Director, Strategic Sourcing

MongoDB•Austin, TX

12h•Hybrid

About The Position

MongoDB is seeking a highly motivated Director of Strategic Sourcing to lead a globally distributed team of Procurement professionals. This role is responsible for driving complex strategic sourcing strategies across all spend categories in support of the company’s business strategies. As a key member of the Source-to-Pay cross functional team, you will be called upon to fly at different altitudes to help executives and individual contributors make better purchasing decisions. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who has the knowledge, skill, and discipline to transform the function into our next stage of growth. You should have deep expertise in driving technology deals such as public cloud infrastructure agreements, SaaS, IT services, while still having working knowledge of Marketing, professional services, and other indirect categories. This will be a hybrid in-office role. We are looking for candidates who plan to be available in our New York City office for approximately 2 days per week. MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the database for the AI era, enabling innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified database platform, the most widely available, globally distributed database on the market, helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our cloud-native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. With offices worldwide and over 60,000 customers, including 75% of the Fortune 100 and AI-native startups, relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we’re powering the next era of software. Our compass at MongoDB is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win. It’s what makes us MongoDB.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, or similar quantitative related field
Procurement professional certification, such as CPSM, CIPS, CSP
12+ overall years of professional business experience
10+ years of progressive experience in Procurement and/or Strategic Sourcing
3+ years of people leadership experience
Deep knowledge of strategic sourcing and negotiation
Hands-on experience in negotiating complex deals
Leader with vision and credentials working at global large scale companies
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
Ability to drive change and influence all levels of the organization
Experience analyzing large data sets while developing and driving recommendations from collected insights

Nice To Haves

MBA or equivalent experience
Working knowledge of Source to Pay Orchestration tools
Experience with large ERP systems such as NetSuite, Oracle, SAP, or Workday
Experience using Coupa (including Coupa Analytics and SIM)
Experience working in multiple industries especially in the high tech sector
Experience sourcing cloud infrastructure, SaaS, professional services, marketing
Excellent presentation skills (both oral and written)
High attention to detail
Ability to operate as a Strategic Partner in a dynamic and ambiguous environment (e.g. able to quickly adapt to changing priorities)

Responsibilities

Drive category strategy to all applicable spend categories for MongoDB
Develop and maintain global procurement policies and procedures
Develop, coach, and lead a high-performing global procurement team, while fostering a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, knowledge sharing, and innovation
Be the face of Procurement by developing and maintaining strong relationships with key leaders and stakeholders and reinforcing the strategic value that the team provides
Deliver annual cost savings target and multi-year pipeline based on assigned projects
Implement and lead process improvement projects along with any change management required