Director leading vendor governance, risk, performance, and strategic partnerships for Indero, a global dermatology and rheumatology clinical research CRO. Managing VMO teams and enterprise vendor operations.
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- IT Sourcing Manager leading software procurement, negotiations, and contracts for Manulife, an international financial services provider. Improving technology sourcing through analytics, governance, and AI-enabled procurement.
Responsibilities
- Lead IT and software sourcing and contracting initiatives from intake and strategy through negotiations, award, and contract execution
- Lead cross-functional teams on low-to-medium value and complexity IT/software sourcing and contracting projects
- Plan and execute renewals and amendments, track expirations, and develop renewal workplans
- Develop PxQ baselines and contract analyses
- Determine sourcing strategies and lead negotiations and supplier selection recommendations
- Shape business requirements for supplier evaluation and timely decisions
- Negotiate commercial terms and coordinate with Legal, Risk, and Finance subject-matter experts
- Progress initiatives through Ivalua intake-to-contract workflows
- Maintain deal documentation and procurement/CLM workflow progression, including Sirion contract review and redlining where applicable
- Manage stakeholder relationships, surface blockers, and align tradeoffs and approvals
- Support governance inputs for technology purchases, including architectural reviews and ARB thresholds
- Conduct benchmarking and opportunity assessments
- Provide business intelligence and insights for sourcing decisions and portfolio prioritization
- Define and track performance metrics and develop dashboards/reporting views
- Create executive-ready presentations on deal status, risks, tradeoffs, and improvement opportunities
- Contribute to AI-enabled procurement improvements, pilots, requirements, and adoption
Requirements
- 6+ years of progressive experience in IT/software sourcing, procurement, vendor management, and/or consulting with direct responsibility for negotiations and contracting
- Ability to lead cross-functional sourcing initiatives and influence stakeholders without direct authority
- Strong commercial and analytical skills, including baseline and market analysis and negotiation strategy development
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to produce executive-ready materials
- Working knowledge of procurement tools and intake-to-contract and contract lifecycle processes
- Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Familiarity with Power BI or similar analytics tools is an asset
- Prior experience in sourcing, strategy/management, consulting, or equivalent internal consulting/PMO experience is preferred
- Experience supporting AI-related procurement work is preferred
- Experience sourcing and negotiating AI, machine learning, and generative AI solutions is an asset
- Post-secondary degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, IT, or a related field, or equivalent experience is preferred
Benefits
- Flexible work environment
- Learning and career growth support
- Well-being and inclusion support
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Mental health benefits
- Vision insurance
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Adoption/surrogacy benefits
- Wellness benefits
- Employee/family assistance plans
- Retirement savings plans
- Pension
- Global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions
- Financial education and counseling resources
- Paid holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days
- Statutory leaves of absence
- Incentive programs and incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance
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