Sr. Sourcing Manager, Technology & Services

About the role

Working closely with BizTech, Finance, Legal, Information Security, Audit/Compliance, and regional stakeholders, you will help strengthen technology buying practices across APAC in a collaborative, inclusive environment. Your work will support Guidewire’s mission to help property and casualty insurers modernize and thrive through innovative cloud and technology solutions.

What you'll do

• Lead strategic sourcing activities for a portfolio of technology and professional-services categories, including software, cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence
• Plan and execute complex request-for-information, request-for-proposal, and related sourcing events; develop objective evaluation criteria; assess supplier capabilities
• Manage negotiations and executive readouts for agreements of varying size and complexity across APAC, including Bangalore and India
• Manage the full lifecycle of key supplier contracts, using and improving standard templates and commercial language in partnership with Legal and other control functions
• Build trusted relationships with business requesters and senior stakeholders, particularly across APAC, and manage assigned suppliers, performance inputs, renewals

What you need

• 10–12 yrs of experience
• Sourcing
• Procurement
• Negotiation
• Vendor management
• Any graduate