Senior Category Manager – Technology Procurement
The Senior Category Manager – Technology Procurement will be instrumental in developing the global sourcing plan and promoting enterprise-wide value generation. This role presents a remarkable opportunity to lead key initiatives and work alongside senior business leaders across various territories.
The position requires defining and owning global strategy across technology spend, including SaaS, cloud, infrastructure, and IT services. It involves establishing multi-year sourcing roadmaps aligned with technology roadmaps, product and engineering priorities, and financial targets. The role also entails managing complex, high-value, enterprise-wide negotiations, formulating commercial models for SaaS licensing, cloud consumption/pricing, and multi-year contracts, while structuring agreements to optimise cost, flexibility, and risk. The manager will own the global supplier landscape and strategy, establishing supplier segmentation and partnership models, and leading executive-level vendor engagements. They will partner directly with senior leadership across CTO/Engineering, Product, Finance, Legal, and Security teams, serving as a trusted advisor on build vs buy decisions, vendor selection, and commercial risk and trade-offs. The role involves using analytics and AI tools to leverage spend and usage data, driving cost efficiency, improving contract outcomes, and identifying strategic opportunities. Furthermore, the position will influence procurement policies, technology governance, and compliance frameworks to ensure alignment with security requirements, regulatory obligations, and contract risk standards, and drive transformation in technology procurement through new sourcing models, automation, and consumption-based optimisation.
- Define and own global strategy across technology spend, including SaaS, cloud, infrastructure, and IT services.
- Establish multi-year sourcing roadmaps aligned with technology roadmap, product and engineering priorities, and financial targets.
- Manage complex, high-value, enterprise-wide negotiations, formulating commercial models for SaaS licensing, cloud consumption/pricing, and multi-year contracts.
- Structure agreements to optimise cost, flexibility, and risk.
- Own the global supplier landscape and strategy, establishing supplier segmentation and partnership models.
- Lead executive-level vendor engagements and partner directly with senior leadership across CTO/Engineering, Product, Finance, Legal, and Security teams.
- Serve as a trusted advisor on build vs buy decisions, vendor selection, and commercial risk and trade-offs.
- Use analytics and AI tools to leverage spend and usage data, driving cost efficiency, improving contract outcomes, and identifying strategic opportunities.
- Influence procurement policies, technology governance, and compliance frameworks to ensure alignment with security requirements, regulatory obligations, and contract risk standards.
- Drive transformation in technology procurement through new sourcing models, automation, and consumption-based optimisation.
- 10+ years in technology sourcing/procurement, vendor management, and commercial negotiations (required).
- Extensive background in SaaS licensing, cloud pricing structures, and enterprise technology agreements (required).
- Proven ability to influence senior collaborators and guide complex negotiations (required).
- Experience in global/matrix environments (preferred).
- Exposure to FinOps, cloud optimisation, or engineering cost models (preferred).
- Strategic problem solver with strong commercial competence and ability to influence without authority at senior levels (required).
- High ownership and accountability, with a track record of driving measurable business outcomes (required).
- Ability to balance technical, financial, and operational considerations (required).
- Pay range of $94,500 - $175,500 per year.
- Comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Paid time off.
- 401(k) plan with employer matching.
Aristocrat Leisure Limited is an Australian gaming and technology company and one of the world's largest providers of gambling products. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and headquartered in Sydney, it designs and manufactures electronic gaming machines and casino-management systems, and runs sizeable online real-money gaming (Aristocrat Interactive) and mobile games (Pixel United) businesses. Founded in 1953, the group employs more than 7,000 people across over 20 locations worldwide. It is the largest gaming-machine manufacturer in Australia and among the biggest slot-machine makers globally.