# Director of Procurement

**Company:** [Headway](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/headway)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Business Operations
**Salary:** $200k – $265k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Contract Negotiation, Spend Analytics, P2P Platforms, Contract Management Software, Vendor Management Software, AI Tools, Saas Procurement
**Posted:** 2026-06-05

> Director-level role building and owning Headway's procurement function from scratch. Lead strategic sourcing, vendor lifecycle management, cost optimization, and procurement tooling across SaaS, AI, cloud, and professional services spend.

## Job Description

## Procurement strategy and policy
- Build and own the company's procurement function from scratch – intake, approvals, vendor selection, controls, and spend governance
- Define when to centralize vs. delegate purchasing decisions
- Drive strategic clarity on what the company is buying, why, and at what cost

## Vendor lifecycle management
- Own the framework and standards that govern how Headway manages vendor relationships across the organization
- Manage sourcing and selection through contracting, renewals, and performance management
- Ensure department leaders have the structure, visibility, and support to manage vendor relationships effectively

## Cost optimization and spend visibility
- Lead strategic sourcing initiatives across third-party spend in SaaS, AI, cloud, and professional services
- Step in directly on the highest-stakes negotiations and renewals
- Build reporting infrastructure for real-time spend visibility

## Procurement tooling and operational infrastructure
- Evaluate, implement, and optimize procurement systems including intake tools, P2P platforms, contract management, and vendor management software

## Leadership advisory
- Serve as the go-to procurement partner for Finance, Legal, Compliance, IT, Security, and department leaders
- Build governance framework balancing speed, flexibility, cost discipline, risk management, and regulatory compliance

## Team and function building
- Hire and develop a lean, high-impact procurement team
- Set the talent bar, define roles and DRIs, and build org structure that scales with company growth

## Requirements
- Experience building a procurement function from scratch including intake processes, approval workflows, spend governance, and vendor controls
- Deep category expertise across SaaS, AI, and professional services
- Strong negotiation skills with proven track record of winning high-stakes deals across SaaS, AI, cloud, and professional services
- Experience using AI tools to drive vendor intelligence, spend analytics, and source-to-pay efficiency
- Ability to bring structure to ambiguity and stand up processes proactively

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