Dropbox

Dropbox is the one place to keep life organized and keep work moving.

Strategic Sourcing Lead – GTM

ProcurementProcurementFull TimeRemoteTeam 1,001-5,000Since 2007H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

44 days ago

Salary

$126.1K - $192K / year

Bachelor Degree10 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

• Category Ownership: Define and execute data-driven sourcing strategies for GTM categories (Sales, Marketing, Communications, Media), aligned to Dropbox’s financial and operational goals. • Stakeholder Partnership: Cultivate high-trust relationships across the business especially with senior leaders; identify business needs and deliver solutions that exceed expectations. • Strategic Planning: Lead cross-functional planning to build long-term roadmaps, align on strategic direction with stakeholders, and creatively identify opportunities for cost optimization, innovation, and risk mitigation. • Negotiation & Execution: Drive complex commercial negotiations with a balance of rigor and EQ to land win-win outcomes. Ensure financial and contractual terms support both immediate and long-term business goals. • Supplier Performance & Risk: Oversee supplier relationships, ensuring accountability, performance, and compliance. Break down large challenges into clear next steps. • Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with legal, finance, compliance, and other internal teams to ensure sourcing strategies are holistic and well-governed. • Savings Delivery: Own and track financial performance and value delivery across categories. Translate sourcing activity into clear, measurable impact on Dropbox’s bottom line. • Digital & Analytical Fluency: Leverage e-sourcing tools, end to end purchasing systems, ROI models and AI to inform strategy and storytelling. Bring digital innovation into the sourcing lifecycle. • Market Intelligence: Monitor market trends, emerging risks, and supplier innovations to proactively inform sourcing strategy. • Communication & Presentation: Deliver crisp, compelling presentations to multiple audiences—executives, cross-functional teams, and suppliers. Translate complexity into insight. • Leadership & Enablement: Serve as a sourcing thought leader within Dropbox, mentoring others and fostering a culture of high performance and accountability.

Job Requirements

  • Approx. 10+ years of strategic sourcing and procurement experience, ideally with hands-on ownership of Sales, Marketing, Communications and Media categories.
  • Demonstrated success negotiating high-impact contracts and managing strategic supplier relationships.
  • Proven track record of influencing stakeholders across Sales, Marketing, Communications, Media and senior leadership.
  • Skilled in problem lifecycle management—from issue framing to solution design, negotiation, and resolution.
  • Known for emotional intelligence (EQ) and the ability to build reputation and respect as a collaborative business partner.
  • Proven creativity in crafting commercial solutions, unlocking value beyond cost savings.
  • Digitally fluent: proficient in procurement and analytics platforms; understands how to operate in a digital-first environment.
  • Excellent communication and executive presence—able to distill complex issues into clear narratives.
  • Comfortable operating independently and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, distributed environment.
  • Passionate about procurement as a strategic enabler and energized by the opportunity to drive impact.
  • Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools in the flow of work. Candidates with a pre-existing comfort level and familiarity using AI to enhance productivity are strongly preferred.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off

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