Procurement Operations Leader - AI, Automation & Analytics

DraftKings Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

DraftKings Inc. is seeking a Director of Procurement Operations to lead the team responsible for operating model, processes, data, and governance across procurement.

You will partner with leaders to deliver consistent, scalable workflows, leveraging analytics, automation, and AI to improve controls and stakeholder experience. You will drive end-to-end sourcing support, contracting coordination, supplier onboarding, and performance reporting, while shaping strategy and governance across Finance,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in procurement, procurement operations, source-to-pay, transformation, or a related function.
• Proven experience leading teams and developing procurement professionals in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Proven ability to design and scale procurement operating models, processes, governance, and cross-functional workflows.
• Hands-on expertise with source-to-pay, eProcurement, intake orchestration, contract lifecycle management, supplier management, and analytics platforms; Coupa experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Procurement Operations team, setting clear service expectations, building functional expertise, and fostering a high-performance and continuous-improvement culture.
• Own the enterprise Procurement operating model, including intake, triage, workflow design, sourcing support, contracting coordination, purchasing, supplier onboarding, and performance reporting.
• Define clear roles, decision rights, service levels, escalation paths, and cross-functional handoffs to create a consistent and efficient stakeholder experience.
• Own the Procurement technology roadmap and administration of source-to-pay, intake and orchestration, contract lifecycle management, supplier management, analytics, and knowledge-management solutions.
• Lead process redesign, automation, and AI-enabled initiatives that reduce manual work, improve cycle time and data quality, strengthen controls, and allow Procurement teams to focus on higher-value activities.
• Establish enterprise standards for procurement data, taxonomy, savings and value measurement, pipeline management, reporting, dashboards, and executive performance reviews.
• Own Procurement reporting, analytics, and insights, translating spend, sourcing pipeline, savings, supplier, cycle-time, and service-performance data into actionable recommendations for Procurement and business leaders.
• Maintain Procurement policies, procedures, templates, playbooks, training, and communications while overseeing capacity, service performance, adoption, and organizational change management.
• Partner with Finance, Legal, Information Security, Privacy, Compliance, IT, and Procurement category teams to integrate requirements, resolve process gaps, and provide reliable operational support while preserving clear accountability for category strategy and commercial decisions.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Automation

Change management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Coupa

Job description

DraftKings Inc. is seeking a Director of Procurement Operations to lead the team responsible for operating model, processes, data, and governance across procurement.

You will partner with leaders to deliver consistent, scalable workflows, leveraging analytics, automation, and AI to improve controls and stakeholder experience. You will drive end-to-end sourcing support, contracting coordination, supplier onboarding, and performance reporting, while shaping strategy and governance across Finance,