Remote Senior IT Category Manager - Software & Hardware

Waymo LLC; United States; Remote; USD 190,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Equity incentive plan

Benefits package

Job summary

Waymo LLC is seeking an IT Category Manager to lead strategic sourcing for Corporate IT, including SaaS, hardware, and IT services. You will partner with IT, Security, and Engineering to manage renewals, negotiate favorable terms, and ensure the technology stack scales with growth.

The role requires 7+ years in procurement, strong SaaS licensing and SOW/MSA experience, and the ability to drive cost efficiency in a fast-paced, remote environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of strategic procurement experience, incl. 4+ years IT/software sourcing.
• Deep SaaS licensing expertise and negotiations with Tier 1 publishers.
• Experience drafting MSAs, DPAs, EULAs and SOWs.
• Hardware lifecycle management and large VAR/OEM negotiations.
• Strong financial acumen with TCO analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a procurement strategy for Corporate IT.
• Lead high-volume software renewals and negotiate favorable terms.
• Structure SOWs for IT Professional Services and System Integrators.
• Manage VAR relationships for end-user compute and peripherals.
• Partner with CIO/IT Ops and Security to align requirements.

Skills

Strategic procurement

SaaS licensing

Contract negotiation

TCO analysis

High-velocity environment

Tools

Ariba P2P

e-sourcing

Spend analysis tools

Job description

Waymo LLC is seeking an IT Category Manager to lead strategic sourcing for Corporate IT, including SaaS, hardware, and IT services. You will partner with IT, Security, and Engineering to manage renewals, negotiate favorable terms, and ensure the technology stack scales with growth.

The role requires 7+ years in procurement, strong SaaS licensing and SOW/MSA experience, and the ability to drive cost efficiency in a fast-paced, remote environment.