Sr Strategic Sourcing Mgr IT Services

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 20 Jun 2026

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll lead with purpose breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected compassionate world.

At Medtronic we not only get the opportunity to manage indirect categories for the largest medical device company in the world but we also get to experience the immense sense of purpose that comes from knowing that the money we save is reinvested into technology that helps alleviate pain restore health and extend lives of millions of patients across the world. The work we do supports the Medtronic Mission and it matters.

The Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager IT Services is part of the center-led Indirect Supply Management (ISM) organization responsible for managing and influencing approximately $250M in global IT Services this strategic leadership role you will partner with senior stakeholders across Functions Regions and Businesses to drive enterprise value through category strategy supplier partnerships and commercial excellence.

Reporting to the Global Indirect Supply Management Leader for IT Services you will combine strategic category leadership with people leadership. You will lead and develop category sourcing professionals while shaping global sourcing strategies negotiating complex agreements and ensuring supplier partnerships deliver measurable business outcomes.

As the Sr. Manager you will serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders influencing decision-making across a highly matrixed organization. Success in this role requires strong executive presence strategic thinking and the ability to translate business priorities into sourcing strategies that drive value mitigate risk and enable innovation.

We bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we -person exchanges are invaluable to our work. Were working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

As the Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager IT Services you will:

• Lead the strategy and execution for a global portfolio of approximately $250M in IT Services & IT Consulting spend

• Providepeople leadership and talent development including coaching mentoring and performance management for sourcing professionals

• Establish and driveglobal category strategiesthat deliver measurable improvements across cost quality innovation and service levels

• Serve as astrategic advisor to senior business and IT leaders aligning sourcing strategies with enterprise priorities and technology roadmaps

• Lead complex high-value sourcing initiatives and RFx processes negotiating sophisticated commercial agreements with global service providers

• Build and manageexecutive-level supplier relationships partnering with the IT Vendor Management Office to ensure performance accountability and innovation from strategic suppliers

• Influence stakeholders across a highly matrixed global organization to adopt sourcing strategies governance standards and supplier management practices

• Partner with IT Legal Finance and other functional leaders to structure commercial agreements that balance business needs risk mitigation and long-term value creation

• Leverage market intelligence and industry trends to identify opportunities for capability expansion supplier innovation and competitive advantage

• Lead cross-functional problem solving identify improvement opportunities and present strategic recommendations to senior leadership

• Champion best practices in Indirect Supply Management and promote adoption of sourcing processes policies and governance frameworks

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required

• Minimum of7 years of strategic sourcing procurement or category management experience including5 years of people leadership or team management experience or an advanced degree with a minimum of5 years of relevant experience includingpeople leadership experience

Nice to Have

• Deep experience inIT Services IT Outsourcing (ITO) Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) or Professional Services sourcing

• Demonstrated successmanaging people & teams and influencing senior stakeholders in a global matrixed organization

• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills

• Proven ability to leadcomplex negotiations and large-scale strategic sourcing initiatives

• Experience managingstrategic supplier relationships and executive governance models

• Experience reviewing and negotiating complex commercial and legal agreements

• Strong analytical financial and program management capabilities

• Experience working in alarge global organization with cross-regional sourcing responsibilities

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship

At Medtronic we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B TN J etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

Join us in our mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend lifewhere your unique background and perspective are valued.

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits resources and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$144000.00 - $216000.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience certification/education market conditions and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20 hours per week: Health Dental and vision insuranceHealth Savings AccountHealthcare Flexible Spending AccountLife insurance Long-term disability leaveDependent daycare spending accountTuition assistance/reimbursement andSimple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees:Incentive plans 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and matchShort-term disabilityPaid time offPaid holidaysEmployee Stock Purchase PlanEmployee Assistance ProgramNon-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) andCapital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time as required under applicable state law and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend life unites a global team of 95000 passionate people.
We are engineers at heart putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab to the factory floor to the conference room every one of us experiments creates builds improves and solves. We have the talent diverse perspectives and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business mission and our commitment to diversity here.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age color national origin citizenship status physical or mental disability race religion creed gender sex sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression genetic information marital status status with regard to public assistance veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local addition Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.