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26WD97463
26WD97463, Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager
French translation to follow!/Traduction française à suivre!
Position Overview
The Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager, Technology Sourcing is a highly experienced individual contributor responsible for providing deep category expertise, consultative leadership, and strategic sourcing execution across Autodesk’s global Technology portfolio, with primary focus areas of Software, Infrastructure and Technology Professional Services.
Reporting to the Director, Technology Sourcing, this role operates as a senior category owner, accountable for strategy development, sourcing execution, and supplier governance across multiple services domains.
The Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager serves as a trusted advisor to senior business, Finance, and Legal leaders, translating functional strategies into scalable, commercially sound sourcing solutions that balance speed, flexibility, service quality, and cost effectiveness.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a senior Procurement subject matter expert across Technology Sourcing, including Software, Infrastructure and Technology Professional Services
- Own category strategy development across their assigned category
- Develop multi-year category strategies aligned to business objectives, functional roadmaps, and enterprise financial goals
- Maintain strong understanding of service delivery models, supplier operating structures, and commercial benchmarks
- Monitor external market trends across the technology category to inform sourcing strategy
- Lead complex sourcing initiatives and negotiations across Technology suppliers
- Design and implement innovative commercial models, including: Commit to consume SaaS models, Retainer and managed service structures, Rate cards and blended pricing, Performance- or outcome-based pricing models, Demand aggregation and volume-leverage strategies
- Execute global RFPs and supplier evaluations focused on total value, risk, and scalability
- Drive supplier consolidation and preferred supplier frameworks
- Partner with Legal and Finance to structure master agreements and statements of work
- Act as a trusted sourcing advisor to senior leaders across both product and technology divisions, and other corporate functions
- Support proactive engagement and early demand visibility across initiatives and programs
- Translate functional strategies into sourcing priorities and execution roadmaps
- Influence stakeholders to adopt recommended sourcing approaches and governance standards
- Balance functional flexibility with financial discipline and enterprise controls
- Partner closely with Finance, FP&A, Legal, ESG, and Procurement Operations
- Support enterprise cost optimization and spend management initiatives across the technology categories
- Align sourcing activity to quarterly and annual planning cycles
- Lead resolution of complex sourcing challenges requiring cross-functional coordination
- Manage strategic relationships with key technology suppliers
- In collaboration with Technology Vendor Management, establish and track performance metrics focused on cost efficiency, service quality, and value delivery
- Support supplier governance reviews and continuous improvement initiatives
- Support responsible sourcing, ESG, and sustainability expectations across the supplier ecosystem
- Contribute to development of Technology sourcing playbooks, standards, and best practices
- Support adoption of intake, sourcing, and contract enablement tools
- Drive increased spend under active management across Technology categories
- Share market intelligence and best practices across the Procurement organization
Minimum Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or commercial leadership
- Demonstrated expertise sourcing complex services categories within a Procurement organization
- Proven experience leading global sourcing initiatives and high-value negotiations
- Strong financial acumen and commercial structuring capability
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Marketing, or related field
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience sourcing complex Technology Solutions across SaaS, Infrastructure & Professional Services
- Familiarity with services-based operating and delivery models
- Experience with performance- or outcome-based commercial structures
- MBA or advanced degree
Learn More
About Autodesk
Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.
We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.
When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!
Salary transparency
Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $89,000 and $159,720. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.
Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For Canada based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $95,250 and $139,700. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.
Equal Employment Opportunity
At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
Diversity & Belonging
We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging
Are you an existing contractor or consultant with Autodesk?
Please search for open jobs and apply internally (not on this external site).
Job Requisition ID #
26WD97463
26WD97463, Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager
French translation to follow!/Traduction française à suivre!
Position Overview
The Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager, Technology Sourcing is a highly experienced individual contributor responsible for providing deep category expertise, consultative leadership, and strategic sourcing execution across Autodesk’s global Technology portfolio, with primary focus areas of Software, Infrastructure and Technology Professional Services.
Reporting to the Director, Technology Sourcing, this role operates as a senior category owner, accountable for strategy development, sourcing execution, and supplier governance across multiple services domains.
The Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager serves as a trusted advisor to senior business, Finance, and Legal leaders, translating functional strategies into scalable, commercially sound sourcing solutions that balance speed, flexibility, service quality, and cost effectiveness.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a senior Procurement subject matter expert across Technology Sourcing, including Software, Infrastructure and Technology Professional Services
- Own category strategy development across their assigned category
- Develop multi-year category strategies aligned to business objectives, functional roadmaps, and enterprise financial goals
- Maintain strong understanding of service delivery models, supplier operating structures, and commercial benchmarks
- Monitor external market trends across the technology category to inform sourcing strategy
- Lead complex sourcing initiatives and negotiations across Technology suppliers
- Design and implement innovative commercial models, including: Commit to consume SaaS models, Retainer and managed service structures, Rate cards and blended pricing, Performance- or outcome-based pricing models, Demand aggregation and volume-leverage strategies
- Execute global RFPs and supplier evaluations focused on total value, risk, and scalability
- Drive supplier consolidation and preferred supplier frameworks
- Partner with Legal and Finance to structure master agreements and statements of work
- Act as a trusted sourcing advisor to senior leaders across both product and technology divisions, and other corporate functions
- Support proactive engagement and early demand visibility across initiatives and programs
- Translate functional strategies into sourcing priorities and execution roadmaps
- Influence stakeholders to adopt recommended sourcing approaches and governance standards
- Balance functional flexibility with financial discipline and enterprise controls
- Partner closely with Finance, FP&A, Legal, ESG, and Procurement Operations
- Support enterprise cost optimization and spend management initiatives across the technology categories
- Align sourcing activity to quarterly and annual planning cycles
- Lead resolution of complex sourcing challenges requiring cross-functional coordination
- Manage strategic relationships with key technology suppliers
- In collaboration with Technology Vendor Management, establish and track performance metrics focused on cost efficiency, service quality, and value delivery
- Support supplier governance reviews and continuous improvement initiatives
- Support responsible sourcing, ESG, and sustainability expectations across the supplier ecosystem
- Contribute to development of Technology sourcing playbooks, standards, and best practices
- Support adoption of intake, sourcing, and contract enablement tools
- Drive increased spend under active management across Technology categories
- Share market intelligence and best practices across the Procurement organization
Minimum Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or commercial leadership
- Demonstrated expertise sourcing complex services categories within a Procurement organization
- Proven experience leading global sourcing initiatives and high-value negotiations
- Strong financial acumen and commercial structuring capability
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Marketing, or related field
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience sourcing complex Technology Solutions across SaaS, Infrastructure & Professional Services
- Familiarity with services-based operating and delivery models
- Experience with performance- or outcome-based commercial structures
- MBA or advanced degree
Learn More
About Autodesk
Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.
We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.
When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!
Salary transparency
Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $89,000 and $159,720. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.
Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For Canada based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $95,250 and $139,700. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.
Equal Employment Opportunity
At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
Diversity & Belonging
We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging
Are you an existing contractor or consultant with Autodesk?
Please search for open jobs and apply internally (not on this external site).
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Frame your credentials around business transformation
Autodesk's strategy function focuses on platform evolution, M&A integration, and market expansion in AEC and manufacturing. Tailor your resume to show how your analytical or planning work drove measurable change in a software or SaaS context, not just process documentation.
Target roles aligned with Autodesk's cloud transition
Autodesk has been executing a long-running shift from perpetual licensing to cloud subscriptions. Strategy roles tied to this transformation, such as go-to-market strategy or pricing, are where international hiring tends to concentrate. Align your application to that strategic narrative.
Search open Strategy positions on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Autodesk's open Strategy roles by visa type so you're only applying to positions where sponsorship is confirmed. This saves time and ensures you're not pursuing openings that won't support your work authorization.
Clarify your visa timeline before the offer stage
If you're on F-1 OPT, make sure Autodesk's recruiting team knows your STEM extension eligibility and exact expiration date early. Waiting until an offer is extended to surface a 60-day gap or a cap-subject H-1B filing creates unnecessary friction for both sides.
Understand how PERM timing affects strategy-level hires
Senior strategy roles at Autodesk often lead to EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship, which requires PERM labor certification through DOL. That process typically takes 12 to 18 months before USCIS filing even begins, so ask about the company's standard timeline during the offer negotiation.
Verify E-Verify enrollment before accepting a TN or E-3 offer
TN and E-3 visas require your employer to be enrolled in E-Verify to confirm work authorization. Autodesk participates, but if you're joining through an acquired entity or a subsidiary, confirm that the specific legal employer on your offer letter is covered under the same enrollment.
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Find Strategy at Autodesk JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does Autodesk sponsor H-1B visas for Strategys?
Yes, Autodesk sponsors H-1B visas for Strategy roles. Because H-1B is subject to the annual cap and lottery, timing matters. If you're already on H-1B with a previous employer, a transfer is generally faster than a new cap-subject filing. USCIS opens H-1B registration in March each year, so your offer timeline needs to account for that window.
How do I apply for Strategy jobs at Autodesk?
Applications go through Autodesk's careers portal. Strategy roles typically require a cover letter and resume tailored to their specific business unit, whether that's construction, manufacturing, or media and entertainment. Migrate Mate lists open Strategy positions at Autodesk filtered by visa sponsorship type, which helps you identify the right openings before applying directly.
Which visa types does Autodesk commonly use for Strategy roles?
Autodesk sponsors H-1B, E-3, TN, F-1 OPT, and J-1 visas for Strategy positions, along with EB-2 and EB-3 immigrant visa pathways for longer-term employment. E-3 is available to Australian citizens only. TN covers Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying professional categories. The right visa depends on your nationality, degree, and how quickly you need to start.
What qualifications does Autodesk expect for Strategy roles?
Strategy positions at Autodesk typically require a bachelor's degree in business, economics, engineering, or a related field, with an MBA valued for senior roles. Relevant experience in management consulting, investment banking, or corporate strategy at a software or technology company strengthens your application significantly. Autodesk also looks for fluency in data-driven decision-making and cross-functional stakeholder management.
How do I time my application if my OPT is expiring soon?
If your OPT expires within six months, prioritize roles where Autodesk can file an H-1B cap-exempt petition or where you qualify for a STEM OPT extension, which gives you up to 24 additional months. USCIS requires STEM OPT extensions to be filed before your current OPT end date, so flag your timeline to the recruiter at the first interview stage, not after an offer is made.
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