Senior Manager - Procurement Transformation

PayPal PayPal · Fintech · San Jose, CA +1 · Business Process

This role focuses on driving strategic process and technology initiatives within procurement, integrating process optimization, technology enablement, and automation to deliver measurable business outcomes. It involves creating process maps, identifying and resolving complex problems, developing business requirements, managing user acceptance testing, and acting as a subject matter expert for process improvement initiatives. The role also defines and owns the multi-year procurement transformation roadmap, bridges the gap between procurement processes and technology solutions, establishes metrics, and serves as a liaison between business, technology, engineering, product, and compliance teams.

What you'd actually do

  1. Create comprehensive end-to-end process maps.
  2. Identify and resolve complex problems within business processes to drive global improvements.
  3. Develop detailed business requirements.
  4. Manage and oversee user acceptance testing.
  5. Act as a subject matter expert to guide teams in process improvement initiatives.

Skills

Required

  • 8+ years relevant experience
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Process mapping
  • Business process improvement
  • Requirements gathering
  • User acceptance testing
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Performance metrics development
  • Process standardization

Nice to have

  • Procurement transformation
  • Technology enablement
  • Automation
  • ROI analysis
  • Operating model design
  • KPI establishment
  • Vendor management

What the JD emphasized

  • Define and own the multi-year procurement transformation roadmap
  • Drive execution of transformation initiatives from strategy through implementation
  • Bridge the gap between procurement business processes and technology solutions
  • Serve as strategic liaison between business, technology, engineering, product, and compliance teams
  • Document transformation requirements that connect business needs with engineering-ready technology specifications