Head of Professional Services and Category Management

Atlassian; New York (NY); Remote; USD 125,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a strategic sourcing team leader to develop and implement sourcing strategies across diverse professional services categories. In this role, you will lead a dedicated team, collaborate with stakeholders, and enhance procurement processes. Your analytical mindset and leadership skills will drive efficiency and cost optimization while ensuring high-quality outcomes. This position operates in a fully remote environment, allowing you to balance personal and professional goals effectively. Join a dynamic team where your contributions will directly impact the company's growth and success.

Benefits

Health Coverage

Paid Volunteer Days

Wellness Resources

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in procurement and supply chain management.
• Proven experience in strategic sourcing and category management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement sourcing strategies for professional services.
• Lead a team of Strategic Sourcing Managers to optimize costs.

Skills

Strategic Sourcing

Category Management

Leadership

Negotiation

Analytical Skills

Communication

Project Management

Problem Solving

Education

BS/BA Degree

Job description

Working at Atlassian

Atlassians can choose where they work whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.

About the role

We are seeking a strategic sourcing team leader for Professional Services Category Management. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and implementing sourcing strategies across diverse professional services categories.

Job Description

In this role, you will report to the Head of Strategic Sourcing and join Atlassian's global procurement team, which comprises a high-performing and collaborative group of professionals. You will lead a team of dedicated Strategic Sourcing Managers who are focused on engaging with business stakeholders and suppliers. Your team will evaluate and develop sourcing strategies to maximize efficiency and cost optimization while ensuring high-quality business outcomes.

As the leader of the procurement team, the Sourcing Team Lead will collaborate with various stakeholders at all levels throughout Atlassian to propose cross-functional opportunities that will enable Atlassian's procurement organization to expand and meet the company's increasing requirements.

You will possess an analytical and detail-oriented mindset and utilize your extensive expertise in sourcing and category management to navigate the constantly evolving commercial requirements of a dynamic, fast-growing company. Your exceptional written and verbal communication skills will be employed to enhance clarity and efficiency throughout our end-to-end sourcing process, establishing you as a trusted business partner.

A bit more about the role:

• We are seeking a candidate with exceptional leadership skills who can effectively attract, mentor, cultivate and retain a varied and skilled group of strategic sourcing experts.
• Develop and implement procurement strategies for professional services that align with organizational goals and objectives.
• Design and oversee a comprehensive professional services category strategy and roadmap to enhance the maturity level of our sourcing process by streamlining operations and improving efficiencies.
• Foster a cohesive team culture, promote collaboration in the workplace, align with procurement objectives to achieve success, and prioritize career growth and development.
• Support the development of a responsible procurement program, including cost optimization, competitive bidding and a team's key metrics against OKRs.
• Share market intelligence, conduct market analysis, and benchmark to anticipate price fluctuations for potential sourcing opportunities and risks.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, suppliers, and senior executives to understand and influence all commercial aspects of risks.
• Ensure that suppliers meet performance expectations, deliver value, and comply with contractual obligations.

More about you:

• Proven work experience as a sourcing manager and category manager with a focus on professional services.
• Ability to create and execute strategic sourcing and category strategies that result in cost reduction, enhanced supplier performance, and reduced risks.
• Confident in a rapidly growing, fast paced and changing environment
• Excellent leadership, influencing, and negotiation skills.
• Excellent verbal, written communications and presentation skills
• Proven complex problem solving and decision-making skills
• Excellent planning, analytical and project management skills
• Drive impact and navigate ambiguity while staying collaborative and inclusive.
• Passion to understand Atlassian's products, customers, culture, and business models.

On your first day, we'll expect you to have:

• BS/BA degree
• 10+ years of experience within procurement and/or supply chain
• Experienced people leader with the ability to lead, motivate, and develop a high-performing sourcing team.
• Demonstrated exceptional leadership skills with the ability to work collaboratively, and create and drive vision within and across organizations
• Deep understanding of software and cloud services, associated business models, and technology industry trends
• In-depth understanding of procurement best practices, principles, and techniques, as well as relevant laws and regulations.
• History of partnering well with senior leaders to develop a culture of getting to "yes"
• Focus on achieving the organization's financial and operational goals.
• This position operates 100% remote environment, with occasional travel to company events or supplier sites.
• The role requires the ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.

Compensation

At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. To support this goal, the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range, but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience. In the United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:

Zone A: $151,700 - $202,300

Zone B: $136,600 - $182,100

Zone C: $125,900 - $167,900

This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.

Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.

Our perks & benefits

Atlassian offers a variety of perks and benefits to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health coverage, paid volunteer days, wellness resources, and so much more. Visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefitsto learn more.

About Atlassian

At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.

We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.

To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh.