Sr Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Technology

About the Role & Team

At Disney, we are storytellers. We make the impossible possible by using innovative technology and creative excellence to bring stories to life through our movies, products, games, parks and resorts, and media networks. The Enterprise Sourcing team supports sourcing and procurement needs across corporate functions and business segments, including the development and execution of category management strategies for Technology.

What You Will Do

The Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing – Technology will lead a team responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies across key technology categories. This role partners with senior Technology, Finance, Sourcing, and business stakeholders to make informed supplier and technology decisions, maximize value, mitigate risk, and negotiate agreements that support business priorities. The Senior Manager will develop and deliver strategic category plans, support the Sourcing Annual Operating Plan, and provide thought leadership on procurement strategies, processes, supplier management, and operational improvements. This role requires strong executive presence, sound judgment, analytical rigor, and the ability to build trusted relationships across a complex, matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage technology category strategies that support business priorities and deliver against savings, value, and risk mitigation goals.
• Lead complex sourcing engagements from intake through contract award, including supplier assessment, onboarding, competitive bidding, renewals, negotiations, contracting, and supplier management.
• Use market intelligence, spend data, and analytical frameworks to evaluate supplier markets, identify opportunities, and inform sourcing and negotiation strategies.
• Support continuous improvement of sourcing policies, processes, tools, and governance standards.
• Ensure consistent application of procurement processes, standards, and best practices across stakeholder groups.
• Develop, monitor, and report performance measures that demonstrate value, savings, compliance, and supplier performance.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with Segment and functional leaders to understand business needs and advance sourcing and procurement initiatives.
• Track and communicate savings, spend compliance, risks, and variances to the Director, Enterprise Sourcing, and key stakeholders.
• Lead supplier performance reviews and compliance activities in partnership with business stakeholders, as appropriate.
• Provide leadership, coaching, direction, and performance management for the Technology Sourcing team.
• Establish and strengthen strategic supplier relationships that support business objectives and long-term value creation.
• Serve as a strategic business partner by identifying stakeholder requirements and delivering sourcing solutions that meet or exceed expectations.
• Provide rigorous cost, financial, and market analysis with a focus on total cost of ownership and business impact.
• Prepare for and execute clear, structured negotiations aligned to the Strategic Sourcing process.
• Identify, develop, and implement best practices in supplier management, procurement, and category management.
• Develop team capabilities and broaden sourcing, negotiation, analytical, and stakeholder management skills.
• Manage three or more direct reports supporting Technology sourcing categories.
• Demonstrate exemplary integrity, ethics, and professionalism in all business interactions.

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in sourcing, procurement, category management, or a related field.
• 5–7+ years of leadership experience managing teams in a strategic sourcing or procurement environment.
• 3–5+ years of Technology category management experience, including development and implementation of category strategies.
• Experience supporting senior Technology executives and stakeholder…