S2P Process Design & Standards Lead

Vertex Pharmaceuticals; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 139,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site with Flexibility (Flex @Vertex

On-site five days per week

Job summary

Vertex Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Lead, Process Design & Standards to advance enterprise S2P process design and standards. The role focuses on architecture, governance, and scalable process frameworks across sourcing, contracting, and payment channels.

Key responsibilities include defining decision models, maintaining process documentation, and driving continuous improvement with Lean and analytics integration.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Procurement, S2P, or Supply Chain process design, optimization, or governance roles.
• Deep expertise in process standardization, controls, and performance management within complex organizations.
• Strong ability to influence outcomes in matrixed, cross functional environments.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence and build alignment across cross functional stakeholders.
• Experience developing and maintaining technical and process documentation, including standards, procedures, and decision frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Set the Foundation: Process Architecture & Standards—lead design, documentation, and maintenance of end to end S2P, SRM and Category Strategy process frameworks, standards, policies, controls, and decision models.
• Advance process standards aligned with governance, audit, and compliance expectations in partnership with Finance, Legal, Risk, and Compliance.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts, leveraging Lean and process excellence methodologies; translate process standards into system design principles and analytics requirements.

Skills

Procurement process design

S2P/Source-to-Pay

Process standardization

Cross-functional influence

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Vertex Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Lead, Process Design & Standards to advance enterprise S2P process design and standards. The role focuses on architecture, governance, and scalable process frameworks across sourcing, contracting, and payment channels.

Key responsibilities include defining decision models, maintaining process documentation, and driving continuous improvement with Lean and analytics integration.