Laboratory Contracting & Sourcing Director

Location: Hybrid, requiring three days per week in the office. Office locations include Irving, TX; Chicago, IL; Charlotte, NC; Nashville, TN; and Centennial, CO.

Estimated hiring range: $102,400–$179,000 per year, plus incentive eligibility.

Company

hirify.global supports healthcare organizations through strategic sourcing, contracting, and supply chain solutions.

What you will do

• Develop sourcing strategies aligned with client priorities, organizational objectives, and market opportunities.
• Lead the full sourcing lifecycle, including requirements definition, market assessments, RFIs, RFPs, supplier evaluations, negotiations, contract development, implementation planning, and post-award activities.
• Negotiate complex contractual, operational, service, and financial agreements with suppliers.
• Evaluate supplier capabilities, financial stability, innovation, and market positioning, and develop strategic sourcing recommendations.
• Lead multidisciplinary value analysis committees, align clinical and operational stakeholders, and present sourcing strategies, financial analyses, supplier recommendations, and implementation plans to executive leadership.
• Analyze spend, utilization, supplier, operational, market, and financial data; measure sourcing outcomes including savings, value realization, quality improvements, supply assurance, and implementation success.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of relevant experience is required. Laboratory experience is strongly preferred, including experience as a Medical Technologist, Medical Laboratory Scientist, Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Medical Laboratory Technician, or in a related clinical laboratory, diagnostics, or laboratory operations role.
• Experience in a healthcare provider, group purchasing organization, consulting, or another highly regulated industry is preferred.
• Demonstrated success independently leading complex enterprise sourcing initiatives involving laboratory diagnostics, analyzers, automation, reagents, reference laboratory services, lab operations, or clinical testing is preferred.
• Strong experience negotiating complex supplier agreements and commercial contracts.
• Experience facilitating cross-functional stakeholder committees and building consensus among clinical and operational leaders.
• Advanced analytical, communication, presentation, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
• Demonstrated advanced AI fluency, including the ability to leverage and critically evaluate AI solutions in complex business environments.
• Willingness to travel.

Nice to have

• Relevant degree.
• Laboratory experience and experience in healthcare, group purchasing, consulting, or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience leading enterprise sourcing initiatives in laboratory diagnostics, analyzers, automation, reagents, reference laboratory services, lab operations, or clinical testing.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive environment supporting employee engagement, authentic self-expression, and contribution of individual skills.
• Opportunities for personal and professional development.
• Comprehensive benefits plan.
• Hybrid work model with three office days per week.
• Incentive-eligible compensation.