Associate Director, Procurement Operations
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
June 30, 2026
Remote friendly (Cambridge, MA)
United States
Operations
Responsibilities:
- Lead global procurement operations and align with Strategic Sourcing, Finance, and business priorities.
- Oversee buying experience and transactional procurement in SAP Ariba (requisitioning, intake management, purchase order creation), including supplier onboarding.
- Lead, develop, and motivate a high-performing procurement operations team.
- Own SAP Ariba and related procurement platforms: strategy, roadmap, governance, data integrity, and continuous improvement.
- Drive adoption of compliant buying channels (Guided Buying, catalogs, standardized workflows).
- Ensure internal controls and compliance with procurement policies, upstream Procure-to-Pay processes, and audit requirements.
- Partner with Finance and Accounts Payable to resolve invoice issues and improve supplier/PO data quality.
- Optimize processes through automation and supplier onboarding to scale procurement operations.
- Analyze procurement performance metrics and provide insights.
- Support Procure-to-Pay transformation and new ways of working.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required; BS or MBA in Finance, Accounting, or related field preferred.
- 8–10+ years in procurement/procurement operations/Procure-to-Pay, including people leadership.
- Strong end-to-end P2P process knowledge.
- Deep SAP Ariba expertise (Guided Buying and SLP required); SAP S/4HANA strongly preferred.
- Experience designing and driving end-user buying experiences (catalog/category-based purchasing).
- Biopharmaceutical/pharmaceutical industry experience required.
- Proven process improvement, automation, and digital transformation success.
- Strong leadership, change management, and stakeholder influence skills.
- Global procurement experience; CLM or third-party risk tools preferred.
Pay/Benefits (as stated): $161,500–$218,500 base; eligible for annual short- and long-term incentives. Benefits include medical/dental/vision, life/disability, lifestyle reimbursement, flexible spending/HSAs, 401(k) with match, PTO/wellness days/holidays, and recharge breaks.
- Lead global procurement operations and align with Strategic Sourcing, Finance, and business priorities.
- Oversee buying experience and transactional procurement in SAP Ariba (requisitioning, intake management, purchase order creation), including supplier onboarding.
- Lead, develop, and motivate a high-performing procurement operations team.
- Own SAP Ariba and related procurement platforms: strategy, roadmap, governance, data integrity, and continuous improvement.
- Drive adoption of compliant buying channels (Guided Buying, catalogs, standardized workflows).
- Ensure internal controls and compliance with procurement policies, upstream Procure-to-Pay processes, and audit requirements.
- Partner with Finance and Accounts Payable to resolve invoice issues and improve supplier/PO data quality.
- Optimize processes through automation and supplier onboarding to scale procurement operations.
- Analyze procurement performance metrics and provide insights.
- Support Procure-to-Pay transformation and new ways of working.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required; BS or MBA in Finance, Accounting, or related field preferred.
- 8–10+ years in procurement/procurement operations/Procure-to-Pay, including people leadership.
- Strong end-to-end P2P process knowledge.
- Deep SAP Ariba expertise (Guided Buying and SLP required); SAP S/4HANA strongly preferred.
- Experience designing and driving end-user buying experiences (catalog/category-based purchasing).
- Biopharmaceutical/pharmaceutical industry experience required.
- Proven process improvement, automation, and digital transformation success.
- Strong leadership, change management, and stakeholder influence skills.
- Global procurement experience; CLM or third-party risk tools preferred.
Pay/Benefits (as stated): $161,500–$218,500 base; eligible for annual short- and long-term incentives. Benefits include medical/dental/vision, life/disability, lifestyle reimbursement, flexible spending/HSAs, 401(k) with match, PTO/wellness days/holidays, and recharge breaks.