Director of IT Procurement & Commercial

Director - IT Procurement & Commercial
Drive Commercial Excellence. Enable Technology Change. Influence at Executive Level.

We are seeking an accomplished procurement leader to take ownership of IT procurement and commercial strategy during a period of significant technological evolution.
This role offers the opportunity to shape how technology partnerships are sourced, governed, and optimised.
Operating as a senior member of the leadership community, you will embed robust commercial frameworks that support transformation, strengthen supplier performance, and ensure long-term value delivery.
You will act as a strategic partner to technology leadership, ensuring commercial decisions enable innovation, agility, and operational resilience.

The Opportunity

• Define and execute a forward-looking IT procurement strategy aligned to broader business priorities.
• Establish rigorous category management practices that unlock scale benefits and strengthen commercial outcomes.
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and external partners to influence decision-making at the highest level.
• Enhance procurement governance, demand planning, and sourcing pathways to improve efficiency and compliance.
• Provide leadership on high-value, complex negotiations across technology contracts, including risk mitigation and dispute resolution.
• Oversee commercial life cycle management, ensuring contracts deliver against agreed performance, cost, and value objectives.
• Introduce innovative commercial models and best practice approaches that drive continuous improvement.

About You
You are a commercially driven leader with extensive experience operating within complex IT environments. You bring:

• Demonstrable success leading technology procurement and commercial teams at scale.
• Strong expertise in structuring, negotiating, and managing sophisticated technology agreements.
• A strategic mindset, with the ability to translate procurement decisions into measurable business impact.
• Experience building and optimising strategic supplier partnerships.
• Resilience and composure when working within demanding, transformation-led programmes.
• The confidence to challenge conventional approaches and introduce progressive, value-enhancing solutions.
• Executive presence and the ability to influence across senior leadership forums.

Why Consider This Role?
This is a career-defining opportunity to shape commercial strategy within a technology function undergoing meaningful change. You will influence enterprise-wide decisions, strengthen strategic supplier ecosystems, and create a procurement function that is agile, insight-led, and commercially astute.