Technology Procurement Lead

The Technology Procurement Lead manages and leads a team of hardware, software, and software licensing specialists while overseeing end-to-end technology procurement and lifecycle administration. The ideal candidate should have 3+ years of experience managing and leading teams across these areas. The role partners with IT, Finance, Legal, Security, business stakeholders, and suppliers to deliver cost-effective purchasing outcomes, maintain accurate records, support renewals, and ensure compliance with organizational policies and contractual requirements. This position also improves procurement maturity through ServiceNow, reporting, governance, documented process enhancements, and approved automation and AI capabilities. The individual will collaborate across onshore and offshore teams to increase visibility, reduce manual effort, and provide reliable information for operational and leadership decision-making. Procurement & Vendor Management – Analyze software and technology-service requirements in partnership with internal stakeholders. Research, evaluate, and coordinate with vendors and suppliers to support sourcing decisions. Negotiate pricing, commercial terms, renewals, and contract conditions in coordination with relevant stakeholders. Process and track procurement requests, purchase orders, subscriptions, renewals, entitlements, invoices, and receiving activities. Resolve supplier, ordering, licensing, renewal, and invoicing issues in a timely manner. Identify cost-saving, consolidation, and value-optimization opportunities while maintaining business continuity. Governance, Risk & Compliance Establish and follow procurement governance standards, approval controls, compliance checkpoints, and escalation paths. Maintain audit-ready records for purchases, contracts, approvals, renewals, entitlements, invoices, and supplier decisions. Support policy compliance, risk reviews, licensing controls, and appropriate segregation of duties. Partner with Legal, Finance, Security, and IT teams to ensure procurement activity meets organizational and contractual requirements. ServiceNow & Process Integration Use ServiceNow to manage procurement requests, purchase orders, software assets, entitlements, renewals, and related workflow activities. Ensure procurement and software asset data is accurate, complete, and aligned across relevant processes and systems. Partner with ServiceNow administrators, developers, IT asset teams, and process owners to improve integration and workflow effectiveness. Reporting, Metrics & Operational Insights Develop and maintain operational reports, dashboards, and performance metrics for procurement demand, renewals, spend, savings, cycle time, compliance, and exceptions. Provide clear, concise updates and actionable insights to leadership and stakeholders. Maintain reliable source data and validate report outputs before distribution. Automation, Copilot & AI Enablement Identify…