Manager, Sourcing Software Category

Princeton, NJ - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 120000 - 145000

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin protected veteran status or disability status. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets

Job Description :

Role - Manager Sourcing - Software Category

Location - Princeton NJ

Type - Full time

Hybrid - 3 days in office

Job Description -
The Manager Software Sourcing is responsible for leading the strategic sourcing negotiation and contract management for enterprise software including both on-premise and SaaS role partners globally across regionsincluding India UK and Australiaand collaborates closely with legal finance and business stakeholders to ensure optimized commercial outcomes compliance and value delivery.

Key Responsibilities:
Lead sourcing strategy negotiations and contracting for software spend categories (on-prem and SaaS).
Coordinate with offshore sourcing execution teams (India) to manage renewals and optimize total cost of ownership.
Collaborate with legal to ensure contracts align with business requirements and risk standards.
Translate technical and commercial requirements into clear enforceable contract language.
Build and manage global supplier relationships; oversee governance of long-term agreements.
Develop and execute category strategies informed by market trends technology evolution and vendor capabilities.
Drive annual cost savings improve vendor performance and ensure SLA compliance.
Foster collaboration and alignment across stakeholders in the US UK Australia and India.

Qualifications & Skills:
A Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
58 years of experience in strategic sourcing and software procurement within a complex global organization.
Demonstrated success in negotiating software contracts and managing supplier relationships.
Strong understanding of software licensing models (e.g. SaaS perpetual subscriptions).
Experience with category strategy development and long-term vendor management.
Exceptional communication stakeholder management and analytical skills.
Experience working with cross-regional/global teams.

Key Competencies
Courage: Takes ownership of challenges and drives resolution.
Collaboration: Actively shares knowledge builds trust and fosters team success.
Commitment: Focused on delivering high-quality results with attention to detail and customer satisfaction.
Continuous Improvement: Seeks innovative approaches to procurement and process optimization.

Reasonable accommodation: At News Corp we are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy age national origin disability status genetic information protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/Disabled/Vets. News Corp is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application due to a disability email us at. Please put Reasonable Accommodation in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Job Category:

Pay Range: $120000 - $145000 Bonus

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidates experience industry knowledge location technical and communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract engage and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary for bonus eligible roles targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles in addition to cash compensation the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package with a variety of physical health retirement and savings caregiving emotional wellbeing transportation and other benefits including elective benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.

Required Experience:

Manager