Director, Commercial Strategic Sourcing

Mineralys Therapeutics
United States
Remote

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates with deep commercial sourcing experience and a background in biopharmaceuticals, comfortable with leading cross-functional vendor negotiations and strategic sourcing initiatives.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 12+ years in strategic sourcing and expertise in commercial categories like marketing and media
    — “12+ years in strategic sourcing, with at least 5 years of deep category knowledge and expertise in commercial sourcing categories”
  • Individuals who have led vendor selection processes and negotiated complex contracts
    — “Lead RFI/RFP processes, vendor evaluations, and bid defense meetings to select commercial vendors”
  • Professionals with a proven ability to drive cost savings via negotiation and process optimization
    — “Drive annual savings across commercial categories through negotiation, supplier consolidation, and process optimization”

Things to consider

  • Requires occasional travel for meetings, which may conflict with fully remote expectations
    — “10% for occasional team and company meetings”
  • The role demands alignment with both financial and operational objectives, which may require balancing competing priorities
    — “create a sourcing vision and strategy that aligns with needs of the business while meeting financial and operational objectives”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with global sourcing and managing international supplier relationships in your resume
    — “Experience with global sourcing and managing international supplier relationships”
  • Demonstrate leadership of small teams through specific examples of team management in sourcing roles
    — “Lead a team of 1 – 2 commercial sourcing professionals”
  • Emphasize your ability to develop and execute sourcing strategies that deliver measurable value
    — “developing and executing sourcing strategies that deliver measurable value”
  • Showcase your negotiation and contract management skills with concrete results from prior roles
    — “Negotiate contractual terms, including pricing, deliverables, milestones, payment schedules and metrics”
  • Demonstrate your ability to train and educate internal teams on sourcing processes and requirements
    — “Train and educate Commercial teams on sourcing activities, processes and requirements”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Developed and executed sourcing strategies
  • Led RFI/RFP processes
Typical background
Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Business, or related field

Skills & requirements

Required

Strategic SourcingVendor ManagementCategory ManagementRfi/rfp ProcessesNegotiationVendor Performance ManagementComplianceTraining

Preferred

Life Sciences BackgroundAdvanced Degree

Stack & domain

Commercial Strategic SourcingVendor ManagementCategory ManagementRfi/rfp ProcessesNegotiationContractual TermsPerformance ManagementStandardizationContinuous ImprovementKpisMaster Service AgreementsStatements Of WorkChange OrdersLegal ReviewLeadershipCommunicationTeamworkProblem-solvingAttention To DetailBiopharmaceuticalCommercial OperationsSupply ChainFinance

About the role

Original posting from Mineralys Therapeutics via Greenhouse

“Mineralys Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing medicines to target hypertension and related comorbidities such as chronic kidney disease (CKD), obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and other diseases driven by dysregulated aldosterone.  Its initial product candidate, lorundrostat, is a proprietary, orally administered, highly selective aldosterone synthase inhibitor.  Mineralys is headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania. For more information, please visit https://mineralystx.com. Follow Mineralys on LinkedIn, Twitter and Bluesky”

Mineralys is a fully remote company.

Director, Commercial Strategic Sourcing

The Director, Commercial Strategic Sourcing will lead and manage all aspects of strategic sourcing for commercial categories, including Media Planning & Buying, Marketing Agencies, Market Research, Patient Support Programs, Trade Shows, and Promotions. This role is accountable for developing and executing sourcing strategies that deliver measurable value, mitigate risk, and align with business objectives. The position partners with executive leadership, finance, and cross-functional teams to optimize spend, improve supplier performance, and ensure compliance with corporate policies.

This position will report into the Sr. Director, Vendor Management.

Key Responsibilities

Partner with the Sr. Director, Vendor Management to create a sourcing vision and strategy that aligns with needs of the business while meeting financial and operational objectives for Commercial.

Develops and manage relationships with key commercial vendors, building a path to strategic partnerships that enables continuous improvements and innovation.

Own sourcing policies, processes, and systems for commercial categories

Lead Category Management for all commercial spend areas, ensuring strategies reflect market trends and business priorities.

Lead RFI/RFP processes, vendor evaluations, and bid defense meetings to select commercial vendors in collaboration with a cross functional team.

Ensure all sourcing activities are conducted in a manner that conforms to an ethical process as well as adherence to all applicable internal and external compliance standards, processes and guidelines.

Drive standardization and continuous improvement opportunities across vendors to ensure consistency and operational efficiencies.

Drive annual savings across commercial categories through negotiation, supplier consolidation, and process optimization.

Establishes measurements of success (KPIs) and appropriate processes to capture, consolidate and report on sourcing performance and outcome versus objectives

Negotiate Master Service Agreements (MSAs), statements of work (SOWs) and change orders in collaboration with Legal. Reviewing for completeness and accuracy.

Oversee commercial vendor performance through KPIs and governance meetings.

Negotiate contractual terms, including pricing, deliverables, milestones, payment schedules and metrics, ensuring that the terms of the agreements are in the best interest of Mineralys

Collaborate with internal team members to manage commercial vendor relationships and to resolve any vendor performance issues.

Partner with Finance to forecast study budgets and manage financial accruals.

Train and educate Commercial teams on sourcing activities, processes and requirements

Lead a team of 1 – 2 commercial sourcing professionals

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Business, or related field; advanced degree preferred.

12+ years in strategic sourcing, with at least 5 years of deep category knowledge and expertise in commercial sourcing categories (marketing, market access, media, patient support).

Proven track record of delivering cost savings and managing complex, high-value contracts.

Advanced negotiation and contract management expertise; strong analytical and financial acumen; leadership skills to manage teams and influence senior stakeholders

Experience with global sourcing and managing international supplier relationships

Excellent communication, influencing, and problem-solving skills.

Ability to work in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

Travel

  • 10% for occasional team and company meetings

This position is eligible for standard Company benefits including medical, dental, vision, time off and 401K, as well as participating in Mineralys incentive plans are contingent on achievement of personal and company performance. Actual compensation may vary from posted hiring range based on geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level.

US Salary Range:  $200,000- $220,000

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Source: Mineralys Therapeutics careers (Greenhouse)

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