Manager, Procurement IT

About This Role

Managing the firm's technology spend, this role leads sourcing, contracting, and vendor governance for IT procurement. The Procurement Manager acts as a strategic partner to IT, overseeing the full lifecycle of IT procurement from software licensing, SaaS, cloud, hardware, and technology services sourcing through commercial negotiations, contracting workflow, and supplier governance. This position involves partnering with various departments to optimize costs, reduce vendor risk, strengthen governance, and deliver a consistent stakeholder experience, while also leading and developing a team of procurement professionals.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a dedicated strategic partner to IT, translating technology priorities into sourcing strategies and commercial outcomes
• Operate within clearly defined decision rights, with Procurement owning sourcing discipline, competitive processes, commercial negotiations, and contracting workflow
• Coordinate supplier governance responsibilities with the Supplier Onboarding & Governance leader, accountable for technology-category performance, commercial obligations, and IT stakeholder alignment
• Lead sourcing and renewal negotiations for enterprise software licensing
• Negotiate SaaS agreements covering pricing models, user tiers, consumption terms, auto-renewal clauses, and exit provisions
• Evaluate licensing structures (subscription, perpetual, consumption-based) to optimize total cost of ownership
• Manage sourcing and contract negotiations for cloud service providers
• Source hardware, end-user devices, telecom, network, data center, infrastructure, and other technology services
• Establish and maintain IT vendor governance frameworks, including vendor scorecards, performance reviews, and risk tiering
• Develop and maintain technology spend analytics and reporting to identify savings opportunities, contract consolidation, and budget variances
• Partner with Information Security on cybersecurity procurement and software asset management (SAM), including license compliance, entitlement reconciliation, and audit readiness
• Lead negotiation of complex MSAs, SOWs, and amendments, coordinating with Legal on risk allocation, data protection, service levels, and indemnification terms
• Draft and negotiate terms related to service level agreements (SLAs), limitation of liability, termination rights, and data security/privacy obligations
• Lead process transformation and end-to-end redesign of IT procurement workflows
• Execute procurement deliverables within the supplier onboarding workflow, ensuring requirements are completed accurately and on time
• Collaborate with IT to establish and maintain renewal and asset lifecycle management processes
• Develop, implement, and adhere to service level agreements for procurement cycle time, responsiveness, and stakeholder experience; monitor performance and drive continuous improvement