Strategic Technology Procurement Lead

Tanqeeb; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 391,000 - 614,000; Full time

Job summary

Tanqeeb is seeking a Senior Procurement Leader in Abu Dhabi to oversee technology procurement across SaaS, cloud, on‑prem infrastructure, cybersecurity, and IT services. You will drive category strategies, vendor negotiations, and savings initiatives.

You will partner with IT, InfoSec, Finance and Legal to align roadmaps and risk frameworks, run RFPs, and manage contracts to deliver value-based procurement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required (3+ years)
• Fluent in English
• Minimum 8 years procurement experience, including 3 years in functional categories
• Oracle ERP and SharePoint experience
• 8–10 years total experience
• CIPS certification desirable

Responsibilities

• Develops and executes category strategies for technology domains (SaaS, cloud, on-prem infra, cybersecurity, IT services, telecom).
• Leads RFPs, RFQs, and contract negotiations with software vendors, cloud providers, MSPs, and OEMs.
• Conducts market analysis, vendor benchmarking, and spend analytics to identify savings across technology categories.
• Partners with Technology, Enterprise Information Security, Finance and Legal to align procurement with roadmaps and risk frameworks.
• Influences senior technology stakeholders to adopt best-practice sourcing and value-based decisions.
• Facilitates cross-functional technology sourcing committees and governance reviews.
• Manages full contract lifecycle including renewals, SLAs, KPIs, and dispute resolution.
• Conducts vendor performance reviews, risk assessments, and GDPR/data processing audits.
• Ensures procurement activities adhere to policies, regulatory requirements and audit standards.
• Delivers measurable savings across SaaS, cloud, MSPs and infrastructure procurement.
• Prepares dashboards, reports, and presentations for technology leadership and governance forums.
• Influences senior stakeholders to drive value-based procurement decisions.

Skills

Fluent English

Procurement experience

Stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor's Degree (3+ years)

CIPS certification (desirable)

Tools

Oracle ERP

SharePoint

Job description

Tanqeeb is seeking a Senior Procurement Leader in Abu Dhabi to oversee technology procurement across SaaS, cloud, on‑prem infrastructure, cybersecurity, and IT services. You will drive category strategies, vendor negotiations, and savings initiatives.

You will partner with IT, InfoSec, Finance and Legal to align roadmaps and risk frameworks, run RFPs, and manage contracts to deliver value-based procurement.