Director, IT Procurement & Contract Management

This highly visible IT Sourcing Director role offers the opportunity to, in partnership with an experienced group of IT procurement professionals, shape and directly influence S&P’s most critical IT investment considerations through the development of robust, supporting category & sourcing strategies. This role involves collaborating with our CTO, CISO, CPO, Controller & their respective leadership teams to identify technical & business requirements, conduct market analyses, manage sourcing events, and negotiate contracts with new and incumbent suppliers to ensure best‑class qualitative & quantitative outcomes are cross‑functionally delivered. The IT Sourcing Director will also manage supplier relationships, monitor performance, drive continuous improvement, and ensure compliance with organizational policies and procedures. The ideal candidate will have executive presence, strong analytical skills, deep domain expertise spanning the IT product & managed services marketplace, and the ability to independently deliver significant cost savings while maintaining a balance of quality & innovation within the outcomes delivered.

Responsibilities and Impact

• Create, refresh, and implement new or existing category strategies for all assigned sub‑categories.
• Lead high‑profile negotiations with large enterprise supplier partners, delivering maximum commercial benefit whilst ensuring business needs are met.
• Build and maintain relationships with strategic vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Manage senior‑level stakeholder engagement and appropriately challenge thinking, strategy, or decisions with strong commercial knowledge and market insights.
• Establish performance‑based professional service agreements across the IT managed service, Cloud, SaaS software, network, compute, data & analytics, and enterprise architecture capability spaces.
• Translate business strategies into effective category & sourcing strategies.
• Achieve profit‑margin improvements through proactive sourcing approaches.
• Manage key supplier relationships and ensure performance, continuous improvement, and contract compliance.
• Develop and maintain tools and procedures for contract management.
• Facilitate resolution of contractual issues to minimize service disruptions.
• Track deliverables and obligations, ensuring compliance with agreements.
• Oversee the contract change process, ensuring all terms are met and risks are managed.

Basic Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Technology, Mathematics, or Supply Chain Management.
• Advanced degree (JD, MBA, MS) preferred.
• 7‑10+ years of technology procurement work experience.
• Proven contract and supplier management experience with global, offshore Managed Services Providers.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem‑solving skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multi‑task and prioritize in a dynamic work environment.
• Outstanding presentation and interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact effectively with senior management.

This role is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States.

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law.