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About the Role

Lead the development of SG&A sourcing strategies for key vendors in North America, ensuring access to top-quality services, technologies, and vendor partners to support company growth. This role involves identifying, assessing, selecting, negotiating, and executing contracts with key SG&A vendors, and contributing to corporate sourcing policy, vendor management, and governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Develop immediate and long-term sourcing strategies/plans for SG&A vendors, focusing on Commercial, IT, and professional services.
• Proactively collaborate with business stakeholders, including senior executives, to identify sourcing needs and align strategies with business goals for efficiency and innovation.
• Assess, benchmark, and negotiate existing key SG&A vendor contracts, conducting gap analysis.
• Collaborate with the Finance FP&A team on vendor cost budgeting, forecasting, and saving validation.
• Assess industry trends and evolving technology, such as AI in procurement, to ensure continuous automation of current sourcing processes.
• Establish an SG&A vendor governance program, including vendor optimization, risk assessment, and operational performance evaluation.
• Ensure compliance with corporate compliance SOP and policies.

Requirements

• Proven leadership ability to manage large vendor spend portfolios and drive global collaborations.
• Demonstrated success developing and executing SG&A category strategies in complex environments.
• 12+ years of extensive sourcing experience with deep knowledge of vendors for advertising agency, media, data analytics, meetings, and events.
• Strong negotiation and vendor benchmarking experience across various IT contract types, including SaaS, consulting, and managed services agreements.
• Broader category sourcing experience in consulting and legal services is a plus.
• Willingness to seek innovative ways to achieve tangible results/savings.
• Ability to clearly communicate and present sourcing strategies to key stakeholders.
• Available for up to 5% domestic or international travel as needed.

Skills

• S2P (Coupa)
• CLM (Agiloft)
• AI sourcing tools
• Sourcing saving report methodology
• Smartsheet

Location

• San Diego, CA
• Princeton, NJ

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 12+ years of extensive sourcing experience

Education Level

• BS/BA or equivalent combination of relevant education

Salary/Compensations

• $178,000—$222,900 USD

Benefits

• Competitive base, bonus, new hire and ongoing equity packages
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employer-paid life, disability, business travel and EAP coverage
• 401(k) Plan with a fully vested company match 1:1 up to 5%
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a 2-year purchase price lock-in
• 15+ vacation days
• 13 -15 paid holidays, including office closure between December 24th and January 1st
• 10 days of paid sick time
• Paid parental leave benefit
• Tuition assistance

About the Company

• Acadia is committed to turning scientific promise into meaningful innovation for underserved neurological and rare disease communities globally.
• Our commercial portfolio includes the first and only FDA-approved treatments for Parkinson’s disease psychosis and Rett syndrome.
• We are developing the next wave of therapeutic advancements with a robust and diverse pipeline, including mid- to late-stage programs in Alzheimer’s disease psychosis and Lewy body dementia psychosis, and earlier-stage programs addressing other underserved patient needs.
• At Acadia, we’re here to be their difference.

Equal Opportunity

• Acadia is committed to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and innovative company, encouraging applications from candidates with less traditional backgrounds or who meet qualifications in different ways.
• It is Acadia's policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race (including hairstyle), color, religion or religious creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, gender transition, country of origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, legally-protected medical condition or information, marital status, domestic partner status, family care status, military caregiver status, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, enrollment in a public assistance program, or any basis protected under federal, state or local law.
• As an equal opportunity employer, Acadia is committed to a diverse workforce. Qualified individuals with a disability or disabled veterans have the right to request a reasonable accommodation for the career website or throughout the interview process by completing the Reasonable Accommodation Request Form or contacting talentacquisition@acadia-pharm.com or 858-261-2923.
• Reasonable accommodations granted during the recruiting process are not guaranteed to be the same if hired; a new request must be submitted for any ADA accommodations after starting employment.