Associate Director, Human Resources and Professional Services Category

Biogen; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 151,000 - 208,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Equity Incentives

Tuition Reimbursement

401(k) Match

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Biogen is seeking a resourceful procurement leader to drive strategic sourcing initiatives from their Cambridge, MA location. You will lead a team managing complex sourcing, negotiations, and supplier governance, aligning priorities across HR, Finance, Legal, and professional services.

You will build trusted senior relationships, influence business decisions, and deliver value through spend analytics, supplier performance, and risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, HR, Life Sciences or related field required.
• 8–12 years of progressive procurement/strategic sourcing experience including HR and/or Professional Services.
• MBA or procurement certification preferred.
• Experience in biotechnology/pharma or regulated industries is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team through sourcing priorities while balancing senior stakeholder expectations across HR, Finance, Legal and services.
• Lead complex sourcing, negotiation, and contracting strategies including RFx development and supplier selection.
• Set category priorities, coach team, remove blockers, align with enterprise procurement goals.
• Facilitate stakeholder alignment, guide supplier selection, and coordinate negotiation decisions.
• Build senior stakeholder relationships and identify value creation using spend, supplier, and market insights.
• Establish strategic supplier relationships through reviews, scorecards, risk mitigation, and innovation roadmaps.
• Determine negotiation strategy and supplier segmentation for standard category initiatives.
• Approve cadence, reporting, and continuous improvement priorities within scope.
• Promote preferred suppliers, guided buying, catalogs, and contract compliance with procurement ops.

Skills

Strategic sourcing leadership

Stakeholder management

Contract negotiation

Vendor management

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Human Resources, Life Sciences

MBA or procurement certification preferred

Tools

Procurement platforms

Contract lifecycle management tools

eSourcing technology

Supplier performance management

Job description

What You’ll Do

• Leading a team through competing sourcing priorities while balancing senior stakeholder expectations across HR, Finance, Legal, and other professional services areas and converting ambiguous needs into aligned strategies and execution plans.
• Lead complex sourcing, negotiation, and contracting strategies, including RFx development, supplier selection, commercial modeling, and negotiation planning.
• Sets category priorities, coaches team members, removes execution roadblocks, and aligns sourcing strategies with senior stakeholder roadmaps and enterprise Procurement priorities
• Facilitates stakeholder alignment, shapes demand, leads sourcing events, guides supplier selection, and coordinates negotiation and contracting decisions across functions.
• Build trusted senior stakeholder relationships, influence business decisions, align competing priorities, and use spend, supplier, market, and demand insights to identify value creation opportunities.
• Establish and manage strategic supplier relationships through business reviews, performance scorecards, issue resolution, innovation roadmaps, and risk mitigation.
• Manages strategic supplier governance, business reviews, performance scorecards, issue resolution, innovation planning, and risk mitigation.
• Determines negotiation strategy, supplier segmentation approach, and recommended sourcing model for standard category initiatives.
• Approves team operating cadence, category performance reporting, stakeholder business review content, supplier performance actions, and continuous improvement priorities within scope.
• Promote preferred supplier usage, guided buying, catalogs, contract compliance, and efficient buying channels in partnership with Procurement Operations.

Who You Are

You are a resourceful, results-driven procurement leader with a track record of delivering exceptional stakeholder experience and leading strategic sourcing initiatives. You combine sound commercial judgment with the ability to coach others, influence senior stakeholders, and translate complex business needs into practical category strategies.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Human Resources, Life Sciences, or a related discipline required. An advanced degree, MBA, or relevant procurement certification is preferred.
• 8-12 years of progressive experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, supplier management, consulting, or a related business discipline, including meaningful experience with Human Resources and/or Professional Services categories.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, healthcare, life sciences, or another highly regulated industry; experience with procurement platforms, contract lifecycle management tools, eSourcing technology, and supplier performance management processes; and certification such as CPSM, CIPS, CPM, or equivalent professional credentials.

Job Level: Management

Additional Information

The base compensation range for this role is: $151,000.00-$208,000.00

Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.

Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
• Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
• Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
• A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
• Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
• 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
• 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
• Employee Resource Groups participation

Why Biogen?

We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.

At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about Biogen.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.