Strategic Sourcing Manager, Engineering Technology & Software

The role

This person will own sourcing for engineering technology and software categories. They will manage commercial relationships with vendors for cloud infrastructure, data platforms, security, and enterprise SaaS.

What you will do

• Own category strategy and the sourcing pipeline for technology categories
• Lead end-to-end sourcing events including RFI/RFP and supplier evaluation
• Analyze vendor pricing, usage patterns, and market benchmarks
• Lead commercial negotiations with software and infrastructure vendors
• Structure agreements balancing commitment, flexibility, and unit economics
• Drive redlines on MSAs, order forms, and DPAs in partnership with Legal, Security, and Privacy
• Support strategic AI provider agreements with usage analysis and benchmark data
• Partner with Engineering and Finance to forecast demand and translate technical requirements
• Own the renewal calendar for technology and software vendors
• Manage supplier relationships through execution, utilization monitoring, and escalations

Required qualifications

• 4–7 years of strategic sourcing or procurement experience with a focus on technology and software categories
• Track record of negotiating enterprise SaaS, cloud infrastructure, or security tooling agreements
• Understanding of software commercial models including per-seat, usage-based, committed spend, tiers, discounts, and true-ups
• Strong analytical skills in unit-cost analysis, TCO modeling, and benchmarking
• Working knowledge of commercial and legal contract terms including MSAs, order forms, SOWs, and DPAs
• Clear, direct communicator with executives and across the negotiating table
• Hands-on experience running sourcing in a procure-to-pay platform
• AI fluency using AI tools for redlining, negotiation prep, benchmarking, and vendor analysis
• Comfortable operating at pace with high deal volume and ambiguity

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience running sourcing in Zip

About the company

Harvey is transforming how legal and professional services operate by combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise.