Director, Global Tech & AI Procurement

Expedia

Campus (IL)

On-site

USD 208,000 - 291,000

Full time

10 days ago

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Job summary

Expedia Group is seeking a Director, Global Procurement - Technology, AI & Contact Center to lead sourcing strategy, contracts, and vendor relationships for one of the company's largest spend areas. You will report to the Global Procurement & AP leadership and partner with Finance, Legal, Technology and business leaders.

The role requires deep tech category expertise, strong negotiation and people leadership, and a vision for AI-enabled sourcing.

Qualifications

Deep category expertise in technology, software, cloud, AI or contact center sourcing.
Proven strategic category management with multi-year roadmaps and measurable savings.
Strong negotiation skills for large, complex vendor agreements.
Experience leading high-performing teams.
Ability to apply AI/automation in sourcing and contract workflows.
Advanced leadership and executive communication skills.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 8+ years, including people management.

Responsibilities

Set the multi-year category strategy for Technology, AI and Contact Center spend, delivering savings, cost avoidance, working capital improvements, and margin expansion.
Sponsor and steer transformation such as tooling, AI enablement and new operating models, with documented business outcomes rather than activity.
Lead negotiation of strategic contracts and partnerships, including crucial AI agreements and long-term strategies with a high bar for terms, risk and renewals.
Build strong relationships and partnerships with senior stakeholders and strategic vendors, and drive 360‑degree vendor decision‑making.
Turn enterprise strategy into clear category strategies and roadmaps, and explain trade‑offs to executives.
Role model the use of agentic AI and automation in sourcing work, championing adoption of emerging and autonomous agentic workflows to deliver success for business leaders and team members across the Source-to-Pay roadmap.
Builds a layer of capable managers and senior individual contributors, so the team is highly empowered and engaged. You lead by setting goals, coaching, and building future leaders.
Represent Global Procurement & AP with Finance, Legal, Technology and business leaders, helping shape the function's priorities and measures of success.