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About the Role

This high-impact leadership role oversees all sourcing activities for the Dow Jones Business Unit, acting as a strategic liaison between Dow Jones and the News Corp Sourcing Center of Excellence. The Director will optimize the end-to-end source-to-contract workflow, balancing local agility with global scale, and managing a team of two Sourcing Managers.

Responsibilities

• Direct, mentor, and develop a team of two Sourcing Managers responsible for bespoke, high-value Dow Jones categories.
• Optimize workload distribution and resource allocation between the local sourcing team and the News Corp Global Sourcing COE.
• Serve as the primary advisor to Dow Jones executive leadership and FP&A teams to align third-party spend with business and financial targets.
• Oversee and drive collaboration with the News Corp Sourcing COE, ensuring global category strategies meet Dow Jones' unique requirements.
• Champion the global Source-to-Contract (S2C) process for Dow Jones, identifying optimization opportunities using global templates, playbooks, and technologies.
• Establish clear decision-rights, approval thresholds, and interaction models for the 'Think Global, Fit Local' framework.
• Act as the DJ escalation point and 'Voice of the Customer' to improve COE service delivery.
• Drive the realization of cost-savings targets, value creation, and competitive advantage across Dow Jones business lines.
• Oversee critical supplier performance metrics and compliance frameworks, managing high-level vendor escalations.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Arts or Sciences degree required; MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in global sourcing, procurement, or supply chain management, with clear progression into leadership roles.
• Proven track record of managing, coaching, and elevating high-performing procurement professionals.
• Deep experience operating within a large, highly matrixed, global corporate environment.
• Exceptional executive presence with the ability to influence C-suite stakeholders and drive complex, cross-functional decisions.
• Advanced mastery of S2C processes, complex commercial agreement structures, negotiation strategies, and key legal/risk terms.

Skills

• Global sourcing
• Procurement
• Supply chain management
• Leadership
• Source-to-Contract (S2C) processes
• Commercial agreement structures
• Negotiation strategies
• Risk management

Location

• Dow Jones

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 12+ years
• Leadership roles

Education Level

• Bachelor of Arts or Sciences
• MBA or advanced degree preferred
• Procurement or Supply Chain certifications desirable

Salary/Compensations

• $145,000 - $180,000

Benefits

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more.
• Optional benefits to meet diverse needs.

About the Company

• Dow Jones is a business unit of News Corp.

Equal Opportunity

• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. EEO/Disabled/Vets
• We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process.