Manager, Sourcing - Software Category

News Corporation • New York, NY

83d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager - Software Sourcing is responsible for leading the strategic sourcing, negotiation, and contract management for enterprise software, including both on-premise and SaaS solutions..This role partners globally across regions-including India, UK, and Australia-and collaborates closely with legal, finance, and business stakeholders to ensure optimized commercial outcomes, compliance, and value delivery.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 5-8 years of experience in strategic sourcing and software procurement within a complex, global organization.
• Demonstrated success in negotiating software contracts and managing supplier relationships.
• Strong understanding of software licensing models (e.g., SaaS, perpetual, subscriptions).
• Experience with category strategy development and long-term vendor management.
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and analytical skills.
• Experience working with cross-regional/global teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing strategy, negotiations, and contracting for software spend categories (on-prem and SaaS).
• Coordinate with offshore sourcing execution teams (India) to manage renewals and optimize total cost of ownership.
• Collaborate with legal to ensure contracts align with business requirements and risk standards.
• Translate technical and commercial requirements into clear, enforceable contract language.
• Build and manage global supplier relationships; oversee governance of long-term agreements.
• Develop and execute category strategies informed by market trends, technology evolution, and vendor capabilities.
• Drive annual cost savings, improve vendor performance, and ensure SLA compliance.
• Foster collaboration and alignment across stakeholders in the US, UK, Australia, and India.

Benefits

• Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work.
• Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.
• For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Industry: Broadcasting and Content Providers
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees