Associate Director, Agile Sourcing, GPS Lead

Role Summary

The Associate Director, Agile Sourcing Lead will be part of a team responsible for delivering source-to-contract operations across Global Products Development & Supply (GPS) categories, focusing on External Manufacturing, Logistics, Capital/Engineering, Product Development, and Direct Materials. The role leads a team to ensure effective sourcing, negotiating, contracting, and purchasing activities to optimize buying power and procurement outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and develop a team of professionals in support of source-to-contract operations across the GPS categories.
• Assist direct reports with professional development planning and enable flexibility across Agile Sourcing to foster cross-functional proficiencies.
• Assist in creating training materials leveraging knowledge of contract terms, negotiation practices, and BMS SOPs.
• Provide proactive feedback and hands-on leadership to the team.
• Lead end-to-end sourcing events (RFI/RFP): prepare and solicit competitive bids, evaluate offerings, assess supplier information, conduct negotiations, and communicate decisions externally.
• Manage the contract lifecycle from deal understanding to drafting, negotiation, redlines, finalization, distribution, signatures, and storage.
• Coordinate with business stakeholders, procurement partners, and SMEs (legal, Cybersecurity/IT, Data Privacy, Quality, etc.) to incorporate feedback for timely, compliant contracting.
• Maintain awareness of pre-contracting steps and BMS policies related to contracts.
• Act as escalation point within the Agile Sourcing team for guidance on substantive sourcing and contracting issues.
• Assist in reviewing team performance and identify trends for continuous improvement to improve operational effectiveness and process simplification.
• Collaborate with procurement and legal to improve contracting processes, update templates, and develop negotiation guidance.
• Participate in or lead continuous improvement initiatives within procurement to strengthen contracting and sourcing outcomes.

Qualifications

• Minimum education of a B.S./B.A. is required.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of related experience in GPS category procurement, sourcing, and contracting, with familiarity of Master Services Agreements, SaaS Agreements, and Software License Agreements.
• Expertise in procurement processes, agreement management, financial/market/supplier analysis, supplier diversity and management, technology utilization, strategic planning, and integrated supply chain.
• Expertise in contract construction and terms and conditions, with working knowledge of buy-side contracts in pharma/biotech.
• Adaptability in ambiguous, complex environments with ability to engage and inspire cross-functional teams.
• Strong project management skills and experience leading cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience with Contract Lifecycle Management technology (e.g., Icertis).

Education

• B.S./B.A. required.

Skills

• Procurement strategy and category management
• Contract negotiation and management
• Vendor due diligence and supplier management
• Cross-functional collaboration with legal, IT, and Quality
• Project management and process improvement
• Contract Lifecycle Management tools (e.g., Icertis)