Director, Procurement Operations
As Director of Procurement Operations, the successful candidate will lead a team responsible for the operating model, processes, systems, data, and governance supporting all of Procurement. The role involves partnering with Procurement leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to create consistent, efficient, and scalable ways of working across the organisation.
By simplifying workflows, strengthening controls, and expanding the use of analytics, automation, and AI, the Director will improve the stakeholder experience and enable Procurement teams to deliver greater business value.
- Lead and develop the Procurement Operations team, setting clear service expectations, building functional expertise, and fostering a high-performance and continuous-improvement culture.
- Own the enterprise Procurement operating model, including intake, triage, workflow design, sourcing support, contracting coordination, purchasing, supplier onboarding, and performance reporting.
- Define clear roles, decision rights, service levels, escalation paths, and cross-functional handoffs to create a consistent and efficient stakeholder experience.
- Own the Procurement technology roadmap and administration of source-to-pay, intake and orchestration, contract lifecycle management, supplier management, analytics, and knowledge-management solutions.
- Lead process redesign, automation, and AI-enabled initiatives that reduce manual work, improve cycle time and data quality, strengthen controls, and allow Procurement teams to focus on higher-value activities.
- Establish enterprise standards for procurement data, taxonomy, savings and value measurement, pipeline management, reporting, dashboards, and executive performance reviews.
- Own Procurement reporting, analytics, and insights, translating spend, sourcing pipeline, savings, supplier, cycle-time, and service-performance data into actionable recommendations for Procurement and business leaders.
- Maintain Procurement policies, procedures, templates, playbooks, training, and communications while overseeing capacity, service performance, adoption, and organisational change management.
- Partner with Finance, Legal, Information Security, Privacy, Compliance, IT, and Procurement category teams to integrate requirements, resolve process gaps, and provide reliable operational support while preserving clear accountability for category strategy and commercial decisions.
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or a related field. (required)
- 10+ years of experience in procurement, procurement operations, source-to-pay, transformation, or a related function. (required)
- Demonstrated experience leading teams and developing Procurement professionals in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. (required)
- Proven success designing and scaling procurement operating models, processes, service levels, governance, and cross-functional workflows. (required)
- Hands-on expertise with source-to-pay, eProcurement, intake orchestration, contract lifecycle management, supplier management, and analytics platforms. (required)
- Coupa experience. (nice-to-have)
- Strong process-design, program-management, and change-management capabilities, with a track record of driving adoption across diverse stakeholder groups. (required)
- Strong data and financial acumen, including experience with spend analytics, pipeline and savings reporting, service-performance metrics, and executive dashboards. (required)
- Experience applying automation, AI, and workflow technologies to improve controls, data quality, cycle time, and user experience. (required)
- Strong executive presence and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and align Finance, Legal, Information Security, Compliance, IT, and business stakeholders. (required)
- Experience in sports betting, iGaming, fantasy sports, technology, financial services, or another regulated industry. (nice-to-have)
- Base salary range of 162,400.00 USD - 202,900.00 USD
- Bonus and equity
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision
- Wellbeing program including free therapy sessions, employee assistance programmes, Calm App access, and virtual yoga
- 14 weeks of 100% paid parental leave and lactation support
- Care.com partnership for backup childcare
- Family planning support including adoption, surrogacy, and fertility treatments
- Flexible PTO
- Pet insurance
- Gym reimbursement
- Financial planning resources including 401(k) matching and Origin Financial
- Commuter benefits
- Tuition reimbursement programme
DraftKings Inc. is a leading American digital sports entertainment and gaming company, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 2012, it started in daily fantasy sports and has grown into one of the largest US online sportsbook and iGaming operators. The company offers mobile sports betting, online casino and daily fantasy contests across regulated North American markets. DraftKings is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange and employs several thousand people.
