Strategic Tech Sourcing Leader (Hybrid)

UNAVAILABLE; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

DocuSign is seeking a strategic Sourcing Manager to lead technology category strategy and end-to-end sourcing initiatives. You will own supplier relationships, drive cost savings, and mitigate risk across SaaS, software licenses, and IT services.

You will collaborate with Finance, IT, Security, and Legal to align requirements with business goals, while leveraging modern procurement platforms to ensure compliant and auditable processes. Hybrid work with in-office expectations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Procurement, Sourcing, or Category Management, with a focus on Technology/SaaS sourcing.
• Experience negotiating technology subscription renewals and software/cloud service agreements.
• BA/BS degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience with eSourcing tools, spend analytics platforms, Excel, and data visualization fundamentals.
• Experience negotiating and managing complex technology and services agreements (MSAs, SOWs, SaaS).
• Experience with category management plan development and execution, and delivering year-over-year savings.
• Experience using AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, or similar) to enhance analysis and expedite contract review.
• Experience mapping complex workflows, optimizing intake processes, and identifying systemic improvements in source-to-pay operations.
• Experience with stakeholder management and leading complex cross-functional initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute category management plans for Technology spend (SaaS, software licenses, cloud services, IT infrastructure) with clear strategies to achieve cost savings, risk mitigation, and performance targets.
• Lead end-to-end sourcing events (RFP, RFI, RFQ) using modern procurement orchestration platforms (ZipHQ, Levelpath) to ensure structured, repeatable, and auditable processes.
• Negotiate complex contracts for software subscriptions, cloud services, and technology services; leverage AI to perform rapid contract analysis and surface key terms, while applying commercial judgment to drive favorable outcomes.
• Establish cross-functional stakeholder teams; define business requirements collaboratively with Finance, IT, Security, and department heads to align procurement strategy with operational needs.
• Monitor supplier performance, conduct quarterly business reviews with strategic vendors, and address service delivery issues proactively.
• Develop analytical reports and dashboards tracking spend, savings achieved, contract renewals, and KPIs; use AI tools to accelerate data analysis and identify patterns, while validating insights independently.
• Collaborate with Legal, Information Security, and Third Party Governance to navigate contract review cycles and secure favorable risk allocation terms.
• Apply a systems and process mindset to category management: design efficient intake workflows, identify bottlenecks in the source-to-pay lifecycle, and recommend operational improvements.

Skills

Procurement experience

Negotiation

eSourcing tools

Stakeholder mgmt

Data visualization

Process mapping

AI tools

Cross-functional initiatives

Education

BA/BS in Business/Supply Chain

MBA (preferred)

CPSM/CIPS/CSP certification

Tools

ZipHQ

Levelpath

Jaggr

Coupa

Excel

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

DocuSign is seeking a strategic Sourcing Manager to lead technology category strategy and end-to-end sourcing initiatives. You will own supplier relationships, drive cost savings, and mitigate risk across SaaS, software licenses, and IT services.

You will collaborate with Finance, IT, Security, and Legal to align requirements with business goals, while leveraging modern procurement platforms to ensure compliant and auditable processes. Hybrid work with in-office expectations.