Carnival UK is seeking a Senior IT Procurement Manager to set and drive the organisation’s IT commercial strategy during a major period of technology and business transformation.
As a key member of the procurement leadership team, you will shape how technology suppliers are sourced, governed, and optimised to deliver innovation, resilience, and long-term value.
Acting as the CIO’s primary commercial counterpart, you will ensure IT strategy is enabled through strong supplier partnerships, effective sourcing, and rigorous commercial risk management. Operating at the intersection of technology, finance, and enterprise risk, you will hold accountability for IT commercial exposure and value sustainability.
As Senior IT Procurement Manager, you will:
- Lead high value, complex technology sourcing and negotiations, delivering strong commercial and risk outcomes
- Manage a resilient and high performing portfolio of strategic technology suppliers
- Drive effective commercial lifecycle management, ensuring contracts perform against cost, risk, and value objectives
- Strengthen procurement governance, demand assurance, and sourcing execution to improve pace and consistency
- Apply innovative commercial and contractual models to support cloud, managed services, and major transformation programmes
- Provide clear, trusted commercial input on major investment, renewal, and sourcing decisions
Positioned within our internal structure from CUK15 (entry level) to CUK1 (Brand President), this role is classified as a CUK06, offered as a full-time position, on a fixed-term (18 months) basis, we offer hybrid work including up to two days from home.
Requirements: Your Expertise and Leadership
To thrive as a Senior IT Procurement Manager, we're looking for:
- Significant senior-level procurement experience, with deep expertise in IT or technology-related categories.
- Deep expertise in structuring, negotiating, and managing complex technology agreements, including handling contractual risk and disputes
- Strong commercial contracting, supplier management, and outsourcing experience.
Experience operating within complex, transformation-led environments.
About You: A Catalyst for Change We believe that diversity enriches our team. We're interested in candidates who:
- The credibility and confidence to challenge the status quo, introduce progressive commercial solutions, and ensure maximum value is realised
- The ability to operate calmly and decisively in high pressure, change intensive environments
- Executive presence and the ability to influence, advise, and challenge effectively across senior leadership forums
Why Join Us? Working with us is about more than a job. It's about creating unforgettable holiday happiness for our guests and a fulfilling career for you.
Read our employee experience guide to learn more about life as a Carnival UK colleague here.
- Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
- Annual bonus
- Car allowance
- Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
- Company paid private medical and dental insurance and health assessment for you and your family
- In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
- Life Assurance
- Employee Shares Plan
- Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal
Ready to Lead? If shaping IT procurement strategy at senior level and influencing transformation excites you, we're eager to hear from you. Apply now to start your journey with us, where your leadership will make a tangible impact on our shared success.
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About Us
Skills Required
- Significant senior-level procurement experience in IT or technology categories
- Expertise in structuring and managing complex technology agreements
- Strong commercial contracting and supplier management experience
- Experience in transformation-led environments
What We Do
Carnival Corporation & plc is a global cruise company and one of the largest vacation companies in the world. Our portfolio of leading cruise brands includes Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises and Seabourn in North America; P&O Cruises (UK), and Cunard in the United Kingdom; AIDA Cruises in Germany; Costa Cruises in Southern Europe; Iberocruceros in Spain; and P&O Cruises (Australia) in Australia. These brands, which comprise the most recognized cruise brands in North America, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy, offer a wide range of holiday and vacation products to a customer base that is broadly varied in terms of cultures, languages and leisure-time preferences. We also own a tour company that complements our cruise operations: Holland America Princess Alaska Tours in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Combined, our vacation companies attract 10 million guests annually.
