IT Procurement Lead - Salas O'Brien

Job Description for IT Procurement Lead

Overview and Summary

The IT Procurement Lead is a senior, strategic leader responsible for defining, governing, and scaling the enterprise IT procurement function. This role owns the strategy, vendor ecosystem, commercial governance, and operational execution of technology procurement across hardware, software, cloud platforms, and professional services.

This position is intentionally designed as a director-track role with a lead-with-influence model initially, followed by a natural transition into formal people leadership as the procurement team continues to grow. The IT Procurement Lead is expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy and decision authority and to serve as the primary escalation point for complex procurement, licensing, and vendor matters.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience in enterprise IT procurement, strong commercial judgment, and a proven ability to build scalable procurement programs—not just manage transactions.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise IT Procurement Strategy & Governance

• Define, execute, and continuously mature the enterprise IT procurement strategy, aligning spend, risk, and vendor decisions with IT and business priorities.
• Establish and maintain procurement policies, standards, approval frameworks, and controls for all IT-related purchases.
• Own and govern standard software and hardware catalogs, ensuring alignment with security, architecture, and support models.
• Partner with IT leadership to plan procurement strategies that support growth, modernization, and long-term technology roadmaps.

Vendor, Contract & Commercial Leadership

• Serve as the executive owner of strategic IT vendor relationships, including OEMs, ISVs, SaaS providers, cloud platforms, telecom, and service partners.
• Lead complex commercial negotiations covering pricing models, enterprise agreements, renewals, MSAs, DPAs, SLAs, and licensing terms.
• Partner closely with Legal, Finance, and Information Security to ensure contracts meet compliance, risk, privacy, and data protection requirements.
• Monitor vendor performance, financial exposure, and risk posture; drive vendor consolidation or remediation where needed.

Licensing, Asset & Lifecycle Oversight

• Provide senior oversight of enterprise software licensing, including complex and high-risk publishers (e.g., Microsoft, Autodesk, Adobe, security platforms).
• Ensure mature lifecycle management of IT assets—from acquisition through reclamation and disposal.
• Lead license optimization and reclamation strategies to eliminate waste and improve utilization.
• Ensure audit readiness across licensing, contracts, asset inventories, and procurement records.

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Procurement Integration

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