Strategic Sourcing Lead, Professional Services – Human Data

The role

You will own and execute the Professional Services category strategy and execution roadmap. You will manage a broad portfolio of services engagements and build scalable category mechanisms.

What you will do

• Own and evolve the Professional Services category strategy and execution roadmap
• Manage multiple complex sourcing workstreams end to end
• Build trusted partnerships with senior stakeholders
• Lead complex negotiations and design commercial structures
• Build and improve scalable category mechanisms
• Strengthen the supplier ecosystem through competitive sourcing and performance governance
• Partner with Finance and Accounting to improve spend visibility and forecasting
• Partner with Legal, People, and Extended Workforce to reduce risk
• Produce executive-ready reporting on pipeline, savings, and performance
• Use AI to redesign sourcing workflows

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or category management
• Significant depth in Professional Services
• Experience owning Professional Services category strategy and sourcing end to end
• Experience leading complex, high-stakes services negotiations
• Understanding of commercial and operating dynamics of consulting, advisory, and managed services
• Experience building or improving category operating mechanisms
• Experience using AI to redesign sourcing workflows
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Strong financial and analytical fluency

Benefits

• Relocation assistance

Before you apply

• Background checks will be administered

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.