Financial Services, Proprietary Trading, FinTech

Senior Sourcing Lead - Global Storage & SaaS

Chicago, ILOnsiteFull TimeLead$140,000–$180,000 /yrPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

storage infrastructure
SaaS portfolio
software-defined storage
enterprise software
developer tooling
AI application vendors
subscription licensing
seat-based licensing
consumption-based licensing
token/usage-based licensing

Nice to have

AI software commercial models
technical POCs
structured vendor evaluations

Role summary

IMC Trading is seeking a Senior Sourcing Lead for their Global Procurement team, focusing on Storage & SaaS categories. This strategic role involves owning and executing global category strategies for software-defined storage platforms and the global SaaS portfolio, including managing 70+ vendors, renewals, license optimization, and AI software commercial models. Responsibilities include leading negotiations for high-value agreements, driving FinOps governance for consumption-based spend, building vendor relationships, and partnering with engineering, infrastructure, security, and finance teams. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of experience in strategic sourcing/vendor management for infrastructure and enterprise software, with proven success in large-scale storage procurement and SaaS portfolio management. Familiarity with AI software commercial models and strong analytical/financial modeling skills are preferred.

We are seeking a Senior Sourcing Lead – Storage & SaaS to join our Global Procurement team, reporting to the Global Strategic Sourcing Lead. This role will serve as the strategic owner of two global categories: storage infrastructure — spanning software-defined storage platforms and supporting large-scale research and trading data environments — and the global SaaS portfolio, including enterprise software, developer tooling, and a rapidly growing set of AI application vendors.

This role sits at the intersection of infrastructure economics and software commercial strategy. On the SaaS side, success means governing a global portfolio of 70+ vendors — renewals, consolidation, license optimization, and the fast-moving commercial models of AI-native software.

This role requires deep domain expertise across storage commercial models — software-defined storage licensing— and SaaS commercial models — subscription, seat-based, consumption-based, and token/usage-based licensing, enterprise renewals, and license optimization.

Your Core Responsibilities:

Own and execute the global storage category strategy: software-defined storage platforms, and associated support and services, across all storage tiers

Own and execute the global SaaS category strategy: manage the renewals pipeline, drive license and seat optimization, lead vendor consolidation and rationalization, and govern commercial terms across the software estate — including AI application and developer tooling vendors

Lead negotiations for high-value agreements: storage software rate cards and multi-year license structures, media and OEM supply agreements, and enterprise SaaS contracts and renewals, ensuring best-in-class commercial outcomes and risk mitigation

Drive FinOps-style governance across consumption- and usage-based software spend, ensuring commitments, discounts, and actual usage stay aligned and renewals are negotiated from a position of data

Build and strengthen key vendor relationships across storage software providers, drive and media manufacturers, storage OEMs, and strategic SaaS and AI software providers to maximize long-term value and innovation

Partner directly with storage engineering, infrastructure, information security, and finance teams on tiering architecture decisions, capacity planning, vendor risk, and investment business cases

Monitor market trends to proactively identify savings and risk

Provide coaching and guidance to sourcing managers and buyers on storage and SaaS category execution, embedding best practices across the global team

Represent Procurement as a trusted advisor to engineering and business leadership on all storage and software investment decisions

Your Skills & Experience:

8+ years of strategic sourcing or vendor management experience spanning infrastructure (storage, data platforms) and enterprise software categories

Direct experience procuring storage at scale — software-defined storage platforms, enterprise or hyperscale storage hardware

Proven track record managing a large SaaS portfolio: complex renewals, multi-year enterprise agreements, license optimization, and vendor consolidation programs

Familiarity with modern AI software commercial models (token/usage-based pricing, committed spend structures, seat-plus-consumption hybrids) strongly preferred

Experience running or commercially leading technical POCs and structured vendor evaluations alongside engineering teams

Strong analytical and financial modeling skills; comfort building normalized cost frameworks and defending them to engineering and finance leadership

Please note that immigration sponsorship is not offered for this specific opening.

The Base Salary range for the role is included below. Base salary is only one component of total compensation; all full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and insurance. Please visit Benefits - US | IMC Trading for more comprehensive information.

Salary Range$140,000—$180,000 USD

About Us

IMC is a research-driven trading firm where quantitative modeling, machine learning, and engineering shape how modern markets are traded. A stabilizing force in markets since 1989, we provide liquidity across trading venues, delivering the best outcome in value and risk management to investors. Using our own technology and capital, we build proprietary systems and algorithms that operate across global markets. Our researchers, traders, and engineers work as a collective, combining rapid experimentation, advanced infrastructure, and real-time feedback to turn insight into execution and execution into advantage.

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