Strategic Sourcing & Governance Lead

The Travelers Indemnity Company; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 99,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

The Travelers Indemnity Company in Hartford, CT is seeking a Manager, Sourcing Strategy, Management and Governance to advance enterprise-wide sourcing and supplier strategies. You will serve as a key contact for execution of sourcing strategy, workforce demand, and supplier performance, partnering with business stakeholders to drive continuous improvement across the portfolio.

You will oversee onboarding, monitor vendor performance, manage transitions, and ensure adherence to rate card

Responsibilities

• Work Order/Vendor Management and Sourcing Strategy: Manage a defined set of supplier work orders or portfolio activities across multiple assigned lines, including intake, modifications, closures, data-driven analysis, and process and tool optimization.
• Onboarding and Team Support: Oversee resource onboarding and monitor engaged resources for quality, progress, and team dynamics.
• Proactivity and Risk Management: Monitor assigned vendor performance data and flag early indicators of risk or control gaps, addressing delivery issues as they arise and escalating when appropriate.
• Internal and External Stakeholder Engagement: Build and sustain trusted relationships with business stakeholders, finance partners, and assigned supplier contacts to surface risks, resolve delivery concerns and budget variances, and support governance interactions, performance discussions, and sourcing process coordination.
• Work Transition and Migration: Own the operational execution of work transitions when sourcing decisions result in a change of supplier, sourcing model, or workforce composition.
• Process Optimization: Identify and implement process improvements and automation opportunities, including AI-enabled workflow enhancements.
• Rate Card Adherence: Ensure compliance with established enterprise sourcing models and rate card structures. Partner with the S&SM Strategy team to validate that work being requested aligns to the appropriate rate card, role designation, and sourcing model, and assist stakeholders in understanding and adhering to rate card guidelines.
• Track and report on sourcing footprint, role utilization, team composition, and premium role usage across assigned lines.
• Manage sourcing activity across multiple assigned lines or areas. Bring cross-line perspective to sourcing decisions, identify patterns and efficiencies across the portfolio, and ensure consistent application of enterprise sourcing strategy regardless of line-specific variation.

Job description

The Travelers Indemnity Company in Hartford, CT is seeking a Manager, Sourcing Strategy, Management and Governance to advance enterprise-wide sourcing and supplier strategies. You will serve as a key contact for execution of sourcing strategy, workforce demand, and supplier performance, partnering with business stakeholders to drive continuous improvement across the portfolio.

You will oversee onboarding, monitor vendor performance, manage transitions, and ensure adherence to rate card