Procure to Pay Director

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center • Seattle, WA

22h • Remote

About The Position

The Director, Procure to Pay provides strategic leadership and executive oversight for the enterprise Procure to Pay (P2P) function across all lines of business at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. Reporting to the VP, Finance Operations, the Director sets the vision, strategy, and operating model for end-to-end source-to-settle activities, including procurement, contracting, vendor management, accounts payable, and expense reimbursement.

The Director is accountable for building a high-performing, service-oriented organization; establishing governance, internal controls, and compliance frameworks; leading enterprise-wide process transformation and technology modernization; and partnering with senior leaders across Finance, Supply Chain, Legal, IT, and clinical and research operations. This work advances the institution’s financial stewardship, cost-management, and operational-excellence objectives.

The position may be offered fully remote with occasional travel. Employees are expected to demonstrate Fred Hutch’s values of collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity, and respect.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Supply Chain Management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience that provides comparable knowledge and abilities.
• Minimum 12 years of progressive, relevant experience across procurement, accounts payable, and/or finance operations.
• Minimum 7 years in a senior leadership role, including demonstrated experience leading managers/leaders and enterprise-scale functions.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or MBA.
• Proven executive leadership, including the demonstrated ability to lead managers and large, multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated ability to set strategy and translate it into operating plans, budgets, and measurable results.
• Deep expertise across the end-to-end P2P/source-to-settle lifecycle, procurement, accounts payable, and financial controls.
• Strong background in enterprise process transformation, automation, and ERP/P2P system implementation.
• Executive presence and ability to influence and partner effectively with senior leadership and external stakeholders.
• Sound judgment in governance, compliance, risk management, and internal controls.
• Excellent written, verbal, and executive-level communication and presentation skills.
• Strong financial and business acumen, including budget ownership and cost/working-capital management.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Experience in a healthcare, academic medical center, or research environment.
• Experience with a modern, cloud-based P2P/ERP platform such as Workday, Oracle, SAP Ariba, or Coupa.
• Experience implementing a cloud-based ERP platform requiring significant process redesign and change management.
• Lean/Six Sigma or comparable process-improvement credentials.

Responsibilities

• Define, own, and continuously evolve the multi-year Procure to Pay (source-to-settle) strategy and roadmap, aligning it with institutional financial, operational, and mission priorities; translate strategy into measurable objectives, budgets, and outcomes.
• Provide executive oversight of the full P2P lifecycle across all lines of business, including procurement, contract management, purchase orders, invoicing, vendor management, payments, and expense reimbursement, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant processing at scale.
• Lead the function through managers; build, develop, coach, and retain a high-performing, service-oriented team; establish workforce plans, succession, performance standards, and a culture of accountability, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
• Establish and enforce enterprise policies, internal controls, segregation of duties, and delegation-of-authority frameworks; own compliance with regulatory, audit, and financial-control requirements and manage risk across the function.
• Sponsor and lead P2P process re-engineering, automation, and ERP/system modernization; partner with IT and Finance systems on strategy, roadmaps, upgrades, and implementations; drive adoption of best practices and standard operating procedures.
• Own cost-savings, spend-management, working-capital, and value-capture targets; deliver measurable efficiency and cash-flow improvements and support accurate, timely financial reporting, reconciliation, and audit readiness.
• Serve as the senior point of accountability for P2P with Finance, Legal, IT, Supply Chain, and clinical/research business leaders; represent the function with executive leadership, external auditors, and strategic vendors.
• Set strategy for strategic supplier relationships, escalations, and supplier performance; provide executive oversight of significant payment discrepancies, disputes, and contract matters.
• Establish KPIs, SLAs, and executive dashboards; regularly report function performance, risks, bottlenecks, and cost-saving initiatives to senior and executive leadership.
• Lead organizational change, stakeholder alignment, and communications for enterprise P2P initiatives, ensuring adoption and sustained results.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security.
• Medical and vision benefits.
• Dental insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Life insurance.
• Disability benefits.
• Retirement benefits.
• Family life support.
• Employee assistance program.
• Onsite health clinic.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Paid vacation: 12–22 days per year.
• Paid sick leave: 12–25 days per year.
• Paid holidays: 13 days per year.
• Paid parental leave: up to 4 weeks.
• The position may be eligible for a sign-on bonus.
• The position may be eligible for relocation assistance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director