Rubrik

Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager, Cloud & Strategic Partnerships

Rubrik • $165K — $248K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in Indirect or Technology Sourcing
  • Proven track record in negotiating complex technology, SaaS, or cloud agreements
  • Experience managing strategic relationships with major cloud or technology providers
  • Strong negotiation skills and broad procurement category management experience
  • Ability to manage high-visibility accounts alongside tactical deals
  • Experience with supplier scorecards and relationship management
  • Analytical skills for identifying cost savings opportunities and business case support
  • Preferred knowledge of Coupa and NetSuite.

Responsibilities

  • Own relationships with strategic cloud providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft) and manage key vendor partnerships
  • Lead and coordinate quarterly and annual business reviews and roadmap discussions with stakeholders
  • Negotiate complex, multi-year cloud partnership agreements to maximize value
  • Understand partners' roadmaps and pricing to inform Rubrik's strategies
  • Project-manage additional sourcing deals across various technology categories
  • Develop category strategy and optimization opportunities as business needs evolve
  • Prepare RFQs/RFPs, evaluate proposals, and conduct competitive sourcing events
  • Monitor commercial aspects of contracts to ensure obligations and renewals are managed.

Benefits

  • Eligible for bonus potential and equity
  • Access to comprehensive health and wellness benefits
  • Opportunity to contribute to leading-edge technologies in data security and AI
  • Supportive working environment for professional growth and development
  • Involvement in strategic decision-making and supplier performance enhancement initiatives.
Full Job Description
Who You Are

As Rubrik's business increasingly runs on hyperscale cloud infrastructure, we're adding an individual contributor Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager to own the end-to-end, 360° relationship with our most strategic cloud and technology partners - including AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft - as well as other key strategic vendor relationships across the business.

While strategic cloud and technology partnerships are the anchor of this position, you'll also flex into broader sourcing deals across the team's portfolio as priorities shift - negotiating agreements, running competitive sourcing events, and partnering cross-functionally wherever the business needs strong commercial leadership.

You'll work closely with cross-functional partners including Engineering, IT, InfoSec, Legal, Finance, and Accounting. You're a self-starter who's comfortable operating with limited direction and full ownership of your domain - a pragmatic problem-solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You will report to the Head of Global Procurement and be accountable for savings, risk, and relationship health across your portfolio.
What You'll Be Doing

Strategic Cloud & Partner Relationship Management
  • Own the 360° relationship with Rubrik's strategic cloud providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft) and other top-tier strategic vendors - spanning commercial negotiations, governance, payment, escalation management, and long-term partnership strategy.
  • Serve as the primary sourcing point of contact for these accounts, coordinating quarterly and annual business reviews, scorecards, and joint roadmap discussions with internal stakeholders and partner account teams.
  • Structure and negotiate complex, multi-year cloud and strategic partnership agreements, including committed-use discounts, credits, co-marketing terms, and other commercial levers that drive measurable value.
  • Build a deep understanding of each strategic partner's roadmap, pricing constructs, and program offerings, and translate that knowledge into strategies that benefit Rubrik's cost position and technical roadmap.

Broader Strategic Sourcing Support
  • Beyond the strategic account portfolio, project-manage additional complex deals across Rubrik's technology sourcing categories - software, hardware, SaaS, cloud, and professional services - driving collaboration among all parties to reach favorable terms.
  • Develop and drive category strategy and optimization opportunities across Engineering, InfoSec, and IT, as capacity and business priorities require.
  • Prepare RFQs and RFPs, evaluate proposals, and administer competitive sourcing events for a range of deals as needed.
  • Manage the commercial aspects of contracts and license agreements, ensuring obligations are met and renewals are tracked in a scalable way.

Leadership & Cross-Functional Impact
  • Act as a thought leader from a sourcing/procurement perspective, partnering with business stakeholders to develop new and creative strategies.
  • Build strategic relationships with both external suppliers and internal business partners to drive results and influence decisions.
  • Contribute to programs that assess and promote supplier performance and development, including goal-setting, business reviews, and formal scorecards.
  • Establish and report on KPIs supporting the procurement team's goals, with particular visibility into strategic cloud spend and value delivered.
Experience You'll Need
  • 8+ years of experience in Indirect or Technology Sourcing, with a strong track record negotiating complex technology, SaaS, or cloud agreements in a fast-paced environment.
  • Direct experience managing strategic relationships with major cloud or technology providers (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft) strongly preferred.
  • Excellent negotiation skills and broad procurement category management experience (Software, Hardware, SaaS, Cloud, and Professional Services).
  • Proven ability to manage a portfolio of both strategic, high-visibility accounts and a rotating set of tactical or ad hoc deals simultaneously.
  • Excellent customer service skills and the ability to partner with key stakeholders and build relationships across multi-functional teams.
  • Experience with supplier scorecards and supplier relationship management.
  • Strong financial and analytical skills to identify cost savings opportunities and support business-case development.
  • Self-starting, entrepreneurial, scrappy, and resourceful, with a strong work ethic and high integrity.
  • Working knowledge of Coupa and NetSuite preferred.
  • Experience in contract negotiation from a legal perspective (e.g., J.D.) a plus.


The minimum and maximum base salaries for this role are posted below; additionally, the role is eligible for bonus potential, equity and benefits. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the role based on U.S. location. Within the range, the salary offered will be determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US Pay Range

$165,600-$248,400 USD

Join Us in Securing and Accelerating the World's AI Transformation

Rubrik (RBRK), the Security and AI Operations Company, leads at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience, and enterprise AI acceleration. Rubrik Security Cloud delivers complete cyber resilience by securing, monitoring, and recovering data, identities, and workloads across clouds. Rubrik Agent Cloud accelerates trusted AI agent deployments at scale by monitoring and auditing agentic actions, enforcing real-time guardrails, fine-tuning for accuracy and undoing agentic mistakes.

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About Rubrik

Rubrik is a cloud data management company based in Palo Alto, California. The company offers a suite of software that provides backup and recovery, cloud migration, disaster recovery, and data governance services. Rubrik's software is designed to work across multiple cloud platforms and on-premises data centers. The company was founded in 2014 by Bipul Sinha, Arvind Jain, Soham Mazumdar, and Arvind Nithrakashyap. Rubrik has raised over $553 million in funding and is valued at over $3 billion.
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