Procurement Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing

About Datadog: 

Datadog is the world-class monitoring and security platform for cloud applications. We’re dedicated to creating, developing, and supporting our product and customers, allowing for seamless collaboration and problem-solving among Dev, Ops and Security teams globally. Built by engineers, for engineers, our SaaS product is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries to enable digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stack. Given the resilience of cloud technologies and importance placed today in digital operations and agility, Datadog continues to innovate and is well positioned for the long term. 

The Team:

Datadog's Finance team works with teams across the organization, providing commercial, operational and analytical support to ensure that Datadog's business continues to grow as rapidly and efficiently as possible.

The Opportunity:

• Be part of a growing Procurement team at a high growth organization
• Spearhead the creation of Strategic Sourcing/Management processes that will be cascaded to the entire organization
• Manage the creation of internal procurement and management processes for our highest spend category, Technology
• Make an impact with these changes by ensuring Datadog is obtaining the best value with current and new vendors

You Will: 

• Create and implement a Strategic Sourcing policy for high spend categories like Technology, SaaS, Construction, Office Operations, Marketing, etc. This includes building a documented, collaborative evaluation process; and developing action plans for upcoming renewal dates.
• Negotiate pricing and other business terms with vendors on net-new purchases and strategic, high spend renewals.
• Create pricing models based on vendor proposals to quantify various buying scenarios related to our future growth and current demand.
• Lead and influence vendor selection decisions (e.g. RFPs), pricing models, and negotiations to further mature Datadog’s vendor landscape and engagements.
• Collaborate with Procurement, IT and business stakeholders to identify and document all SaaS applications and subscriptions throughout the organization.
• Continually evaluate and monitor SaaS application inventory across the organization for optimal cost-effectiveness, including the elimination of application or cost-center redundancy. This includes the management of the usage and engagement/adoption of individual tools to ensure we are obtaining the best value.
• Lead teams to independently evaluate their best practices and adopt a value-driven mindset when purchasing on behalf of the organization.

You Have: 

• A minimum of 5-7 years+ experience in supporting procurement in the following capacity:
• Strategic Sourcing
• Vendor Performance and Relationship Management
• Strong history of negotiated savings
• Extremely proficient at analyzing cost related to future growth and current demand
• Knowledge of SaaS products and other vendor types that impact privacy and security 
• Involvement in developing and implementing strategic sourcing policies
• Ability to analyze and present complex vendor management optimization strategies and performance metrics
• Ability to work with internal business units on business cases for net new contracts and strategic renewals. 
• Understanding of optimization levers such as demand management, consolidation, price negotiation, etc.
• Bachelor’s Degree

Bonus Points: 

• Experience with a SaaS management tool 
• Experience in reviewing industry appropriate contract clauses for inclusion in savings opportunity analysis is a plus
• Experience with Coupa is a plus
• Experience at a high growth company is a plus

Why You Should Apply: 

• Generous and competitive global and US benefits
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
• Continuous career development and pathing opportunities 
• Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space
• Best in breed onboarding
• Internal mentor and buddy program cross-departmentally
• Friendly and inclusive workplace culture

Equal Opportunity at Datadog:

Datadog is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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