Director, Strategic Sourcing - Marketing & Corporate Services

Intuit; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 235,000 - 334,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit is seeking a Director of Strategic Sourcing for Marketing & Corporate Services in Mountain View, CA or San Diego, CA. This role leads a 30+ FTE team and oversees roughly $5B in spend, partnering with senior leaders across Marketing, Customer Success, Corporate Services, and Finance.

The candidate should bring 12+ years in strategic sourcing, strong negotiation skills, and a track record of global, data-driven sourcing with AI-enabled improvements.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive strategic sourcing or commercial leadership experience.
• 5+ years of management experience, including recruiting and developing teams.
• Expertise in Marketing and Corporate Services sourcing on a global scale.
• Strong financial acumen and experience leading high-value negotiations.
• AI-centered approach to championing automation in sourcing.
• Strategic and global mindset aligning sourcing with enterprise goals.
• Collaborative leadership with a track record of building high-performing teams.
• Excellent executive communication with VP+ stakeholder influence.
• Digital fluency in analytics- and automation-enabled environments.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end category strategy for enterprise-wide categories: media, agency, events, facilities, services.
• Design data-driven sourcing strategies balancing cost, speed, quality and innovation.
• Lead and negotiate complex global agreements focusing on total value and risk.
• Advise VP+ stakeholders across Marketing, Customer Success, Corporate Services, and Finance.
• Align sourcing strategies to enterprise growth and margin goals.
• Manage and optimize strategic supplier relationships to drive innovation and performance.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team in category management and sourcing.
• Leverage analytics, automation, and modern sourcing tools to improve visibility and speed.
• Define and implement process improvements to reduce cycle time and ensure policy compliance.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Leadership

Vendor negotiations

Data analytics

AI & automation

Job description

Position Title: Director, Strategic Sourcing - Marketing & Corporate Services

Reports to: Vice President, Stock, Treasury and Procurement

Organization: Global Sourcing & Procurement

Location: Mountain View, CA or San Diego, CA

Intuit is a global platform company that is on a mission to power prosperity around the world for consumers, small businesses, and the self-employed.

Intuit’s Global Strategic Sourcing team is at the forefront of a data-driven sourcing organization. The team is responsible for driving commercial excellence, speed, and innovation by partnering across Intuit’s 3rd party ecosystem to deliver enterprise value in a digitally advanced, data-driven sourcing function.

Reporting to the VP of Stock, Treasury & Procurement, the Director of Strategic Sourcing Marketing and Corporate Services leads a high-impact organization driving strategies across services, media & marketing, customer success operations, and the physical supply chain. This leader will serve as a trusted commercial advisor to senior leaders across Marketing, Customer Success, Corporate Services, and Finance and support major business units including QuickBooks, Mailchimp, TurboTax and Credit Karma.

This executive will be responsible for an approximately $5B in total spend, and manage a team of more than 30 FTEs and 37 Contract Workers.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end category strategy and execution for enterprise-wide categories, including Media, Agency, Events, Content Production, Facilities, Professional Services, Contingent Labor, and Benefits.
• Design and implement data-driven sourcing strategies that balance cost, speed, quality, and innovation.
• Lead and negotiate complex, global agreements, focusing on total value and mitigating supplier risk.
• Serve as a trusted commercial advisor and partner to VP+ stakeholders and senior leaders across Marketing, Customer Success, Corporate Services, and Finance.
• Align sourcing strategies directly to enterprise goals for growth and margin.
• Manage and optimize strategic supplier relationships to drive innovation, performance, and accountability.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team , developing organizational and team member capabilities in category management and strategic sourcing.
• Leverage analytics, automation, and modern sourcing tools to enhance visibility, decision speed, and digital fluency.
• Define and implement process improvements that reduce cycle time, deliver efficiency gains, and ensure compliance with policies.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive strategic sourcing or commercial leadership experience.
• 5+ years of management experience, with a demonstrated ability to recruit, mentor, develop, and retain an outstanding strategic sourcing team.
• Demonstrated expertise in strategic sourcing for Marketing and Corporate Services categories (like Media, Agency, Professional Services, and Contingent Labor) at a global scale.
• Strong financial acumen and experience leading complex, high-value negotiations.
• AI-Centered Approach: Demonstrated experience championing AI and automation across the sourcing function to drive faster decisions and reduce manual effort
• Strategic and Global Mindset: Ability to align sourcing strategies to enterprise goals and manage a broad, complex portfolio of categories within a fast-paced, dynamic organization.
• Strong Leadership: A collaborative, innovative, and enterprise-minded leadership style. Solid leadership skills and ability to develop a high-performing team recognized for innovation and commercial excellence.
• Communication & Influence: Excellent executive communication skills. Proven ability to partner with and influence VP+ stakeholders and senior leaders , with an outstanding ability to collaborate with business partners.
• Digital Fluency & Agility: Comfort operating in analytics- and automation-enabled environments. Evidence of adaptability and a continuous improvement mindset to drive process improvements.

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position may be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender.

The Expected Base Pay Range For This Position Is:

Mountain View $247,000 - $334,000

San Diego, CA $235,000- $318,000