About this role
The Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager develops and executes sourcing strategies for an assigned portfolio of Technology categories. You will lead medium- to high-complexity sourcing projects end to end, build trusted relationships with key suppliers and Intuit business owners, and deliver measurable cost savings, risk mitigation and efficiency gains.
You will operate as a Strategic Thinker, Operational Expert and Connected Leader. You own category-level outcomes, working with guidance from sourcing manager peers, team leads and enterprise priorities.
Responsibilities
Strategy and Leadership
- Own sourcing strategies and initiatives for your categories, aligned to technology priorities, growth and business transformation objectives.
- Contribute to category strategy and the operational roadmap for your portfolio.
- Build relationships and influence decisions across Finance, IT, Product and business units.
- Lead cross-functional project teams (Legal, Finance, Accounting and others) without formal reporting lines.
- Track industry trends, including AI and SaaS pricing models, and bring ideas that improve supplier strategy and processes.
- Model integrity and ethical responsibility in all business activities.
Opportunity Assessment
- Use spend, supplier, category and contract data to present a clear current-state view and engage stakeholders.
- Identify and size savings, consolidation and demand-optimization opportunities, such as overlapping SaaS tools and redundant subscriptions.
- Recommend initiatives to Strategic Sourcing leadership and secure senior sponsorship.
- Perform analysis independently or with Analyst support.
Sourcing Execution and Project Management
- Apply category expertise to identify suppliers, evaluate capabilities and map offerings to stakeholder needs.
- Select the right sourcing approach (RFI/RFQ/RFP, formal or informal negotiation) and manage it through scorecard-based evaluation and selection.
- Lead pricing and commercial negotiation of supplier agreements.
- Assess risks in AI and technology purchases (data privacy, IP, pricing models) with Legal, Security and Compliance.
- Drive projects by setting expectations, tracking decisions and deadlines, and managing issues and risks.
- Gather and document requirements through interviews, workshops and process analysis.
- Prepare documentation and business cases that quantify value for executive presentations.
- Lead projects that reduce price, optimize demand, consolidate vendors and improve process.
Continuous Improvement and Supplier Management
- Partner with stakeholders on vendor performance management and supplier reviews.
- Collaborate with the Continuous Improvement team on cross-functional efforts.
- Optimize sourcing processes and enable better business decisions.
Qualifications
Required
- 5+ years of strategic sourcing, procurement or consulting experience (RFI/RFQ/RFP, reverse auctions, interest-based negotiation).
- Experience leading cross-functional projects and managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience negotiating with and managing global vendors.
- Experience developing and presenting business cases to senior stakeholders.
- Experience with contract development, administration or management.
- Experience with ERP and Source-to-Pay tools.
- Solid financial and quantitative modeling skills, with attention to detail and the ability to analyze complex data.
- Clear written and verbal communication, including with executives.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business or another quantitative discipline, or equivalent experience.
Preferred
- Proven record of cost reduction and productivity improvement.
- Familiarity with AI and SaaS sourcing considerations (consolidation, usage-based pricing, data and IP terms).
- Advanced Excel/Google Sheets (financial modeling preferred).
- Ability to work independently and collaborate in cross-functional teams.
- Awareness of vendor management best practices.
Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position may be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits ). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender.
The expected base pay range for this position is:
San Diego $120,000 - $162,500