Strategic Sourcing Manager - Cloud Services

<h2>Role Description</h2>
<p>As a Strategic Sourcing Manager at Dropbox you are responsible for developing and executing Sourcing Strategy across global vendors. We're looking for a self starter who will thrive in an often-times ambiguous environment and isn’t afraid of a challenge. The Strategic Sourcing Manager has:</p>
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<li>Deep market knowledge of Third Party Cloud Service Providers (i.e AWS, Azure, GCP)</li>
<li>Strong ability to determine contractual/financial exposure/ negotiate contracts</li>
<li>Knowledge of Cloud contracting trends, licensing models - traditional and emerging contract/vendor performance models.</li>
<li>Executive Relationship Management skills.</li>
<li>Strong ability to communicate with users, legal, sourcing, business leaders and engineering to align technical requirements with business goals.</li>
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<h2>Responsibilities</h2>
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<li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovuw9xh3yz90zvz84zz85zz78zz66zz79zz77zz67z4z79z5fz84znz79zz79zexaz84zz83zz83zz72z">Lead Enterprise contract/pricing negotiations with platform Cloud Service Providers&nbsp;</span></li>
<li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovuw9xh3yz90zvz84zz85zz78zz66zz79zz77zz67z4z79z5fz84znz79zz79zexaz84zz83zz83zz72z">Facilitate New Technology evaluation and implementation via Cloud Service Providers</span></li>
<li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovuw9xh3yz90zvz84zz85zz78zz66zz79zz77zz67z4z79z5fz84znz79zz79zexaz84zz83zz83zz72z">Align on Cloud Spend and Forecast Spend across Engineering organizations</span></li>
<li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovuw9xh3yz90zvz84zz85zz78zz66zz79zz77zz67z4z79z5fz84znz79zz79zexaz84zz83zz83zz72z">Partner with Engineering teams to leverage Cloud Service Provider Roadmaps&nbsp;</span></li>
<li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovuw9xh3yz90zvz84zz85zz78zz66zz79zz77zz67z4z79z5fz84znz79zz79zexaz84zz83zz83zz72z">Manage Executive Partnership &amp; Relationship management between Dropbox and Cloud Service Providers</span></li>
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<h2>Requirements</h2>
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<li><span class="thread-033677386253174678955536 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovuw9xh3yz90zvz84zz85zz78zz66zz79zz77zz67z4z79z5fz84znz79zz79zexaz84zz83zz83zz72z">+</span><span class="thread-033677386253174678955536 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz80ziz73zz122zz86zz78zdbtz81zz81zz68z9erz81zuaujz73zjarz77z4z78zmz85zz75zz66z">7</span><span class="thread-033677386253174678955536 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovuw9xh3yz90zvz84zz85zz78zz66zz79zz77zz67z4z79z5fz84znz79zz79zexaz84zz83zz83zz72z"> years experience in Strategic Sourcing with Cloud Services or related fields&nbsp;</span></li>
<li><span class="thread-033677386253174678955536 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovuw9xh3yz90zvz84zz85zz78zz66zz79zz77zz67z4z79z5fz84znz79zz79zexaz84zz83zz83zz72z">+5 years of major enterprise level contract negotiation experience&nbsp;</span></li>
<li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovuw9xh3yz90zvz84zz85zz78zz66zz79zz77zz67z4z79z5fz84znz79zz79zexaz84zz83zz83zz72z">Experience in building and developing vendor partnerships at the Executive level</span></li>
<li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovuw9xh3yz90zvz84zz85zz78zz66zz79zz77zz67z4z79z5fz84znz79zz79zexaz84zz83zz83zz72z">Proven success and</span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovuwkz70z0z87zz70zz86z6a2ugz90zz88zuz72zz77zz76zlz84zez87zxiz66zpz90zz73zz72z0"> experience </span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovuw9xh3yz90zvz84zz85zz78zz66zz79zz77zz67z4z79z5fz84znz79zz79zexaz84zz83zz83zz72z">in</span> <span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovuw9xh3yz90zvz84zz85zz78zz66zz79zz77zz67z4z79z5fz84znz79zz79zexaz84zz83zz83zz72z">providing direction to </span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovuwkz70z0z87zz70zz86z6a2ugz90zz88zuz72zz77zz76zlz84zez87zxiz66zpz90zz73zz72z0">technical</span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovuw9xh3yz90zvz84zz85zz78zz66zz79zz77zz67z4z79z5fz84znz79zz79zexaz84zz83zz83zz72z">/engineering</span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovuwkz70z0z87zz70zz86z6a2ugz90zz88zuz72zz77zz76zlz84zez87zxiz66zpz90zz73zz72z0"> teams</span></li>
<li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovuwkz70z0z87zz70zz86z6a2ugz90zz88zuz72zz77zz76zlz84zez87zxiz66zpz90zz73zz72z0">A diverse technical acumen--actively contribute to technical discussions, proactively identify challenges and risks, working closely with engineers and product manager on addressing challenges, and form mitigation plans</span><span class=" author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90z956n1z69z4z74ziz73zz90zz72zj13z72z3qz85zz89z08z82zd6mvoz82zvz65z">.</span></li>
<li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovuwkz70z0z87zz70zz86z6a2ugz90zz88zuz72zz77zz76zlz84zez87zxiz66zpz90zz73zz72z0">You have the ability to communicate complex plans effectively.</span></li>
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<h2>Preferred Qualifications</h2>
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<li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovuw9xh3yz90zvz84zz85zz78zz66zz79zz77zz67z4z79z5fz84znz79zz79zexaz84zz83zz83zz72z">Excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills.&nbsp;</span></li>
<li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovuwkz70z0z87zz70zz86z6a2ugz90zz88zuz72zz77zz76zlz84zez87zxiz66zpz90zz73zz72z0">Effective problem-solving skills.</span></li>
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</div><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="title">Canada Pay Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$127,500</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$172,500 CAD</span></div></div></div>