Senior Procurement Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead vendor contract renewals and negotiations from initial terms through signature.
• Benchmark pricing against market data and establish negotiation playbooks and cost benchmarks.
• Serve as the primary negotiator for key vendor and contract decisions, partnering with the CFO and senior business leaders.
• Prepare vendor-spend and cost-savings reporting for executives.
• Negotiate and manage cloud infrastructure and AI costs, right-sizing commitments as usage changes.
• Track software spend and license utilization; reclaim unused or duplicate seats and flag unauthorized tools.
• Maintain the vendor and contract calendar, coordinating with Legal and InfoSec on reviews.
• Manage the procurement intake process and keep purchasing workflows clear for department heads.
• Set up and/or approve new vendors in company systems.
• Process purchase orders and reconcile invoices against contract terms, identifying billing and pricing discrepancies.

Requirements

• 8+ years of procurement, vendor management, or sourcing experience.
• Several years in a structured, enterprise-level procurement organization.
• Experience leading procurement at an early-stage, fast-growing technology company.
• Ownership of high-dollar and complex vendor relationships.
• Direct experience negotiating multi-year vendor, SaaS, and cloud commitment contracts with measurable cost savings.
• Hands-on accounts-payable procurement experience, including vendor setup, tax and banking documentation, and invoice matching.
• Experience preparing vendor-spend or cost-savings reports for a CFO or senior stakeholder.
• Ability to work directly with the CFO and senior leaders while independently managing execution through the purchase-order level.
• Working knowledge of procurement and spend-management tools such as Zip, Tropic, Ramp, Vendr, or Airbase.

Nice to Have

• Experience building a procurement function from scratch at a growth-stage or private-equity-backed technology company.
• Familiarity with SaaS spend management, license reclamation, cost audits, and unauthorized software detection.
• Experience partnering with Legal, Security, or IT on vendor contract and risk reviews.

Compensation and Benefits

• Base salary: $140,000–$170,000 per year.
• Variable compensation, equity, and benefits.
• Flexible health and wellness benefits, generous PTO, company holidays, health days, and Summer Fridays.
• LinkedIn Learning, People Leader training, mentorship programs, and paid volunteer hours.