This is a hybrid role and you must be located in, or willing to relocate, to San Francisco.

About the Role

As the Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager, Professional Services, you will lead the sourcing strategy across Uber’s global professional services portfolio. You will drive cost-effective, scalable strategic sourcing solutions that support professional services, human capital, project work & implementations, outsourcing, and BPO engagements. In this role, you’ll partner closely with internal business partners across various global teams to manage key supplier relationships, negotiate complex contracts, and deliver best-in-class professional services solutions.

If you have a passion for delivering world-class professional services and human capital solutions, managing highly complex projects, and driving cost efficiencies while enabling business growth, this role is for you.

What You’ll Do

• Help lead Uber’s Professional Services Sourcing Strategy: Oversee portfolio planning, lead complex negotiations, and manage supplier partner performance worldwide.
• Optimize Professional Services: Develop sourcing strategies to ensure Uber’s investments align with business growth, and cost efficiency.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with internal stakeholders and Business Units, to ensure alignment with Uber’s broader business goals. Build and maintain solid business partner relationships with high degrees of openness and transparency.
• Risk Management & Compliance: Ensure Uber’s interests are protected at all times, and we mitigate / minimize any and all risks.

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or vendor management, ideally in Professional Services, Human Capital, Outsourcing, or related categories.
• Bachelor's Degree.

Preferred Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in global strategic sourcing or indirect procurement.
• Strong understanding of professional services and delivery models, pricing strategies, supplier performance management, and cost modeling.
• Demonstrated ability to lead RFI/RFP processes, contract negotiations, and supplier business reviews.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills; able to influence without directing at all levels.
• Track record of driving cost savings while improving service quality and operational reliability.
• MBA, JD, or advanced degree in Finance, or Business is a bonus!
• Demonstrated ability to build and implement strategic sourcing category plans that foster cross-functional alignment, elevate category influence, and deliver measurable impact.
• Strong interpersonal skills and highly collaborative with both business leaders and sourcing groups, with a proven ability to build relationships, gain credibility and trust, and partner across functions to build consensus.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Bring an ownership mindset and be a self-starter for the projects you manage.
• Confidence and flexibility to operate in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment.
• Curiosity, along with the ability to spot issues, get to the heart of a matter, and articulate plans to address them.
• Passionate about your work and a desire to have a big impact.
• Embody the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and accountability.
• Enthusiastic about Uber and the opportunity to have a big impact!

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$182,000 per year - USD$202,000 per year.

You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits.

Uber's mission is to reimagine the way the world moves for the better. Here, bold ideas create real-world impact, challenges drive growth, and speed fuels progress. What moves us, moves the world - let's move it forward, together.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber's cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.