Senior Director IT Procurement

We areseekingan accomplished and strategic IT Procurement CategorySeniorDirector to lead our global IT Procurement. This pivotal role acts as a strategic business partner toAZ ITas well as the various digital functionalleadershipteamstranslating technology roadmaps and product priorities into commercial strategies and supplier outcomes. You will steer category management excellence implement groundbreaking initiatives and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enable speed innovation resilience and compliant value creation across theAZ ITportfolio.Youwill develop a high-performingpartnership orientedculture that supports our IT and Procurement teams in realizing their ambitious goals.

KeyResponsibilities:

• Category Management Excellence: Develop and complete an innovative global category strategy for IT procurement that drives continuous improvement and delivers balanced valueco-shaped withAZIT to align with technology roadmaps architecture standards and service delivery needs.

• Leadership and Team Development: Lead mentor and develop a team of procurement professionals. Encourage a culture of excellence collaboration and professional growth embedding a business partnering mentality and proactive engagement model withAZ IT

• Functional Leadership team:Play a key role on the IT and Infrastructure Procurement Leadership team giving to the overall success of the function as well as lead / mentor functional teams to deliver scorecardobjectives.

• Strategic Sourcing:Identifyand complete strategic sourcing opportunities that align with company and product goals. Leverage deep market insightsand benchmarkingtooptimizeand innovate procurement processes timing sourcing events to IT delivery cadences (e.g. sprint/PI planning) and supporting rapid proofs-of-concept through to scale-up.

• Supplier Relationship Management: Build andmaintainpositive relationships with key suppliers and strategic technology partners (cloud SaaS data/AI engineering services niche R&D platforms). Drive joint value creation forAZITuse cases negotiate commercial models that fit consumption patterns and ensure measurable outcomes.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely withAZITandDigitalproductowners engineering architecture cybersecurity finance and senior leadership to align procurement strategies with businessobjectives. Facilitate portfolio planning and demand shaping tooptimizetotal cost risk and speed-to-value.

• Risk Management:Identify assess and manage risks associated with IT procurement. Partner with Legal Privacy InfoSec QA and IT to ensure compliant contracting and robust supplier controls for regulated R&Denvironments;implement operational resilience and continuity plans for critical services.

• Performance Metrics and Reporting: Define and manage benchmarks andgoals and breakthroughs(operational key reports)in partnership with IT (e.g. availability velocity unit economics adoption). Run joint governance and QBRs with suppliers report on value realization (savings cost avoidance productivity risk reduction innovation) and highlight areas for improvement.

• Market Intelligence for IT: Provide insight on tech market trends vendor roadmaps licensing shifts and regulatory impacts to inform IT make/buy decisions architecture choices and derisking strategies forAZIT.

• Sustainability and Inclusion: Embed ESG accessibility and supplier diversity goals into the technology vendor base balancing compliance with innovation needs inAZIT.

• Change Management: Lead participant education on new commercial models vendor consolidation and process changes; create clear playbooks and standards (e.g. data rights model IP validation decommissioning) to help IT teams consume Procurement services seamlessly.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree

• Minimum of 10years of experience

• Demonstrated experience in IT procurement with at least 5 years in a leadership role managing category teams. Global procurement experience is preferred; exposure to R&D tech environments and partnering withVP/CIO/CTO or product organizations is a plus.

• Leadership and partnering: Strong leadership and team management skills witha track recordof developing talent and acting as a thought partner to IT customers.

• Negotiation and communication: Excellent negotiation communication and interpersonal skills; comfortable facilitating executive-level discussions and shaping decisions with data.

• Influence and change: Proven ability to influence cross-functionally and inspire change within a complex global organization balancing speed risk and value in regulated settingsat the VP/SVP level.

• IT domain fluency: Deep understanding of IT market trends sourcing strategies vendor management and domains such as cloud SaaS data platforms AI/ML tooling cybersecurity andvalidated/GxPsystems.

• Analytical and critical thinking:Demonstratedability to translate business and scientificobjectivesinto commercial strategies and supplier outcomes.

• Professional Excellence: Commitment to driving category management excellence and achieving strategic businessobjectivesthrough collaborative business partnering.