Director, Enterprise Strategic Procurement

Navitus Health Solutions

Director of Enterprise Strategic Procurement at Navitus focusing on setting and executing procurement strategy across the enterprise. Responsible for vendor acquisition and strategic sourcing to enable growth and modernization.

Posted 6/25/2026full-timeRemote • Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $142,127 - $177,659 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the enterprise lead for strategic procurement, defining sourcing strategies, standards, and operating models inclusive of project roadmaps and initiatives.
Own and govern the end-to-end strategic procurement for all vendors except facilities, including intake, prioritization, capacity alignment, budget stewardship, and performance reporting.
Translate enterprise and executive strategies into actionable procurement plans that accelerate modernization, improve margins, and enable scalable growth.
Act as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on vendor market dynamics, sourcing risks, and long-term investment implications.
Ensure disciplined decision-making, investment accountability, and cross-functional alignment in procurement decision-making.
Ensure procurement activities are integrated with enterprise portfolio management, planning, and financial controls.
Lead the development of enterprise-grade RFPs, including requirements definition, evaluation criteria, and cross-functional stakeholder alignment, to ensure disciplined, competitive, and value-driven vendor selection including coordination of applicable demos and proofs of concept.
Lead complex, high-impact vendor acquisitions and negotiations on behalf of the enterprise, including RFP/RFI strategy, ROI analysis, and vendor selection.
Represent the organization in senior-level vendor discussions and negotiations, ensuring outcomes protect enterprise interests and deliver measurable value.
In partnership with business owners, establish and enforce SLAs and performance guarantees within vendor contracts to ensure measurable service delivery standards, including defining KPIs, reporting non-compliance, and driving corrective actions when commitments are not met.
Ensure procurement decisions balance short-term needs with long-term enterprise value and risk considerations.
Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, supply chain, operations management, or other directly applicable field, or equivalent work experience, required.
Procurement certification preferred.
10+ years of progressive experience in strategic procurement, vendor management, contract negotiation, and sourcing leadership, preferably within a highly regulated industry, required.
5+ years of experience leading people leaders, with demonstrated success in developing manager capability, driving accountability through multiple levels of leadership, and delivering results through team structures.
Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-wide procurement initiatives and advising senior executives required.
Strong track record managing complex, high-dollar vendor contracts and negotiations required.
Experience sourcing technology-enabled services, including platforms leveraging artificial intelligence and emerging technologies required.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Top of the industry benefits for Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
20 days paid time off
4 weeks paid parental leave
9 paid holidays
401K company match of up to 5% - No vesting requirement
Adoption Assistance Program
Flexible Spending Account
Educational Assistance Plan and Professional Membership assistance
Referral Bonus Program – up to $750!

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Hard Skills & Tools

strategic procurementvendor managementcontract negotiationsourcing leadershipRFP developmentROI analysisperformance reportingKPI definitionvendor selectioncapacity alignment

Soft Skills

trusted advisorcross-functional alignmentdecision-makinginvestment accountabilityleadershipteam developmentaccountabilityresults deliverycommunicationstakeholder alignment

Certifications

procurement certification