Director, Global Sourcing - Strategy & Operations
About The Position
Palo Alto Networks is hiring a Director, Global Sourcing to elevate the company’s global sourcing strategy and operations. The role shifts sourcing beyond transactional savings toward strategic value creation, business velocity, and long-term resilience. The Director will lead an AI-first transformation across the end-to-end sourcing lifecycle, deploying automation, spend intelligence, and self-service tools to improve contract cycle times and operational efficiency while driving cost savings. The position leads sourcing integration for mergers and acquisitions, including capturing synergies, streamlining vendor contracts, and onboarding acquired technology and service relationships. It also establishes scalable global processes and playbooks, builds spend analytics and vendor-performance practices, manages an efficient RFP lifecycle, and defines sourcing policies and approval workflows that support compliance, audit readiness, and financial controls. The Director will hire, train, and mentor a global team focused on measurable results, cost savings, and internal customer service. The company describes its work model as primarily in-office, with flexibility when needed.
Requirements
- 8–10+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement operations, or vendor management in a high-growth, global technology environment, or relevant consulting experience.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional strategic initiatives and teams.
- Experience driving operational transformation and vendor integration in M&A scenarios.
- Expert-level capability in spend modeling, cost-per-unit economics, and competitive benchmarking.
- Ability to start from a blank slate, navigate ambiguity, and iterate quickly in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated track record implementing AI-driven tools, automation, and modernized workflows across end-to-end sourcing processes.
- Exceptional ability to communicate complex financial risks and strategic opportunities to senior leadership and cross-functional partners in IT, Legal, and Product.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or Economics.
Nice To Haves
- MBA.
Responsibilities
- Elevate global sourcing strategy and operations, emphasizing strategic value creation, business velocity, and long-term resilience.
- Lead an AI-first transformation of the end-to-end sourcing lifecycle, including adoption of AI-driven automation, spend intelligence, and self-service tools.
- Improve contract cycle times and operational efficiency while driving cost savings.
- Lead strategic sourcing integration for mergers and acquisitions, capturing synergies, streamlining vendor contracts, and onboarding acquired technology and service relationships.
- Develop global playbooks and scalable processes that enable organizational growth without proportional increases in manual overhead.
- Build a spend analytics function to track global vendor spend and identify savings through benchmarking and competitive bids.
- Maintain vendor scorecards and renewal calendars.
- Design and manage an efficient RFP lifecycle to select innovative and reliable vendors.
- Define global sourcing policies and approval workflows that ensure audit readiness, compliance, and integration with financial controls.
- Hire, train, and mentor a global team focused on measurable business results, cost savings, and internal customer service.
Benefits
- Compensation may include restricted stock units and a bonus.
- A description of employee benefits is available through the company.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
