Strategic Sourcing Manager – Outsourcing

Strategic Sourcing Manager – Outsourcing

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, or equivalent work experience
• 4+ years of outsourcing experience in technology or AI domains or equivalent work experience
• Experience successfully negotiating complex contracts and managing vendor relationships
• Proven program management skills and experience working with and building successful relationships with business stakeholders, cross-functional groups and third parties
• Contracts negotiation experience with multiple levers beyond rates (e.g. volume discounts, quality thresholds, speed to quality, service levels etc.)
• Experience with balancing speed, quality, and cost in sourcing decisions for GenAI or in fast paced tech domain environments
• Proficiency in building and maintaining dashboards and reporting tools to support sourcing decisions (e.g. Tableau, Thoughtspot, Power BI etc.)
• Experience synthesizing complex information into crisp, executive ready summaries and reporting for executive audiences
• Experience using data (vendor benchmarks, KPIs) to drive sourcing and negotiation strategies
• Experience driving change and improve end-to-end processes
• Knowledge of legal, financial and technology components of outsourcing/sourcing
• Experience managing a global vendor portfolio
• Experience in program management and problem-solving using organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop collaborative relationships with key stakeholders across Meta to strategically develop, implement and optimize outsourcing/sourcing and vendor management solutions for Generative AI (GenAI) data annotation and data collection vendors
• Actively identify, track and manage issues and risks for projects
• Identify, develop and deploy industry-leading supplier management, procurement and category management practices
• Prepare and manage sourcing documents, contracts, statements of work and related procurement documents. Drive legal, financial and technological aspects of outsourcing programs
• Lead contract negotiations that optimize value to the company
• Ensure program success through effective performance management and governance methodologies, in collaboration with the business
• Balance business requirements versus technical constraints and maximize business benefits
• Manage complex outsourcing/sourcing projects (including planning, execution, measurement, and optimization of projects)
• Collaborate with Global Outsourcing/Sourcing Category Teams, Contract Management Teams, Procurement Operations Teams, and Procure-to-Pay to develop sound operational processes
• Ensure regional/local processes are aligned to Meta’s global operating model. Understand and apply policies, standards and practices established for vendor management
• Build and cultivate strategic relationships with key suppliers
• Manage, coordinate and support special projects as needed
• Provide market intelligence and strategic sourcing updates to leadership
• Domestic and International travel as needed to complete business objectives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in sourcing annotations for ML/AI model development and/or large language model development
• Experience managing high volume data annotation sourcing programs
• Experience working with BPOs, Crowdsource/freelance platforms, and boutique data vendors
• Experience working in a technology startup or other dynamic, high-growth company
• Experience with vendor program management, vendor accountability and optimizing performance
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, and experience applying these skills to resolve issues strategically
• Experience negotiating, breaking down cost models and knowledge on the drivers of ROI
• Certification in project management or process improvement methodologies (e.g. Six Sigma Green Belt or Black belt)