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Solution Architect, Category Management & Operations - Location Flexible

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Role Description

Category Manager at Dropbox is responsible for developing and executing Sourcing Strategy across Cloud Engineering Organizations. We're looking for a self starter who will thrive in an often-times ambiguous environment and isn’t afraid of a challenge. The Category Manager; 

  • Enterprise Architect, leverage experience in IT Application Services Category - IT Project Development / Application Maintenance Support / SaaS implementation.
  • Deep market knowledge of available technologies across; Application Services & SaaS
  • Experience partnering with Developers in integrating SaaS solutions into Product Design
  • Strong ability to determine contractual/financial exposure/ negotiate contracts.
  • Expertise to understand contract risks and to work with other parts of the organization in crafting tactics and strategies for risk mitigation.
  • Experience in IT Governance, Compliance, Privacy and InfoSec requirements 
  • Where applicable, understanding of government and industry regulations that will influence contracting approach and vendor behavior (for example, SOX, GDPR).
  • Strong ability to communicate with users, legal, sourcing, business leaders and engineering to draft contracts that align technical requirements with business goals.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Enterprise contract/pricing negotiations (i.e SAAS, POC, Service Agreements)
  • Facilitate New Technology evaluation and implementation (Solution Reviews)
  • Reconcile Software Budget Forecast against Actuals leveraging spend analysis
  • Partner with Developers leveraging market intelligence to define technology roadmaps, improve existing tools and or deprecate/sunset non-essential software.
  • Partner with Product Management Team, to explore business opportunities relative to Software integrations.

Requirements

  • 5-10 years experience as a Enterprise/Solution Architect.
  • 2-5 years of Sourcing / Vendor Relationship Management experience
  • Experience in building and developing vendor partnerships at the Executive level
  • Proven success and experience in providing direction to technical/engineering teams
  • A diverse technical acumen--actively contribute to technical discussions, proactively identify challenges and risks, working closely with engineers and product manager on addressing challenges, and form mitigation plans.
  • You have the ability to communicate complex plans effectively.
  • Excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills. 
  • Effective problem-solving skills.

 

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What are Dropbox Perks + Benefits

Dropbox Benefits Overview

We’re proud to offer benefits that help all Dropboxers take care of their holistic selves, so they can keep flowing at work.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Pair programming
Employee resource groups
Employee-led culture committees
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Documented equal pay policy
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity manifesto
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Team workouts
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Childcare benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Restricted work hours
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Generous PTO
Paid volunteer time
Sabbatical
At Dropbox, this is called 'Recharge'
Paid holidays
Office Perks
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Recreational clubs
Relocation assistance
Fitness stipend
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks

Additional Perks + Benefits

In order to be successful in our Virtual First environment we needed to make changes that would allow employees to have more control over both where and how they work. Therefore, we embrace “non-linear workdays” with defined core collaboration hours that overlap across time zones. Beyond that, we encourage employees to design their own schedules to balance collaboration with needs for individual focus. We’ve also moved from “all day syncs” to an “async by default” culture, reserving meetings for discussion, debate, and decision-making, and handling all other work in our deep focus hours.

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