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Movable Ink · 4 hours ago

Director, Strategic Sourcing

Movable Ink is a company that scales content personalization for marketers through data-activated content generation and AI decisioning. They are seeking a proactive and strategic leader to elevate their Strategic Sourcing function, focusing on process optimization, technology budget planning, and vendor relationship management.

Content MarketingEmail MarketingPersonalizationReal TimeSaaS

Responsibilities

Lead and transform the Strategic Sourcing organization, focusing on process optimization and driving continuous improvement to build a best-in-class procurement function aligned with organizational goals
Develop and own proactive technology sourcing strategies that anticipate business needs and best in class technology for the organization
Leverage existing tools (Ironclad, Productiv) and emerging technologies, including AI, to enhance procurement effectiveness and innovation
Partner with Finance to drive annual and quarterly technology budget planning, forecasting, and spend analysis, ensuring alignment to strategic priorities and cost optimization
Drive system consolidation efforts, identifying opportunities to streamline the vendor portfolio, reduce redundancy, and renegotiate enterprise-wide agreements
Collaborate cross-functionally with Legal, IT, InfoSec, and senior leadership to assess risk, ensure compliance, and optimize contract terms for all technology and service agreements
Direct complex negotiations with key vendors to secure competitive terms, flexible license structures, and scalable contract models that support growth
Lead evaluation and adoption of procurement and vendor management tools and platforms to improve contract lifecycle management, reporting, and data-driven decision making
Serve as a senior escalation point for vendor and stakeholder issues, managing relationships at the executive level and ensuring alignment and transparency across the organization
Establish and drive training and change management initiatives related to procurement processes, systems, and governance
Maintain day-to-day operations including processing new vendors, renewals, and change orders according to SLAs and stakeholder expectations

Qualification

Technology procurementStrategic sourcingVendor managementProcurement toolsAI applicationsNegotiation skillsStakeholder managementOperational excellenceCommunication skillsCollaboration skillsStrategic thinking

Required

Proven leadership experience in technology procurement, strategic sourcing, and vendor management at a senior level
Experience implementing and managing procurement tools and contract management platforms (e.g., Ironclad/Docusign, Productiv, Zip)
Deep expertise in system consolidation, technology budgeting, forecasting, and KPI management related to technology procurement
Strong knowledge and practical experience with deploying AI applications, system consolidation
Excellent negotiation skills with a track record of driving cost savings and value through complex agreements
Exceptional communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all organizational levels
Strategic thinker with a drive for continuous improvement and the ability to lead organizational change
Self-motivated and entrepreneurial mindset with a dedication to high standards of operational excellence and data accuracy

Benefits

Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits

Company

Movable Ink

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Movable Ink activates any data into personalized content in any customer engagement.

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$97.29M
Key Investors
Silver Lake WatermanContour Venture PartnersIntel Capital
2025-06-26Acquired
2022-04-28Series D· $55M
2020-08-18Series C· $30M

Leadership Team

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Vivek Sharma
CEO & Co-Founder
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Michael Nutt
CTO
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