Senior IT Sourcing Manager

🇺🇸 Natick, MA

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Information Technology

🗓️ May 6th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

MathWorks is hiring a Senior IT Sourcing Manager. The role involves developing a sourcing strategy to support a global organization, guiding business area managers to enhance workflows and user experience through software investments, and focusing on software cloud services sourcing. The successful candidate will create senior-level relationships to evolve sourcing strategies and provide sourcing expertise on software business applications, emphasizing software licensing and supplier quality.

Highlights

Define and manage sourcing strategy for business application software, including cloud services.
Manage contract negotiation, procurement process, and deployment analysis.
Develop workflows for managing proposals, renewals, and total cost of ownership.
Collaborate with IT professionals and senior managers on technology deployment.
Bachelor's degree and 10 years of professional work experience required.
Technical skills in software licensing, cost analysis, and data modeling needed.
Master’s degree and CPSM/CPM certification are a plus.
Authorized to work in the United States without restrictions.

Senior IT Sourcing Manager Full Description

Senior IT Sourcing Manager

Location: US-MA-Natick
Department: Finance and Operations

Job Summary

MathWorks is looking for a Senior Sourcing Manager to develop a sourcing strategy to support a global organization. Join a team that guides business area managers to leverage software investments to improve workflows and the user experience for MathWorks staff worldwide. Experience in business software sourcing, licensing, deployment, and usage is key for this role. Utilize your ability to create internal/external senior-level relationships with the goal of evolving the sourcing strategy for software business applications required by MathWorks. The focus will be on providing sourcing expertise to the expanding software cloud services that are being provided by suppliers. Technical and business acumen in software licensing is a necessity.

Responsibilities

Define and manage MathWorks sourcing strategy for business application software including cloud. Manage contract negotiation, procurement process, and deployment analysis to drive efficiency.
Develop a systematic workflow to manage proposals, renewals, and total cost of ownership. Work with business areas and Finance to provide detailed usage analysis.
Partner with IT professionals, subject matter experts and senior managers on technology deployment.
Influence technology selection through stakeholder partnerships, market intelligence, benchmarks, supplier road-mapping, contract terms and MathWorks long-term strategy.
Drive supplier technology quality and support performance, ensuring continuity of service, cost competitiveness and overall capability.
Become a supplier relationship manager for respective applications.

Minimum Qualifications

A bachelor's degree and 10 years of professional work experience (or equivalent experience) is required.
Visa sponsorship will not be provided for this position.
Candidates for this position must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer without restriction.

Additional Qualifications

Master’s degree in engineering, business, or closely related field a plus
Experience in developing and managing business workflows
Ability to perform cost analysis and data modeling with finance professionals.
Demonstrated experience in developing and nurturing key stakeholder relationships
Usage of sourcing application software a plus.
CPSM/CPM a plus

Original Job Description

Senior IT Sourcing Manager

Location: US-MA-Natick
Department: Finance and Operations

Job Summary

Responsibilities

Define and manage MathWorks sourcing strategy for business application software including cloud. Manage contract negotiation, procurement process, and deployment analysis to drive efficiency.
Develop a systematic workflow to manage proposals, renewals, and total cost of ownership. Work with business areas and Finance to provide detailed usage analysis.
Partner with IT professionals, subject matter experts and senior managers on technology deployment.
Influence technology selection through stakeholder partnerships, market intelligence, benchmarks, supplier road-mapping, contract terms and MathWorks long-term strategy.
Drive supplier technology quality and support performance, ensuring continuity of service, cost competitiveness and overall capability.
Become a supplier relationship manager for respective applications.

Minimum Qualifications

A bachelor's degree and 10 years of professional work experience (or equivalent experience) is required.
Visa sponsorship will not be provided for this position.
Candidates for this position must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer without restriction.

Additional Qualifications

Master’s degree in engineering, business, or closely related field a plus
Experience in developing and managing business workflows
Ability to perform cost analysis and data modeling with finance professionals.
Demonstrated experience in developing and nurturing key stakeholder relationships
Usage of sourcing application software a plus.
CPSM/CPM a plus