Vice President, Strategic Sourcing - Technology & Information Security

About this role

Business Unit Overview:

BlackRock Finance consists of finance professionals across several disciplines such as Financial Planning & Analysis, Treasury, Tax, Finance Controls, Global Strategic Sourcing (“GSS”), Finance Platform Support and Controllers. GSS is a global team, with team members primarily based in New York, Gurgaon, Edinburgh and Budapest. GSS aims to be an organization of trusted strategic sourcing advisors enabling BlackRock to achieve more value from its suppliers. The GSS team advises and supports business functions on all their supplier-related initiatives whether they involve supplier identification, evaluation, selection, negotiation, performance management or escalation management.   GSS seeks to minimize costs, deliver tangible cost reductions, furnish reliable analytical data and insights for improved decision making, and enable a socially responsible and diverse supplier base.

Background:

Operational excellence and robust information security are foundational to BlackRock’s long-term value. We are seeking a dynamic Vice President in Technology & Information Security Sourcing to join our GSS team, driving high-impact initiatives that reshape our global sourcing landscape and optimize third-party spend, with a particular focus on information security, cyber risk, and regulatory compliance. This professional, reporting to the Technology Category Lead, will support a $200M external spend optimization initiative, accelerating sourcing opportunities across information security, cybersecurity, and technology subcategories. The ideal candidate will combine deep category planning and analytics expertise with a strong command of information security frameworks, regulatory requirements, and supplier risk management.

This high-visibility role sits at the intersection of procurement, information security, finance, and business strategy. You’ll shape our supplier ecosystem, drive cost efficiency, and enable our operating model through supplier consolidation and strategic sourcing programs that prioritize security, resilience, and compliance.

Principal duties include:

• Strategic Advisory: Serve as a strategic advisor to management on sourcing and procurement, with a focus on information security and cyber risk. Provide insights and recommendations to optimize the vendor portfolio, reduce risk, and achieve transformation objectives. Build and deliver executive-ready presentations using advanced analytics (Power BI, SQL, Tableau) to support sourcing decisions and business cases.  Contribute to enterprise-wide cost optimization programs by identifying and accelerating high-impact sourcing initiatives.

• Sourcing Strategy Development: Conduct rigorous external spend analysis to uncover opportunities for cost optimization.  Design and execute comprehensive sourcing strategies to reduce cost, improve delivery resilience, and streamline vendor portfolios through competitive bidding, proofs-of-concepts, demand management, supplier consolidation, and process reengineering efforts that align with the company's overall business goals, ensuring cost-effectiveness, and quality. 

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with internal stakeholders--especially Information Security, Technology, Legal, and Compliance—to align sourcing strategies with enterprise cost targets and transformation goals.  Build and manage cross-functional cost optimization programs to drive accountability and transparency in sourcing decisions.

• Supplier Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with key technology and security suppliers, negotiating and drafting favorable terms into contracts, ensuring the highest standards of quality and service.

• Market Analysis: Conduct thorough market research and analysis to identify trends, risks, and opportunities within the supply chain, and prepare PowerPoint decks to support informed sourcing decision-making.

• Risk Management: Identify potential risks within the supply chain and develop mitigation plans to ensure business continuity and minimize disruptions.

• Cost Management: Implement cost-saving initiatives and strategies to reduce overall expenses without compromising on quality or performance.

• People Management: Recruit, coach, mentor, and indirectly manage junior staff a