Strategic Sourcing Manager - Cloud Services

Role Description

As a Strategic Sourcing Manager at Dropbox you are responsible for developing and executing Sourcing Strategy across global vendors.

We're looking for a self starter who will thrive in an often-times ambiguous environment and isn’t afraid of a challenge.

The Strategic Sourcing Manager has :

• Deep market knowledge of Third Party Cloud Service Providers (i.e AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Strong ability to determine contractual / financial exposure / negotiate contracts
• Knowledge of Cloud contracting trends, licensing models - traditional and emerging contract / vendor performance models.
• Executive Relationship Management skills.
• Strong ability to communicate with users, legal, sourcing, business leaders and engineering to align technical requirements with business goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead Enterprise contract / pricing negotiations with platform Cloud Service Providers
• Facilitate New Technology evaluation and implementation via Cloud Service Providers
• Align on Cloud Spend and Forecast Spend across Engineering organizations
• Partner with Engineering teams to leverage Cloud Service Provider Roadmaps
• Manage Executive Partnership & Relationship management between Dropbox and Cloud Service Providers

Requirements

• 7 years experience in Strategic Sourcing with Cloud Services or related fields
• 5 years of major enterprise level contract negotiation experience
• Experience in building and developing vendor partnerships at the Executive level
• Proven success and experience in providing direction to technical / engineering teams
• A diverse technical acumen actively contribute to technical discussions, proactively identify challenges and risks, working closely with engineers and product manager on addressing challenges, and form mitigation plans.
• You have the ability to communicate complex plans effectively.

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills.
• Effective problem-solving skills.

Total Rewards

Canada Pay Range$114,800 $155,300 CAD

The range listed above is the expected annual salary / OTE for this role, subject to change.

Salary / OTE is just one component of Dropbox’s total rewards package. All regular employees are also eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Benefits

Dropbox is committed to investing in the holistic health and wellbeing of all Dropboxers and their families. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to :

• Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage*
• Retirement Savings through a defined contribution pension or savings plan
• Dropbox provides a Flexible PTO Policy in addition to your statutory holidays allowing you to unplug, unwind, and refresh
• Dropbox also provides exclusive additional paid time off for all FTE employees across the Globe, in addition to any relevant statutory holidays
• Protection Plans including Life and Disability Insurance*
• A Perks Allowance to be used on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness, learning and development, food & groceries, and much more
• Parental benefits including; Parental Leave, Fertility Benefits, Adoptions and Surrogacy support, and Lactation support

Additional benefits details are available upon request.

Where group plans are not available, allowances are provided

Benefit, amount, and type are dependent on geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy

Dropbox is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work.

A big part of that effort is our support for members and allies of internal groups like Asians at Dropbox, BlackDropboxers, Latinx, Pridebox (LGBTQ), Vets at Dropbox, Women at Dropbox, ATX Diversity (based in Austin, Texas) and the Dropbox Empowerment Network (based in Dublin, Ireland).