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We provide expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, data centers, asset lifecycle management, and fine art storage, handling, and logistics. We proudly partner every day with our 225,000 customers around the world to preserve their invaluable artifacts, extract more from their inventory, and protect their data privacy in innovative and socially responsible ways.
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Job Summary
Iron Mountain is seeking a strategic, detail-oriented, and experienced Category Lead to join our Global Procurement team. In this role, you will be responsible for executing the global category strategy for Business Process Outsourcing and Tech Services, managing complex end-to-end sourcing projects, navigating sophisticated contracting models, and ensuring our global footprint is optimized for cost, quality, and scalability.
You will join a high-impact, mature global team focused on discovering new ways to help our customers, driving business transformation, and turning traditional vendor relationships into value-driven partnerships.
What You’ll Do
In this role, you will:
Responsibility 1: Lead complex Request for Proposal (RFx) processes and execute the global Outsourced and Tech Services roadmap to optimize demand management, tail-spend consolidation, and best-in-class commercial structures.
Responsibility 2: Collaborate closely with Global Business Services, IT, and Operations leadership as a trusted advisor to ensure procurement activities align seamlessly with broader business transformation goals.
Responsibility 3: Ensure compliance with organizational standards, policies, and regulations by partnering with Legal and Risk teams to mitigate jurisdictional and data privacy risks inherent in global outsourcing.
What You’ll Bring
The ideal candidate will have:
6–10 years of progressive experience in Procurement and Category Management within a mature global organization, with at least 2 years specifically focused on Managed Services and/or Tech Services.
Strong knowledge of Managed Services pricing mechanics, complex contractual frameworks (including drafting Master Service Agreements and Statements of Work), and market trends regarding automation like Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Proven ability in strategic stakeholder management, contract language negotiation, financial modeling, and executing long-term category value creation or cost-take-out strategies.
A Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) or Master of Business Administration (MBA); Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) qualifications are highly preferred.
Skills Required
- 8-12 years of experience in Procurement and Category Management
- 4 years focused on BPO and IT Outsourcing services
- Strong knowledge of BPO pricing mechanics and market trends
- Proven ability in strategic stakeholder management
- Bachelor of Technology or Master of Business Administration
- Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply qualifications
Iron Mountain Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Iron Mountain and has not been reviewed or approved by Iron Mountain.
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Inclusive Benefits Coverage — Inclusive, modern offerings are emphasized, including support for mental health, gender‑affirming care (with travel/lodging where needed), and family‑planning benefits. Recognition for disability inclusion is also highlighted, which aligns with accessible benefits and leave support.
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Retirement Support — A formal 401(k) program is described with automatic enrollment and a clear employer match structure, with immediate vesting referenced in the materials. Access to supporting infrastructure and guidance is noted through dedicated benefits portals and administrators.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple national medical plan options are outlined, along with care navigation, virtual primary care, and pharmacy coverage. Additional wellbeing support is described via EAP services and structured wellbeing programming.
Iron Mountain Insights
What We Do
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is the global leader for storage and information management services. Trusted by more than 220,000 organizations around the world, Iron Mountain boasts a real estate network of more than 80 million square feet across more than 1,350 facilities in 45 countries dedicated to protecting and preserving what matters most for its customers. Iron Mountain’s solutions portfolio includes records management, data management, document management, data centers, art storage and logistics, and secure shredding help organizations to lower storage costs, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and better use their information. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain stores and protects billions of information assets, including critical business documents, electronic information, medical data and cultural and historical artifacts.
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