MongoDB is seeking a highly motivated Director of Strategic Sourcing to lead a globally distributed team of Procurement professionals. This role is responsible for driving complex strategic sourcing strategies across all spend categories in support of the company’s business strategies. As a key member of the Source-to-Pay cross functional team, you will be called upon to fly at different altitudes to help executives and individual contributors make better purchasing decisions.
The ideal candidate is a self-starter who has the knowledge, skill, and discipline to transform the function into our next stage of growth. You should have deep expertise in driving technology deals such as public cloud infrastructure agreements, SaaS, IT services, while still having working knowledge of Marketing, professional services, and other indirect categories.
This will be a hybrid in-office role. We are looking for candidates who plan to be available in our New York City office for approximately 2 days per week.
Key Responsibilities: What You’ll Be Doing- Drive category strategy to all applicable spend categories for MongoDB
- Develop and maintain global procurement policies and procedures
- Develop, coach, and lead a high-performing global procurement team, while fostering a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, knowledge sharing, and innovation
- Be the face of Procurement by developing and maintaining strong relationships with key leaders and stakeholders and reinforcing the strategic value that the team provides
- Deliver annual cost savings target and multi-year pipeline based on assigned projects
- Implement and lead process improvement projects along with any change management required
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, or similar quantitative related field
- Procurement professional certification, such as CPSM, CIPS, CSP
- 12+ overall years of professional business experience
- 10+ years of progressive experience in Procurement and/or Strategic Sourcing
- 3+ years of people leadership experience
- Deep knowledge of strategic sourcing and negotiation
- Hands-on experience in negotiating complex deals
- Leader with vision and credentials working at global large scale companies
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Ability to drive change and influence all levels of the organization
- Experience analyzing large data sets while developing and driving recommendations from collected insights
- MBA or equivalent experience
- Working knowledge of Source to Pay Orchestration tools
- Experience with large ERP systems such as NetSuite, Oracle, SAP, or Workday
- Experience using Coupa (including Coupa Analytics and SIM)
- Experience working in multiple industries especially in the high tech sector
- Experience sourcing cloud infrastructure, SaaS, professional services, marketing
- Excellent presentation skills (both oral and written)
- High attention to detail
- Ability to operate as a Strategic Partner in a dynamic and ambiguous environment (e.g. able to quickly adapt to changing priorities)
MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the database for the AI era, enabling innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified database platform, the most widely available, globally distributed database on the market, helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our cloud-native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.
With offices worldwide and over 60,000 customers, including 75% of the Fortune 100 and AI-native startups, relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we’re powering the next era of software.
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To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy, we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what it’s like to work at MongoDB, and help us make an impact on the world!
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Req ID: 1273415385
MongoDB’s base salary range for this role is posted below. Compensation at the time of offer is unique to each candidate and based on a variety of factors such as skill set, experience, qualifications, and work location. Salary is one part of MongoDB’s total compensation and benefits package. Other benefits for eligible employees may include: equity, participation in the employee stock purchase program, flexible paid time off, 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave, fertility and adoption assistance, 401(k) plan, mental health counseling, access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage, and health benefits offerings. Please note, the base salary range listed below and the benefits in this paragraph are only applicable to U.S.-based candidates.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, or similar quantitative related field
- Procurement professional certification, such as CPSM, CIPS, CSP
- 12+ overall years of professional business experience
- 10+ years of progressive experience in Procurement and/or Strategic Sourcing
- 3+ years of people leadership experience
- Deep knowledge of strategic sourcing and negotiation
- Hands-on experience in negotiating complex deals
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Ability to drive change and influence all levels of the organization
- Experience analyzing large data sets while developing and driving recommendations from collected insights
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave up to 20 weeks, backup childcare days, and global fertility/adoption support are emphasized as generous and inclusive. Family-forming programs through dedicated partners and structured return-to-work flexibility further strengthen this pillar.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing programs, meditation and mindfulness tools, and fitness partnerships are highlighted alongside in-office lunches on hub days. These everyday perks complement core coverage and support sustained work-life balance.
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