Strategic Sourcing Leader, Professional Services
$266k - $295kJobleads-US
- Strategic Sourcing Leader, Professional ServicesOpenAISan Francisco (Hybrid)Full-time$266,000 – $295,000 / yearUpload your resume once and Scout applies for youApply with ScoutShare this job:LinkedInXSave imageLeads the Professional Services sourcing team and sets portfolio strategy across consulting, legal, finance, people services, and managed services. The role combines people management, supplier negotiations, commercial oversight, and adoption of AI-supported sourcing workflows.* Permanent* Hybrid* 10+ years### Skills and expertiseStrategic sourcingProcurementCategory managementSupplier negotiationContract managementSpend forecastingSupplier performance managementAI-assisted workflows### Key responsibilities* Lead and develop the sourcing team, setting objectives, delegation, performance, and capability plans.* Set portfolio strategy and manage sourcing priorities, supplier relationships, and complex negotiations.* Use approved AI tools and improve sourcing workflows while validating sources and retaining human judgment.## How this job comparesCompared with 474 open manager operations jobs on October 10, 2026.Pay: This job pays $266K to $295K a year. The 199 open manager operations jobs that publish US pay start at $141K on average, so this job starts about 89% higher.Similar open jobs: We Love AI Jobs lists 474 open manager operations jobs at 153 companies.Remote work: This job is hybrid. 80 of the 474 manager operations jobs (17%) are remote.AI in this role: Medium. The role uses AI tools and works with AI systems as a regular part of the job. The role explicitly uses approved AI tools for supplier research, proposal analysis, negotiation preparation, and reporting, and leads adoption across the team. AI supports sourcing work but is not the role’s primary function.## Full descriptionAbout the TeamOpenAI Finance helps ensure the organisation is positioned for long-term success as we pursue our mission. The Strategic Sourcing & Procurement team helps OpenAI scale responsibly and at speed by choosing the right external partners, structuring strong commercial agreements and building resilient supplier relationships. We partner with teams across the company to turn rapidly evolving needs into practical, economically sound solutions.Professional Services provides specialist expertise and capacity across OpenAI, spanning consulting and advisory, finance and accounting, legal, people-related services and managed services. Our sourcing team helps business leaders define the outcomes they need, select capable partners and establish clear commercial and delivery accountability.About the RoleWe are seeking a Strategic Sourcing Leader to lead and develop the Professional Services sourcing team and set direction across its portfolio. This is a people-management role with accountability for team performance, commercial quality, stakeholder experience and sustained business outcomes. You will translate business priorities into category strategies, achievable delivery plans and clear decision authority, while developing the judgement and independence of experienced sourcing professionals.You will oversee a broad portfolio, from strategic advisory relationships and enterprise programmes to a high volume of statements of work and renewals. You will remain hands-on in selected complex negotiations and critical decisions, while enabling the team to own and deliver its work. Working with senior leaders across Finance, Accounting, Legal, People, Extended Workforce and the business, you will create clarity from incomplete information, resolve competing priorities and adapt the team's approach as OpenAI grows.This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of three days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.In this role, you will:• Lead and develop the team: set clear objectives and expectations, delegate with appropriate decision boundaries, provide regular feedback, review performance and address persistent gaps. Build development and coverage plans that strengthen capability and reduce reliance on individual experts.• Set the Professional Services portfolio strategy and roadmap, connecting business objectives, demand, spend, supplier markets and risk. Guide category plans and decisions on where to compete, consolidate, retain specialist partners or change the service delivery model.• Manage the team's pipeline and capacity across strategic negotiations, supplier governance and recurring SOWs. Allocate work by capability, complexity and risk; make resource constraints and dependencies visible; and agree priorities and recovery plans before commitments become unachievable.• Personally lead selected critical negotiations and set standards for commercial quality across the team. Review strategy and assumptions early, using credible alternatives and comparable economics to shape scope, resource mix, pricing, deliverables, acceptance criteria, change controls, audit rights and exit protections.• Build proportionate intake, tiering, preferred-partner models, playbooks and review pathways with Procurement Operations, Contract Management, Enablement and control functions. Agree decision rights and usable handovers so repeatable work moves efficiently and material exceptions receive the right attention.• Strengthen supplier relationships and accountability through segmentation, competition, performance reviews and improvement plans. Agree post-signature owners with the business and use service evidence, concentration risk, renewal exposure and transition options to guide supplier decisions. Assess supplier productivity proposals for their effect on staffing, fees, quality and delivery risk.• Partner with Finance and Accounting on spend visibility, demand scenarios, forecasting, approval discipline and invoice-to-contract alignment. Test fee models, staffing assumptions, change exposure and total economics, with clear baselines for savings, cost avoidance and realized value.• Partner with Legal, People and Extended Workforce to select appropriate service models and distinguish Professional Services from contingent labour or hiring needs. Translate specialist guidance into practical safeguards for service delivery, intellectual property, confidentiality and workforce-related risk.• Establish a concise view of portfolio and team performance covering commercial and service outcomes, pipeline health, cycle time, risk, stakeholder experience and team capability. Use evidence to improve decisions, commitments and delivery; distinguish negotiated benefits from value realized.• Build trusted senior stakeholder relationships and challenge demand, scope or supplier preferences constructively. Resolve difficult trade-offs on value, speed, quality and risk, and escalate decisions beyond your authority with clear options and a recommendation.
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