Optiver
Category Manager, Software
$107K–$140K
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of technology procurement or strategic sourcing experience, with substantive exposure to software categories.
About the job
Manages global sourcing and supplier relationships for enterprise software, delivering category strategies, negotiations, renewals, and measurable commercial outcomes.
What you'll do
- Plan and run end-to-end software sourcing events, commercial evaluations, negotiations, and award recommendations.
- Manage supplier performance, agreements, licensing, renewals, and commercial terms in partnership with stakeholders.
- Track market and consumption trends, ensure procurement compliance, and coordinate global category practices.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of technology procurement or strategic sourcing experience, with substantive exposure to software categories.
- Demonstrated delivery of complex sourcing projects from intake through contract signature, including multi-supplier evaluations and executive-ready business cases.
- Experience supporting or leading software provider and/or reseller negotiations with measurable commercial outcomes.
- Working knowledge of software commercial dynamics, stakeholder partnership, TCO and should-cost analysis, and enterprise software sourcing terms.
Nice to have
- Experience in trading or other technology-intensive industries with demanding uptime, security, and data-protection requirements.
- Exposure to enterprise productivity suites, collaboration platforms, business-operations application estates, or software asset management and license optimization.
Pay
$107,000 — $140,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
SaaS, RFI, RFQ, RFP, TCO
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