Program Manager, Procurement Center of Excellence

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional procurement transformation programs spanning Strategic Sourcing, P2P, Extended Workforce, T&E, Corporate Card, Risk, and Procurement Systems.
• Develop and maintain the Procurement transformation roadmap, partnering across teams to identify opportunities, prioritize initiatives, map dependencies, sequence work effectively, and align investments against strategic business objectives.
• Translate business needs into scalable requirements, partnering with Procurement SMEs and EPT to design processes, workflows, controls, reporting, and user experiences.
• Drive quarterly planning and execution, maintaining visibility into milestones, risks, dependencies, resource needs, and delivery timelines across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Contribute directly to project delivery, including requirements gathering, process design, testing coordination, documentation, rollout planning, training, and change enablement.
• Partner with Procurement verticals to accelerate execution, helping teams define problems, structure workstreams, develop solutions, and move projects from idea to implementation.
• Lead governance and operating rhythms, including project reviews, leadership updates, status reporting, issue escalation, and decision tracking.
• Coordinate cross-functional implementations involving Procurement, Legal, Finance, Security, Privacy, Risk, and Enterprise Platform Technology teams.
• Develop executive-ready communications and reporting, translating complex programs into clear updates, recommendations, risks, and outcomes.
• Define success metrics and measure outcomes, leveraging data and insights to evaluate adoption, operational performance, process effectiveness, and business impact.
• Support continuous improvement efforts, identifying opportunities to streamline processes, improve user experiences, strengthen controls, and scale operations through automation, analytics, and AI.

Requirements

• 7–10+ years of experience in project/program management, business operations, procurement operations or strategic sourcing, process transformation, consulting, or related fields.
• Demonstrated success leading complex cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Experience translating business requirements into scalable operational processes, system enhancements, or technology solutions.
• Strong understanding of procurement, purchasing, sourcing, finance, risk, legal, or operational workflows.
• Experience partnering with technology teams to design, implement, and scale business processes and systems.
• Proven ability to drive execution in high-growth, rapidly changing, and ambiguous environments.
• Strong project management, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with procurement and enterprise platforms such as Zip, Oracle, OneTrust, Navan, Brex, VNDLY, Salesforce, or similar systems.
• Experience supporting change management, enablement, training, and organizational adoption efforts.
• Enthusiasm for building scalable processes, enabling operational excellence, and leveraging AI and automation to improve business outcomes.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with Zip, Oracle, OneTrust, Navan, Brex, VNDLY, Salesforce, or similar systems.