Lead Category Management - 1011

The role

You will own multi-year category strategies for high-value, technically complex direct and indirect spend. You will lead complex contract negotiations and act as a commercial advisor to the category management team and cross-functional partners.

What you will do

• Own and execute multi-year category strategies for critical direct materials, capital equipment, technical services, research partnerships, software and other strategic spend.
• Run end-to-end sourcing for high-value, high-risk, technically complex requirements, including RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, proposal evaluation and contracting.
• Structure and negotiate complex agreements, SOWs, master agreements, subcontracts and amendments.
• Lead contracting with government-funded research laboratories, coordinating with Legal, Export Compliance, Finance and Security.
• Partner with engineers, scientists and program leaders to turn complex requirements into sourcing and contracting strategies.
• Lead supplier selection and negotiations involving emerging technologies, limited-source markets and long lead times.
• Build should-cost, total-cost-of-ownership and financial models to inform investment decisions.
• Set supplier segmentation, governance, scorecards and quarterly business reviews for key suppliers.
• Identify and mitigate supply, cybersecurity, compliance, financial and continuity risks.
• Guide the category management team and develop playbooks, policies and mentoring.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree minimum.
• Minimum 8 years' experience in category management, including ownership of category strategies, spend portfolios and supplier governance.
• Minimum 8 years' experience leading complex, high-dollar negotiations and managing full lifecycle of supplier agreements and subcontracts.
• Minimum 8 years' experience sourcing technically complex products or services.
• Must be a U.S. Person: U.S. citizen, permanent resident or green card holder, or granted asylum or refugee status.

Nice to have

• Experience with government-funded research laboratories or similar institutions.
• Advanced degree or certification such as CPSM, C.P.M., PMP, CPCM, CFCM, CSCP or equivalent.
• Experience negotiating intellectual property, technical data, cybersecurity, export-control or technology licensing terms.
• Category leadership in advanced manufacturing, capital equipment, laboratory equipment, engineering services, software or cloud.
• Experience with SAP or similar ERP, e-sourcing and contract-lifecycle platforms.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Flexible work arrangements.
• Employer-subsidized medical, dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with company match and student loan repayment benefit.
• Equity opportunities.
• Generous paid time off, sick leave and 12 paid holidays annually.
• Paid parental leave.
• Employee discount programs.

Before you apply

• U.S. Person status is required due to contractual requirements.
• Export control rules may require U.S. government authorization before a candidate who is not a U.S. person can access controlled technology.
• Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis with no deadline.

About the company

Quantinuum is a quantum computing company delivering a full stack platform for real-world deployment. It has more than 800 employees and is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and Singapore.