Director, Global Strategic Sourcing - IT (Durham, NC)

The Director, Global Strategic Sourcing – IT is responsible for leading the strategy, design, and development of a world-class strategic sourcing and category management function across Fortrea’s global Information Technology spend categories. This role oversees strategic sourcing initiatives related to software, SaaS, cloud services, infrastructure, hardware, telecommunications, cybersecurity, digital platforms, and managed IT services. The Director partners closely with IT leadership, Finance, Legal, Security, and key business stakeholders to drive value, mitigate risk, optimize supplier performance, and ensure alignment with Fortrea’s technology strategy and business objectives.

Summary of Responsibilities

Leadership & People Management

• Build, lead, and develop a global team of category and sourcing managers focused on IT procurement and strategic sourcing, establishing clear role clarity, performance expectations, and decision rights aligned to Fortrea’s strategic priorities.
• Create a high-performance culture by coaching leaders, providing regular performance feedback, and holding managers accountable for results, behaviors, and talent development outcomes.
• Own talent strategy for IT sourcing categories, including workforce planning, capability development, succession planning, and identification of future leaders within Global Procurement Services.
• Set and cascade measurable objectives across the team, including savings, service levels, supplier performance, stakeholder satisfaction, compliance, and innovation outcomes.
• Foster an inclusive, growth-oriented environment that encourages continuous improvement, digital innovation, and cross-functional collaboration.

Strategic Leadership

• Own the strategy, governance, and performance outcomes for IT sourcing categories, ensuring category strategies are developed and executed effectively across software, cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, telecommunications, and other technology domains.
• Hold team leaders accountable for execution quality, including sourcing rigor, vendor management, software licensing optimization, contract compliance, supplier performance, and stakeholder engagement.
• Serve as an executive escalation point for complex technology supplier negotiations, contract disputes, and strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Translate enterprise and technology strategies into category-level priorities, ensuring consistent application of sourcing methodologies, governance, and procurement best practices.
• Develop long-term category roadmaps aligned with technology transformation initiatives, digital innovation objectives, and evolving market trends.

Stakeholder & Organizational Leadership

• Act as a senior strategic advisor to Enterprise Technology and business leaders, influencing sourcing decisions and aligning stakeholders to long-term value creation and business outcomes.
• Partner closely with CIO leadership, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Applications, Data & Analytics, and Digital teams to align sourcing strategies with business and technology priorities.
• Model and enforce disciplined decision-making, ensuring teams balance speed, innovation, risk, compliance, security requirements, and value in accordance with Fortrea policies and regulatory requirements.

Execution

• Lead and project manage cross-functional stakeholder teams on strategic sourcing initiatives, including RFXs, contract negotiations, vendor consolidations, software renewals, cloud agreements, and transformational technology projects.
• Conduct regular supplier business reviews with strategic IT vendors to ensure contractual commitments, service levels, performance expectations, cybersecurity requirements, and stakeholder needs are met.
• Provide guidance on procurement-related matters including technology licensing, commercial structures, cloud consumption models, managed services agreements, software audits, and contractual risk management.
• Verify the relevance of sourcing strategies by consulting with business and technology leaders, understanding market trends, evaluating emerging technologies, and continuously adjusting category strategies to support organizational priorities.

Results & Accountability

• Own delivery of savings and value targets through team performance, including cost reduction, cost avoidance, cloud optimization, software license management, supplier innovation, and operational efficiencies.
• Establish and review team-level performance dashboards using procurement, supplier, and spend analytics to drive decision-making and continuous impr