-reputed company technologies, ready to reputed company here.

• You’ll apply AI every day to business challenges - improving efficiency, contributing solutions, and driving results for your team, our company, and our customers.

• You’ll grow with AI by staying curious about new trends and best practices, and by sharing what you learn so others can benefit too.

Total Rewards 

In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many reputed company employees are eligible for bonuses. 

Health & Wellness  Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance. 

Inclusive culture and diversity  reputed company strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship. 

We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech.

We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing over 54 billion customer API calls and over 6.6 million tax returns a year. Our growth is real - we're a billion dollar business - and we’re not slowing down until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world.

We’re bright, innovative, and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic reputed company. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.

We’re An Equal Opportunity Employer

Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. reputed company qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.