Digital Transformation & Innovation Lead

Lead the identification, evaluation, onboarding, and ongoing management of strategic digital and technology partners aligned with ProcureAbility's growth strategy and client transformation priorities.

Serve as the primary point of contact for assessing new digital solution providers, platforms, and emerging technologies across procurement and adjacent business domains.

Collaborate closely with advisory, delivery, analytics, industry, and COE teams to understand business needs, capability gaps, and priority digital use cases.

Translate business and consulting requirements into clearly defined digital and technology solution opportunities.

Design and manage a structured partner evaluation and selection framework, including functional fit, technical architecture, scalability, integration feasibility, commercial models, and risk assessment.

Develop and maintain a digital partner ecosystem covering solution mapping, capability positioning, governance models, and engagement processes.

Build and nurture long‑term strategic relationships with selected technology and digital partners to support joint innovation and go‑to‑market initiatives.

Support enablement of advisory and delivery teams through digital solution positioning, use-case development, training inputs, and adoption planning.

Work closely with product, analytics, and engineering teams to align partner capabilities with ProcureAbility's internal platforms, tools, and digital roadmap.

Identify opportunities to leverage digital technologies, automation, analytics, and AI to enhance advisory offerings and client outcomes.

Support business development and sales activities, including digital solution positioning, partner-led value propositions, client presentations, demonstrations, and proposal content.

Contribute to ProcureAbility's overall Digital & Technology strategy, including market scanning, competitive intelligence, and capability investments.

Provide thought leadership on digital transformation trends within procurement and supply chain.

15+ years of experience– Experience in Digital Alliance Partnerships within Procurement.

Proven experience leading digital transformation, technology strategy, or digital solution enablement within consulting or professional services.

Experience identifying, evaluating, and managing digital/technology solution partners.

Strong understanding of procurement, supply chain, and enterprise digital ecosystems.

Knowledge of automation, analytics platforms, AI-enabled solutions, workflow tools, procurement technology platforms.

Strong capability to translate business requirements into digital use cases.

Experience collaborating across consulting, delivery, analytics, product, and engineering teams.

Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills with senior leaders and external partners.

Strong commercial acumen; experience supporting partner negotiations.

Strong project/program management skills, able to manage multiple initiatives.

Experience supporting sales cycles, RFPs, workshops, and solution shaping.

Knowledge of S2P, spend analytics, contracting, supplier risk, orchestration, AI procurement tools (preferred).

Consulting/professional services experience strongly preferred.