JAGGAER REV2025: Brooke Large, VP of Partnerships at RiseNow

At JAGGAER REV2025 in Miami, RiseNow’s recognition as Top Partner of the Year underscored the power of strategic collaboration in a rapidly evolving procurement landscape.

For both companies, the award is more than a milestone–it’s proof of how aligned technology and services can accelerate transformation for joint customers.

Brooke Large, VP of Partnerships at RiseNow, emphasised that while the industry is buzzing with the promise of AI and agentic technology, the foundation of lasting success remains the same: trust, relationships and a deep understanding of each customer’s ecosystem.

By meeting face-to-face, listening to client challenges and co-creating strategies, RiseNow and JAGGAER are able to deliver solutions that are both innovative and grounded in real-world needs.

As procurement teams navigate digital transformation and increasing complexity, the RiseNow-JAGGAER partnership serves as a model for how technology providers and services partners can work hand-in-hand. Together, they are helping organisations unlock measurable outcomes–from improved efficiency and supplier collaboration to stronger risk management and innovation adoption.

Brooke discussed the evolution of AI and how RiseNow’s advisory and managed services complement JAGGAER’s world-class technology platform.

Tell me about the partnership between RiseNow and JAGGAER

Our partnership with JAGGAER is anchored in complementary strengths. JAGGAER brings a world-class source-to-pay platform that is trusted globally, while RiseNow provides the advisory, operational and managed services that help organisations realise the full value of that technology.

What makes this partnership unique is that we don’t just “implement and walk away.”

We guide clients through the entire lifecycle of adoption–helping them modernise processes, optimise change management and maximise the return on their technology investment.

This means advising executives on strategy, supporting procurement teams with day-to-day operations and ensuring the platform delivers measurable business outcomes.

By combining JAGGAER’s innovation with RiseNow’s deep expertise in execution, we’re able to help clients accelerate transformation while reducing risk.

What does RiseNow winning an award at JAGGAER REV2025 mean to you?

We were honoured to be named Top Partner of the Year, which is a recognition of the depth and trust we’ve built with JAGGAER and our shared customers.

The award isn’t just about volume–it’s about impact.

Together with JAGGAER, we’ve co-created strategies that help enterprises unlock value from their procurement ecosystems. It reflects the hours of collaboration, the willingness to innovate side-by-side and the joint focus on measurable outcomes for clients.

For our teams, it’s validation that the partnership model we’ve built is working. And for customers, it signals that they’re supported by two organisations that are fully aligned on driving their success.

What's the value of in-person events like REV2025? 

The biggest value is human connection. In procurement and supply chain, there are so many forces – digital transformation, disruption and now AI – that are reshaping how organisations operate. But the conversations that matter most happen when you’re face-to-face.

At REV2025, we’ve had the chance to sit down with customers, partners and peers in an environment that fosters openness. You hear directly what’s working, where the challenges are and where innovation is needed. These conversations help us better align our services with JAGGAER’s roadmap so that we’re anticipating needs, not just reacting to them.

Another key takeaway is how central AI and agentic technologies are becoming in procurement. Everyone wants to know how these capabilities will change sourcing, supplier management and decision-making. Events like this give us the space to listen to customer concerns, understand adoption barriers and start co-developing solutions that make AI practical and trustworthy in complex procurement environments.

Ultimately, being here reinforces what we’ve always believed at RiseNow: digital tools are essential, but relationships are irreplaceable. Transformation only succeeds when you combine cutting-edge technology with the trust and insight that come from genuine human connection.