AI Procurement Domain SME (Remote, US)

NTT DATA, Inc.; Plano (TX); Remote; USD 117,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA is seeking an AI Procurement Domain SME (Remote, US) to join our team. The role focuses on engaging with CPOs and leaders to translate transformation priorities into AI-native procurement solutions, with a strong emphasis on value realization and KPI-driven outcomes.

The successful candidate will lead diagnostic and design through deployment, establish baselines, track realized value, and drive adoption across procurement operations.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of procurement consulting, operations, transformation, technology-enabled change, or relevant industry experience.
• Deep expertise in three areas: Strategic Sourcing; Category Management; Spend Analytics; Supplier Relationship and Performance Management; Contract Lifecycle Management; P2P; Tail Spend; Supplier Risk; Procurement Analytics and Value Tracking.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing and products industries (Industrial, Chemicals, Materials, CPG, High Tech, Automotive).
• Experience with enterprise procurement/ERP platforms (SAP, SAP Ariba, Coupa, Oracle, Ivalua, Jaggaer, GEP, Zycus).
• Knowledge of how AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI apply to procurement decisions and workflows.
• Experience building outcome-based business cases and tracking savings, compliance, cash, productivity, value.
• Executive presence to influence senior stakeholders and communicate across business/tech teams.
• Excellent communication, presentation, proposal development, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Engage CPOs and leaders across procurement to understand transformation priorities.
• Lead discovery and translate business needs into AI-native solutions with ROI.
• Develop narratives, business cases, POVs, proposals, KPI frameworks, and executive presentations.
• Demonstrate how GenAI and Agentic AI improve spend visibility, savings, cycle time, and productivity.
• Define requirements, processes, rules, approvals, controls, and success criteria.

Skills

Executive presence

Stakeholder management

Speech and presentation

Problem solving

Education

Procurement certifications (CPSM/CIPS/ISM)

Tools

SAP

SAP Ariba

Coupa

Oracle

Ivalua

Jaggaer

GEP

Zycus

Job description

We are currently seeking a AI Procurement Domain SME (Remote, US) to join our team in Plano, Texas (US-TX), United States (US).

Key Responsibilities

• Engage CPOs and leaders across strategic sourcing, category management, supplier management, procurement operations, finance, legal, and supply chain to understand transformation priorities.
• Lead discovery and value workshops; translate business needs into AI Native solutions with clear outcomes, value hypotheses, scope, and ROI.
• Develop solution narratives, business cases, POVs, proposals, demo storylines, KPI frameworks, and executive presentations.
• Demonstrate how GenAI and Agentic AI can improve spend visibility, savings realization, sourcing cycle time, supplier performance, compliance, user experience, and procurement productivity.
• Assess process maturity, data readiness, technology landscape, controls, and implementation feasibility to guide opportunity qualification and solution scope.

Delivery & Value Realization

• Serve as the lead procurement domain SME during client engagements, from diagnostic and design through deployment and adoption.
• Define business requirements, process designs, category and sourcing rules, approval logic, exception handling, controls, and success criteria.
• Validate AI agents, workflows, domain models, ontologies and automation designs against real-world procurement operations and policy requirements.
• Partner with procurement, finance, IT, legal, risk, and business stakeholders to drive adoption, change management, and measurable outcomes.
• Establish KPI baselines and track realized value against the approved business case, including hard savings, cost avoidance, compliance, cycle time, and productivity.
• Convert client insights into reusable use cases, accelerators, playbooks, demo assets, process models, and product requirements.
• Support the roadmap for ]procurement AI capabilities across intake-to-procure, source-to-contract, procure-to-pay, and supplier management.
• Train sales, solution architects, product, and delivery teams on procurement processes, value drivers, buyer personas, and positioning.
• Monitor market trends, competitor offerings, procurement platforms, regulatory expectations, and emerging AI-native procurement solutions.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of procurement consulting, operations, transformation, technology-enabled change, or relevant industry experience.
• Deep expertise in at least three areas: Strategic Sourcing; Category Management; Spend Analytics; Supplier Relationship and Performance Management; Contract Lifecycle Management; Procurement Operations / P2P; Tail Spend; Supplier Risk; Procurement Analytics and Value Tracking.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing and products industries, including Industrial, Chemicals, Materials, CPG, High Tech, or Automotive sectors.
• Experience with enterprise procurement and ERP platforms such as SAP, SAP Ariba, Coupa, Oracle, Ivalua, Jaggaer, GEP, Zycus, or related solutions.
• Strong understanding of how AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI can be applied to procurement decisions, knowledge work, and operational workflows.
• Experience building outcome-based business cases and tracking savings, compliance, cash, productivity, and realized value.
• Executive presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders, facilitate strategy workshops, and communicate with both business and technology teams.
• Excellent communication, presentation, proposal development, and structured problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in presales, solution consulting, product management, procurement advisory, or a procurement leadership role.
• Experience implementing AI, analytics, automation, e-sourcing, CLM, supplier management, or source-to-pay solutions.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled managed services, procurement-as-a-service, or outcome-based commercial models.
• Knowledge of responsible sourcing, sustainability, third-party risk, trade compliance, tariffs, and supplier resilience.
• Experience working with global delivery teams and cross-functional stakeholders in complex enterprise environments.
• CPSM, CIPS, ISM, Lean Six Sigma, or relevant procurement / transformation certifications.

What Success Looks Like

The successful candidate can confidently engage with a Chief Procurement Officer, identify high-value transformation opportunities, quantify business impact, and shape AI-powered solutions with a practical understanding of GenAI and Agentic AI. They can help construct and validate procurement-specific models, taxonomies, policies, and ontologies; support deal closure; and remain involved through delivery to ensure measurable client outcomes.

This is a unique opportunity to help define the future of AI Native Procurement transformation while shaping the next generation of NTT DATA offerings and industry solutions.

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30 billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world's leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. our consulting and Industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners.NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

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Where required by law, NTT DATA provides a reasonable range of compensation for specific roles. The starting pay range for this remote role is $117,000 - $234,000. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Actual compensation will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate’s actual work location, relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications. This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation based on individual and/or company performance.

This position is eligible for company benefits that will depend on the nature of the role offered. Company benefits may include medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending or health savings account, life and AD&D insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program with company match, and additional voluntary or legally-required benefits.