College Board

College Board

Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Marketing and Professional Services

Remote - USA · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$85k-$125kDetected 30 days ago
Process ImprovementProcurementERPPerformance ManagementContract ManagementResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem Solving

About the role

  • We combine market insight, strong supplier relationships, and strategic sourcing practices to ensure every dollar we spend advances the College Board's mission.
  • Our work strengthens operations, promotes sustainability, and ensures that the organization's resources are used thoughtfully and effectively in service of students everywhere.
  • The Strategic Sourcing team at College Board is embarking on an exciting transformation, shifting from transactional procurement to a model centered on strategic engagement.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and execution of sourcing strategies to optimize spend, reduce risk, and enhance value in alignment with organizational objectives.
  • Understand the current supplier landscape and identify opportunities to consolidate demand and drive cost savings while maintaining service quality.
  • Lead supplier selection, performance management, and relationship development in partnership with internal stakeholders.
  • Lead negotiations of commercial terms, service-level agreements (SLAs), and licensing models to achieve favorable cost, risk, and performance outcomes.
  • Manage ongoing supplier relationships, performance reviews, and escalation processes.
  • Create category specific cost models, including TCO analyses, to support data driven sourcing recommendations and track impact against organizational goals and metrics.
  • Adopt and leverage existing Procurement tools and platforms, as well as enterprise AI tools, to deliver value driven insights and recommendations
  • Proactively engage with stakeholders to understand their goals and planned initiatives, translating insights into category sourcing strategies that anticipate needs, align with enterprise objectives, and deliver strategic value.
  • Partner with Legal, GRC and Information Security teams to ensure all security and business term requirements are included in contracts.
  • At College Board, we offer more than just a paycheck-we provide a meaningful career, a supportive team, and a comprehensive package designed to help you thrive.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Familiarity with ERP systems, supplier management systems, and contract lifecycle management tools
  • All CB employees are required to occasionally travel to meet in person for business purposes.

Nice to have

  • CPSM, PMP, Lean/Six Sigma, or ISM certification preferred

Skills

  • A passion for expanding educational and career opportunit ies and mission-driven work
  • Authorization to work in the United States for any employer
  • Clear and concise communication skills, written and verbal

Compensation

  • We're a self-sustaining nonprofit that believes in fair and competitive compensation, grounded in your qualifications, experience, impact, and the market.

Benefits

  • You'll have open, transparent conversations about compensation, benefits, and what it's like to work at College Board throughout your hiring process.
  • solving complex problems, making data-informed decisions, prioritizing what matters most, and continuously improving through learning, user input, and external benchmarking

Company info

  • The Strategic Sourcing team is a dynamic, collaborative group that partners with leaders across the organization to drive decisions that maximize value and impact.
  • This role will join a team of sourcing leaders dedicated to delivering meaningful, measurable value to the organization, directly supporting our mission and the students we serve.
  • About the Opportunity
  • The Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing- Marketing and Shared Services will lead enterprise-wide procurement initiatives, supplier relationship management, and contract management activities across multiple categories of spend.
  • In this role, you will develop and implement sourcing strategies, conduct market and supplier research, manage RFI/RFP/RFQ processes, oversee supplier evaluation and selection, and drive contract negotiations.
  • You will work within the S trategic Sourcing team and will be responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies for Marketing and Professional Services related products and service s ( e.g. Advertising & Media Buying, Creative & Content Services, Print & Production Services, Consulting Services, Legal & Advisory Services ).
  • This role also supports enterprise-wide AI Technology initiatives and ensures that the College Board obtains the best value while mitigating risk and maintaining compliance with security standards.
  • You will also partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders including Engagement and Reach and Global Policy and External Relations, as well as partners in Governance Risk and Compliance, Legal, Finance, and suppliers to align sourcing strategies with organizational goals, mitigate risk, manage supplier relationships and ensure compliance with policies and regulations.
  • This role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to foster supplier and stakeholder partnerships that drive measurable value to College Board.
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