Principal Strategic Sourcing Manager (Marketing Services)

TL;DR

Principal Strategic Sourcing Manager (Marketing Services): Leading complex, high-impact sourcing initiatives across marketing categories to drive business transformation with an accent on optimizing investments, managing risk, and unlocking value. Focus on developing category strategies, leading negotiations, and managing critical supplier relationships to ensure best value from third-party investments.

Location: Onsite in Mountain View, California or San Diego, California

Salary: $183,000–$248,000

Company

hirify.global is a global financial technology platform powering prosperity for approximately 100 million customers worldwide with products like TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp.

What you will do

• Develop and execute comprehensive sourcing and category strategies across key marketing areas, including Media, Creative, Social, Influencer Marketing, and Public Relations.
• Lead end-to-end strategic sourcing initiatives, from demand assessment and market analysis through sourcing strategy development and supplier selection.
• Lead high-stakes, high-value negotiations with global marketing suppliers and drive the development and negotiation of MSAs and SOWs.
• Design and lead a strategic Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) model to govern and strengthen critical supplier partnerships.
• Act as a trusted advisor and primary sourcing partner to senior Marketing leaders, translating complex business needs into actionable strategies.
• Leverage data, analytics, and AI-enabled tools for spend analysis, scenario modeling, and sourcing evaluations to quantify value and inform decision-making.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Marketing, Finance, or a related field.
• 10+ years of strategic sourcing and category management experience.
• 8+ years of hands-on marketing services sourcing experience.
• Proven ownership of enterprise-critical initiatives with executive visibility.
• Strong expertise in spend analytics, cost modeling, and should-cost analysis.
• Practical experience with source-to-pay platforms (e.g., Coupa) and AI-enabled digital tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation package with a strong pay-for-performance rewards approach.
• Potential eligibility for a cash bonus, equity rewards, and benefits.
• The company conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender to drive ongoing fair pay.
• Opportunity to lead high-impact, cross-functional sourcing initiatives from strategy through execution.
• Travel up to 20% may be required.