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Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager roles qualify for E-3 visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, or a related field. Australian professionals can secure two-year renewable status with no lottery, making this one of the most direct paths to U.S. procurement leadership.
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26WD98598
The Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager, Corporate Services is a highly experienced individual contributor responsible for providing deep category expertise, consultative leadership, and strategic sourcing execution across Autodesk’s global Corporate Services portfolio, with primary focus areas including Marketing Services, Event Services, and HR Services.
Reporting to the Director, Corporate Services and Responsible 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.
Key Responsibilities
Corporate Services Category Leadership
- Serve as a senior Procurement subject matter expert across Corporate Services sourcing, including Marketing, Events, Professional Services, and HR Services
- Own category strategy development across service areas such as:
- Creative, digital, media, and agency services
- Events, experiential marketing, sponsorships, and production
- Professional Services including contingent workers, business advisory consulting and specialized consulting services
- HR services including talent, learning, consulting, and workforce programs
- 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 marketing, HR, and professional services to inform sourcing strategy
Strategic Sourcing & Commercial Excellence
- Lead complex sourcing initiatives and negotiations across Corporate Services suppliers
- Design and implement innovative commercial models, including:
- 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
Consultative Stakeholder Partnership
- Act as a trusted sourcing advisor to senior leaders across Marketing, HR, Finance, 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
Cross-Functional Integration
- Partner closely with Finance, FP&A, Legal, ESG, and Procurement Operations
- Support enterprise cost optimization and spend management initiatives across Corporate Services
- Align sourcing activity to quarterly and annual planning cycles
- Lead resolution of complex sourcing challenges requiring cross-functional coordination
Supplier Strategy & Governance
- Manage strategic relationships with key Corporate Services suppliers
- Establish and track performance metrics focused on cost efficiency, service quality, and value delivery
- Lead supplier governance reviews and continuous improvement initiatives
- Support responsible sourcing, ESG, and sustainability expectations across the supplier ecosystem
Transformation & Maturity Enablement
- Contribute to development of Corporate Services sourcing playbooks, standards, and best practices
- Support adoption of intake, sourcing, and contract enablement tools
- Drive increased spend under active management across Corporate Services 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 Marketing, HR, or other corporate services
- Background in consulting, agency management, or professional services sourcing
- Familiarity with services-based operating and delivery models
- Experience with performance- or outcome-based commercial structures
- MBA or advanced degree
Benefits
From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/
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.
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 #
26WD98598
The Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager, Corporate Services is a highly experienced individual contributor responsible for providing deep category expertise, consultative leadership, and strategic sourcing execution across Autodesk’s global Corporate Services portfolio, with primary focus areas including Marketing Services, Event Services, and HR Services.
Reporting to the Director, Corporate Services and Responsible 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.
Key Responsibilities
Corporate Services Category Leadership
- Serve as a senior Procurement subject matter expert across Corporate Services sourcing, including Marketing, Events, Professional Services, and HR Services
- Own category strategy development across service areas such as:
- Creative, digital, media, and agency services
- Events, experiential marketing, sponsorships, and production
- Professional Services including contingent workers, business advisory consulting and specialized consulting services
- HR services including talent, learning, consulting, and workforce programs
- 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 marketing, HR, and professional services to inform sourcing strategy
Strategic Sourcing & Commercial Excellence
- Lead complex sourcing initiatives and negotiations across Corporate Services suppliers
- Design and implement innovative commercial models, including:
- 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
Consultative Stakeholder Partnership
- Act as a trusted sourcing advisor to senior leaders across Marketing, HR, Finance, 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
Cross-Functional Integration
- Partner closely with Finance, FP&A, Legal, ESG, and Procurement Operations
- Support enterprise cost optimization and spend management initiatives across Corporate Services
- Align sourcing activity to quarterly and annual planning cycles
- Lead resolution of complex sourcing challenges requiring cross-functional coordination
Supplier Strategy & Governance
- Manage strategic relationships with key Corporate Services suppliers
- Establish and track performance metrics focused on cost efficiency, service quality, and value delivery
- Lead supplier governance reviews and continuous improvement initiatives
- Support responsible sourcing, ESG, and sustainability expectations across the supplier ecosystem
Transformation & Maturity Enablement
- Contribute to development of Corporate Services sourcing playbooks, standards, and best practices
- Support adoption of intake, sourcing, and contract enablement tools
- Drive increased spend under active management across Corporate Services 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 Marketing, HR, or other corporate services
- Background in consulting, agency management, or professional services sourcing
- Familiarity with services-based operating and delivery models
- Experience with performance- or outcome-based commercial structures
- MBA or advanced degree
Benefits
From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/
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.
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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Translate your credentials for U.S. employers
Australian three-year bachelor's degrees are accepted as equivalent to U.S. four-year degrees for E-3 visa purposes. Get a credential evaluation from a NACES-recognized body so your degree field clearly maps to supply chain, business, or a related specialty.
Target procurement teams with global supply chains
Fortune 500 manufacturers, technology firms, and healthcare networks with established sourcing functions file LCAs regularly. Filter DOL's OFLC disclosure data by job title and state to identify employers who have sponsored similar strategic sourcing roles before.
Frame your sourcing scope in specialty occupation terms
E-3 requires the role to demand a specific bachelor's degree field. Emphasize category management, supplier analytics, and contract strategy in your resume so the job description maps cleanly to procurement or supply chain management as a defined specialty occupation.
Secure a certified LCA before your consulate appointment
Your employer must file and receive a certified Labor Condition Application from DOL before you can attend your visa interview. This typically takes seven business days. Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA and visa paperwork so nothing delays your start date.
Negotiate the sponsorship conversation before accepting an offer
Many U.S. employers confuse the E-3 with the H-1B lottery and assume sponsorship is expensive or uncertain. Clarify upfront that the E-3 has no cap, no lottery, and a straightforward employer process so their HR team doesn't stall or withdraw.
Plan your renewal timeline around contract cycles
E-3 status is granted in two-year increments tied to your employment. If your sourcing role involves multi-year supplier contracts, align your renewal filing with those cycles so a lapse in status doesn't interrupt active negotiations or ongoing supplier relationships.
E-3 Visa Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager jobs with E-3 sponsorship?
Use Migrate Mate to search Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager roles filtered specifically for E-3 visa sponsorship. Most standard job boards don't distinguish E-3 from H-1B, so you waste time on roles where employers assume lottery exposure. Migrate Mate surfaces employers who have sponsored comparable procurement and supply chain roles, letting you focus outreach on realistic targets.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
Yes, provided the position requires a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as supply chain management, business administration, engineering, or a related discipline. Roles that accept any degree in any field can fail the specialty occupation test. Your employer's job description should tie sourcing responsibilities directly to degree-level expertise in procurement or a related analytical field.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for Strategic Sourcing Manager roles?
The E-3 has no annual cap and no lottery, so your employer can file at any time of year and expect approval without a randomized selection process. The H-1B is capped at 85,000 per year with a lottery that rejects most registrants. For a sourcing role where your employer needs a defined start date tied to a contract or headcount plan, the E-3 is a materially more reliable path.
Can I change employers or take on a new sourcing role while on E-3 status?
Yes, but each new employer must file a fresh LCA and your new role must independently qualify as a specialty occupation. You can't transfer an existing E-3 to a new employer the way an H-1B holder uses portability. Plan for at least two to three weeks of lead time so the new LCA is certified before your first day, particularly if you're mid-negotiation on supplier contracts.