New Relic is seeking a Director of Sourcing & Procurement to lead our enterprise-wide Vendor Management Office. This senior leadership role is responsible for driving transformation, governance, and long-term value creation across the business through strategic sourcing, procurement, and travel management.
What You’ll Do
- Develop and maintain positive business relationships with suppliers as well as key stakeholders and budget owners.
- Sponsor and lead high-complexity, mission-critical RFx initiatives.
- Lead and support complex commercial negotiations across software, SaaS, cloud, hardware, and professional services.
- Own and strengthen critical supplier relationships, resolving issues and driving continuous improvement.
- Lead the Travel and Expense function for the company.
- Develop and implement sourcing strategies, procurement & travel policies, and governance across all spend categories.
- Partner closely with Legal, Security, Finance, and Technology leaders to align on cross-functional goals.
- Drive cost optimization, market benchmarking, and total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis.
- Lead organizational change and strategic procurement programs aligned to business objectives.
- Manage departmental budget and define performance metrics and evaluation criteria.
- Build, lead, and develop high-performing, distributed procurement teams.
- Provide executive-level communication, guidance, and reporting on procurement objectives and outcomes.
What We’re Looking For
- Bachelor/Master’s Degree in business, information systems, or a related field.
- 10+ years of direct experience in a strategic sourcing management role.
- 5+ years of experience leading a team.
- 10+ years of experience negotiating commercial contracts for software and hardware licenses, professional services agreements, SaaS, and Cloud Subscriptions.
- 10+ years of direct experience in a lead / principal role.
- Experience leading Travel and Expense function globally.
- Ability to build contract price modeling using a fact-based data-driven approach in Excel.
- Experience with procurement software (i.e., Coupa, NetSuite, Oracle, and JIRA).
- Experience formulating methods to develop and analyze various category portfolios, including market price benchmarking and total cost ownership (TCO) analysis.
- Keen ability to proactively identify/propose cost reductions and continuous supplier performance improvement opportunities.
- Experience building and developing high performance Global teams with a focus on learning and career growth.
- Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation Range: $165,000 - $211,000 USD
- Healthcare, dental, vision, parental leave and planning, and mental health benefits.
- 401(k) plan and match.
- Flex time-off.
- 11 paid holidays.
- Volunteer time-off.
Work Mode
This is a remote position.
New Relic fosters a diverse, welcoming, and inclusive environment. We celebrate our talented Relics’ different backgrounds and abilities, and recognize the different paths they took to reach us – including nontraditional ones. Candidates are evaluated based on qualifications, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, age, disability, neurodiversity, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other legally protected characteristics.
