Procurement Lead

Lead our highest-impact vendor deals across software, cloud services, data, and professional services, from competitive alternatives through pricing, terms, and signature

Structure committed-spend, usage-based, and multi-year agreements that scale with our usage and preserve our flexibility

Own relationships with our most important vendors, including performance tracking, business reviews, and renewal negotiations

Design an efficient procurement workflow, policies, and approval thresholds, and implement the tools and AI automation to run them

Use AI workflows and agents to automate procurement, from intake and contract review to spend analysis and reporting

Build visibility into vendor spend and contracts, and drive savings through consolidation, right-sizing, and renegotiation

Partner with Legal, Security, and Accounting on contract terms, vendor risk reviews, and audit-ready controls

5-7+ years of experience in procurement or strategic sourcing at a high-growth technology company, including building or scaling the function.

A track record of personally negotiating multi-million dollar software, cloud, or data agreements, managing those vendors and renegotiating at renewal, and delivering measurable savings

Experience building procurement processes, policies, and systems from scratch

Ability to run multiple deals at once with incomplete information, and sound judgment about when to move fast and when to escalate

Comfort using AI tools to accelerate your work and improve workflows

A low-ego, roll-up-your-sleeves approach to projects large and small and to working across the organization

Strong communication skills, the ability to influence senior leaders, and a reputation for being commercially tough and fair