Procurement Project Manager

Procurement Project ManagerThe Procurement Project Manager is responsible for leading strategic procurement projects and operational initiatives across Employee Benefits and Talent Acquisition services, supporting business priorities through effective project delivery, supplier management, sourcing, contracting, and stakeholder engagement. Working across Procurement, HR, Finance, Legal, and external suppliers, the role manages multiple concurrent workstreams including RFPs, contract renewals, supplier transitions, separation activities, and business transformation initiatives. The role requires a highly organized and results-oriented professional with strong project management, executive communication, analytical, and procurement capabilities who can drive alignment, manage complexity, and deliver measurable business outcomes in a global environment.Key responsibilities include leading and/or supporting RFI, RFP, and supplier selection activities, coordinating complex, cross-functional projects, collecting and analyzing data, developing executive-level presentations, supporting contract negotiations, driving project governance activities, supporting Employee Benefits and Talent Acquisition sourcing initiatives outside the US, partnering with stakeholders to identify process improvement opportunities, supporting divestitures, business separations, supplier transitions, and carve-out activities associated with Employee Benefits and Talent Acquisition programs, managing multiple concurrent projects, managing day-to-day operational, functional, and project management activities related to the procurement of Benefits and Talent Acquisition, providing ongoing Client Synthes separation activity support, managing additional Benefits and Talent Acquisition engagements outside the U.S., supporting employee benefits business requests, providing ad hoc procurement and project management support, and tracking and reporting procurement project milestones, business outcomes, risks, savings opportunities, and operational performance metrics to leadership.The ideal candidate combines strong project management and procurement expertise with experience supporting HR categories such as Employee Benefits and/or Talent Acquisition. The candidate has a proven ability to manage complex projects, coordinate global stakeholders, support RFPs and supplier evaluations, perform detailed data collection and analytics, develop executive communications, and drive contract management and supplier governance activities. Experience with Benefits, Brokerage, Consulting, Talent Acquisition, RPO, supplier transitions, separation activities, or divestitures is highly desirable. The successful candidate will be comfortable operating independently, influencing stakeholders across functions, and managing multiple workstreams simultaneously in a global environment.Qualifications include a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent professional experience, typically requires 8-10 years of experience in Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Project Management, Supplier Management, or related disciplines, demonstrated experience managing complex cross-functional projects, experience supporting or leading RFI, RFP, supplier evaluation, negotiation, and sourcing initiatives, experience supporting Employee Benefits programs, Benefits Brokerage, Benefits Consulting, Pension, Health & Welfare, Talent Acquisition, RPO or related HR service categories preferred, strong understanding of procurement operations, contract administration, supplier governance, and sourcing methodologies, experience supporting contract negotiations, renewals, supplier transitions, contract separations, MSAs, and Statements of Work (SOWs), proven ability to collect, analyze, validate, and communicate complex data sets and business insights to stakeholders and leadership teams, experience preparing executive presentations, business cases, governance updates, and recommendation materials for senior leaders, demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects within a fast-paced, global, and highly matrixed environment, demonstrated ability to drive projects through ambiguity, manage competing stakeholder priorities, and influence decision-making without direct authority, strong analytical, communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, facilitation, and problem-solving skills, experience working with global teams across EMEA and other international markets preferred, experience supporting divestitures, carve-outs, business separations, supplier transitions, or transformation initiatives is highly desirable.Working hours requirement: This role supports leadership and stakeholders located across different timezones including EMEA. To ensure effective collaboration and overlap with European business hours, candidates must be willing and able to work regularly between 8:00 AM and 12:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) as part of their normal working schedule.Compensation: The hourly rate for this position is between $44.91-49.41 per hour. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include [geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate].Benefits: Sunrise offers ACA compliant medical coverage/dental insurance/vision insurance to all employees. We also offer Sick time benefits as required per State regulations.