Category Manager, IT Infrastructure and AI

• →Develop and execute category strategies across IT infrastructure and AI spend categories, including hardware, networking, telecommunications, cloud, data center, and AI solutions.
• →Lead sourcing events, supplier evaluations, and commercial negotiations to achieve value, risk mitigation, and business objectives.
• →Assess and optimize technology commercial models, including subscription, as-a-service, usage-based, token-, credit-, and consumption-based agreements.
• →Establish procurement standards and governance frameworks for AI technologies, including responsible AI, data protection, intellectual property, security, and regulatory considerations.
• →Partner with Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Legal, Finance, Architecture, and business stakeholders to align sourcing strategies with enterprise priorities.
• →Manage strategic supplier relationships and performance programs in collaboration with internal vendor management teams.
• →Evaluate market intelligence, supplier capabilities, and industry benchmarks to support sourcing decisions and contract strategies.
• →Advise stakeholders on commercial, operational, contractual, and technology-related risks while driving adoption of category strategies and sourcing best practices.

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience OR advanced degree and 3+ years of experience in sourcing, procurement, supply management, category management, finance, information technology, infrastructure, or related commercial functions.
• Experience leading sourcing initiatives, supplier negotiations, and contract management activities.
• Experience developing category strategies and managing supplier relationships.
• Experience analyzing commercial models and evaluating total cost of ownership.
• Experience partnering with cross-functional stakeholders in a matrixed organization.

• Experience sourcing infrastructure hardware, networking, telecommunications, cloud, data center, managed services, or AI technologies.
• Knowledge of technology purchasing models, including subscription, as-a-service, utility, capacity, token-, credit-, and consumption-based pricing structures.
• Experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating complex technology agreements.
• Understanding of AI procurement considerations, including data ownership, intellectual property, cybersecurity, privacy, responsible AI, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience supporting global organizations and influencing senior-level stakeholders.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns.  Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

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