Principal Manager, Procurement Enablement & Contingent Workforce

Who we are At Twilio, we’re shaping the future of communications, all from the comfort of our homes. We deliver innovative solutions to hundreds of thousands of businesses and empower millions of developers worldwide to craft personalized customer experiences. Our dedication to remote-first work , and strong culture of connection and global inclusion means that no matter your location, you’re part of a vibrant team with diverse experiences making a global impact each day. As we continue to revolutionize how the world interacts, we’re acquiring new skills and experiences that make work feel truly rewarding. Your career at Twilio is in your hands. . Hiring and how we work We use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help make our hiring process efficient. That said, every hiring decision is made by real Twilions! Also, while we are a remote-first company, you may be asked to report in person on an ad-hoc basis for team gatherings, functional off-sites or customer meetings. . See yourself at Twilio Join the team as Twilio’s next Principal Manager, Procurement Enablement & Contingent Workforce Responsibilities In this role, you’ll: • Lead a team of 4 Procurement Enablement and Contingent Workforce (ITV) program managers who will work on Procurement and Contingent Workforce process governance, support, enablement, process improvement, and redesign. • Manage all Procurement related systems and enhancements including Oracle P2P, Ironclad CLM, Pursuit RFP, Airtable Savings Tracker, and AI tools. • Deliver on Procurement intake transformation including Agentic Intake Orchestration by designing and deploying next-generation, AI-driven conversational and autonomous agentic intake systems that replaces static forms. • Drive Agentic in-take process to be fully comprehensive through multiple system integrations with ability to provide a guided buying experience, provide real time status updates, and provide renewal notifications and actions to both sourcing and business owners. • Redesign the end to end Contingent Workforce process to provide hiring managers a simpler and faster hiring journey for Contingent Workers that reduces hand offs between the Procurement and Contingent Workforce program team. • Oversee the Contingent Workforce program and governance including managing the VMS and its global expansion. • Develop the global Contingent Workforce supply chain through identifying and driving a cohesive supply chain strategy and enabling hiring managers to find Contingent Workforce talent globally. • Lead other S2P process enhancements and be the glue that drives cross functional collaboration between AP, Accounting, Security, Privacy, Audit, IT, and other functions. • Responsible for driving Procurement Policy simplifications and enhancements. • Lead cross functional training and enablement for hiring managers globally and also for all Procurement stakeholders. • Track and manage preferred supplier list; identify then partner with sourcing on areas to increase preferred supplier usage. • Lead development of an external supplier landing page that highlights supplier FAQ, how to navigate supplier portal, an invoice lookup tool, Twilio code of conduct, Sustainability expectations etc. • Partner with Twilio sustainability team to lead on reporting of supplier GHG emissions. • Drive simplification of our POC and NDA processes into a centralized agentic workflow. • Partner with Procurement Legal to ensure contracting requirements and proper positioning of paper are built into any new or redesigned process — including agentic intake, guided buying, and POC/NDA workflows — so process speed doesn’t come at the cost of downstream legal or compliance rework. • Partner with the Procurement Operations and Compliance team to implement a