Vice President, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement
Stoke Therapeutics
August 12, 2026
Remote friendly (Bedford, MA)
United States
Operations
Position Purpose:
- VP, Strategic Sourcing and Procurement responsible for designing, scaling, and overseeing strategic sourcing, procurement, and supplier governance as Stoke expands and prepares for commercialization. Reporting to the CFO.
Key Responsibilities:
- Establish and lead enterprise strategic sourcing and procurement function (operating model, governance, policies, systems, controls, performance expectations).
- Advise executive/functional leaders on sourcing strategy, supplier risk, contracting priorities, spend optimization, and vendor capabilities.
- Lead complex RFPs/RFQs/RFIs and supplier selection with stakeholders (legal, finance, quality, compliance).
- Oversee negotiation strategy for material agreements (terms, risk allocation, scalability, business alignment).
- Build supplier relationship management (executive engagement, performance scorecards, escalation, corrective actions, lifecycle governance).
- Drive spend visibility/analytics to enable cost avoidance, savings, efficiency, consolidation, risk mitigation, and forecasting.
- Partner with Finance on budget discipline, purchase-to-pay, contract lifecycle management, and alignment to financial planning.
- Define procurement metrics and executive reporting (performance, compliance, value creation, concentration, risk, continuous improvement).
- Ensure procurement practices meet laws/regulations, company policies, quality expectations, and internal control requirements.
- Build, mentor, and scale procurement team; partner with IT on financial systems for controls/spend management.
- Maintain awareness of market trends and procurement best practices.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 15+ years in strategic sourcing/procurement/vendor management/finance/operations; significant leadership in pharma/biotech/life sciences.
- Proven success scaling enterprise procurement in high-growth clinical development; commercialization readiness required.
- Enabled savings via outsourcing initiatives.
- Bachelor’s required; advanced degree/certifications preferred.
- Executive understanding of drug development/clinical trials/CRO oversight/clinical supply chain/manufacturing/quality/regulatory and commercialization readiness.
- Ability to influence senior leaders and balance priorities (cost, quality, speed, risk, innovation, compliance).
- Extensive experience negotiating material supplier/contract terms.
- Strong financial/analytical skills (spend analysis, budgeting, forecasting, KPIs, executive reporting).
- Experience implementing procurement processes, systems, contract lifecycle tools, purchase-to-pay, internal controls.
- Track record leading high-performing teams and scalable operating models.
- Excellent executive communication.
Application Instructions:
- Apply via Stoke’s Careers page: https://www.stoketherapeutics.com/careers/
- VP, Strategic Sourcing and Procurement responsible for designing, scaling, and overseeing strategic sourcing, procurement, and supplier governance as Stoke expands and prepares for commercialization. Reporting to the CFO.
Key Responsibilities:
- Establish and lead enterprise strategic sourcing and procurement function (operating model, governance, policies, systems, controls, performance expectations).
- Advise executive/functional leaders on sourcing strategy, supplier risk, contracting priorities, spend optimization, and vendor capabilities.
- Lead complex RFPs/RFQs/RFIs and supplier selection with stakeholders (legal, finance, quality, compliance).
- Oversee negotiation strategy for material agreements (terms, risk allocation, scalability, business alignment).
- Build supplier relationship management (executive engagement, performance scorecards, escalation, corrective actions, lifecycle governance).
- Drive spend visibility/analytics to enable cost avoidance, savings, efficiency, consolidation, risk mitigation, and forecasting.
- Partner with Finance on budget discipline, purchase-to-pay, contract lifecycle management, and alignment to financial planning.
- Define procurement metrics and executive reporting (performance, compliance, value creation, concentration, risk, continuous improvement).
- Ensure procurement practices meet laws/regulations, company policies, quality expectations, and internal control requirements.
- Build, mentor, and scale procurement team; partner with IT on financial systems for controls/spend management.
- Maintain awareness of market trends and procurement best practices.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 15+ years in strategic sourcing/procurement/vendor management/finance/operations; significant leadership in pharma/biotech/life sciences.
- Proven success scaling enterprise procurement in high-growth clinical development; commercialization readiness required.
- Enabled savings via outsourcing initiatives.
- Bachelor’s required; advanced degree/certifications preferred.
- Executive understanding of drug development/clinical trials/CRO oversight/clinical supply chain/manufacturing/quality/regulatory and commercialization readiness.
- Ability to influence senior leaders and balance priorities (cost, quality, speed, risk, innovation, compliance).
- Extensive experience negotiating material supplier/contract terms.
- Strong financial/analytical skills (spend analysis, budgeting, forecasting, KPIs, executive reporting).
- Experience implementing procurement processes, systems, contract lifecycle tools, purchase-to-pay, internal controls.
- Track record leading high-performing teams and scalable operating models.
- Excellent executive communication.
Application Instructions:
- Apply via Stoke’s Careers page: https://www.stoketherapeutics.com/careers/