Staff Sourcing Manager - IT, AI and Professional Services

EchoStar Corporation

$96K — $137K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university.
  • 8-10 years of strategic sourcing and commercial negotiation experience in high-volume corporate environments.
  • 8 years of experience sourcing IT and Professional Services.
  • Proficient in contract lifecycle management tools like ServiceNow and LEAH CLM.
  • Advanced financial and analytical skills for complex price variance calculations.

Responsibilities

  • Formulate and execute strategic sourcing plans for IT and Professional Services.
  • Supervise digital AI agents to enhance procurement efficiencies.
  • Drive category market studies and execute competitive RFx events proactively.
  • Partner with Legal and IT Finance to manage commercial liabilities and enforce rate-card ceilings.
  • Consolidate vendor partnerships to optimize category spending.

Benefits

  • Versatile health perks including flexible spending accounts and HSA.
  • 401(k) Plan with company match.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
  • Career development opportunities.
  • Flexible time away plan.
Full Job Description
Job Duties and Responsibilities

Candidates must be willing to participate in at least one in-person interview.

The Strategic Supply Chain team acts as the strategic and commercial control tower for high-value technology and service partnerships. This role addresses complex commercial negotiations, supplier selection, and vendor footprint consolidation across IT and Professional Services portfolios. By directing advanced AI workflow agents to handle tactical administrative execution, the position focuses on eliminating rogue tail-spend, enforcing rate-card ceilings, and mitigating legal and financial liabilities.

What Success Looks Like (Objectives):
  • Formulate and execute end-to-end strategic sourcing plans across IT and Professional Services categories to secure competitive, multi-year commercial agreements
  • Supervise digital AI agents by defining extraction parameters, auditing low-confidence exceptions, and validating automated metadata outputs in ServiceNow and LEAH CLM systems
  • Drive proactive category market studies and execute competitive RFx events 6 to 12 months prior to contract expiration to prevent automatic price increases
  • Partner with Legal and IT Finance to identify and mitigate commercial liabilities while enforcing rate-card ceilings and governing milestone-based payment structures
  • Consolidate vendor footprints down to strategic hub partners to optimize overall category spend

Skills, Experience and Requirements

Core Skills and Competencies (What you'll bring):
  • Strategic sourcing excellence with a track record of delivering measurable cost avoidance and structural contract value in IT and professional services
  • High-impact negotiation and influence skills to manage complex commercial discussions with Tier-1 technology partners and professional services suppliers
  • Ability to direct, audit, and maximize the performance of automated software and digital AI workflow agents within a highly automated procurement ecosystem
  • Advanced financial and analytical acumen to perform complex price variance calculations, analyze labor-mix models, and review complex rate cards
  • Critical experience executing strategic sourcing, commercial negotiations, and business analysis within a high-volume enterprise environment


Minimum Requirements:
  • Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university
  • 8-10 years of direct work experience in strategic sourcing, commercial negotiations, and business analysis within a high-volume enterprise corporate environment
  • Must have at least 8 years of experience with:
    • Sourcing IT and Professional Services
    • Contract lifecycle management tools such as ServiceNow, LEAH CLM, SimplifyVMS, or ContractPodAI
    • Executing competitive RFx events and price variance analysis


Visa sponsorship not available for this role

Salary Ranges

Compensation: $96,250.00/Year - $137,500.00/Year
Benefits

We offer versatile health perks, including flexible spending accounts, HSA, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, career opportunities, and a flexible time away plan; all benefits can be viewed here: EchoStar Benefits.

The base pay range shown is a guideline. Individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, and competencies; compensation is based on the role's location and is subject to change based on work location.

Candidates need to successfully complete a pre-employment screen, which may include a drug test and DMV check. Our company is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace where every individual has the opportunity to succeed. We are dedicated to providing individuals with criminal or arrest records a fair chance of employment in accordance with local, state, and federal laws.

The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.

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