Director, IT Sourcing & Category Leadership

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. in; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. seeks a Director of IT Sourcing & Category Management (Finance) to lead global IT procurement strategy, category management, and supplier partnerships. You will align with CIO and executive IT leadership to deliver cost savings and enable growth.

You will lead a team of sourcing professionals, drive procurement transformation, and partner with Legal, Finance, and Security to manage risk and compliance across software, cloud, hardware, and digital services.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive procurement, strategic sourcing, and category management experience.
• 7+ years of people leadership experience within IT sourcing and category management teams.
• Experience managing complex technology categories including software, SaaS, cloud, infrastructure, and AI services.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute global IT category strategies across software, cloud, hardware, and services.
• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives from identification through negotiation and contracting.
• Drive procurement best practices, policy adoption, and process compliance.

Skills

IT sourcing

Procurement leadership

Negotiation

Supplier management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

Tools

Contract lifecycle management

MS Excel

Job description

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. seeks a Director of IT Sourcing & Category Management (Finance) to lead global IT procurement strategy, category management, and supplier partnerships. You will align with CIO and executive IT leadership to deliver cost savings and enable growth.

You will lead a team of sourcing professionals, drive procurement transformation, and partner with Legal, Finance, and Security to manage risk and compliance across software, cloud, hardware, and digital services.