# Principal Procurement Manager

**Company:** [ZoomInfo](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/zoominfo)
**Location:** Vancouver, WA, Waltham, MA
**Role:** Business Operations
**Salary:** $117k – $184k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Strategic Sourcing, Contract Negotiation, Vendor Management, Contract Administration, SaaS, Iaas, Cloud Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, Procurement Analytics, Supplier Governance, Rfps, Total Cost Of Ownership, Risk Mitigation, Data Governance
**Posted:** 2026-09-10

> Leads enterprise procurement strategy, complex technology sourcing, commercial negotiations, contract governance, supplier performance, and procurement analytics. Requires a bachelor’s degree and at least eight years of progressive procurement experience, with expertise in large technology and services agreements.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end procurement lifecycle, including intake, requirements development, sourcing strategy, due diligence, contract review, approvals, execution, onboarding, governance, renewals, and termination.
- Develop enterprise-wide procurement strategies for SaaS, IaaS, cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, cybersecurity, telecommunications, professional services, and technology-enabled services.
- Prepare, review, negotiate, execute, and manage complex contracts, renewals, amendments, change orders, statements of work, and other commercial agreements.
- Lead high-value sourcing initiatives, including RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, competitive bidding, and strategic supplier selection.
- Define negotiation objectives, sourcing strategies, approval requirements, and commercial positions with business, finance, legal, security, and technology stakeholders.
- Negotiate pricing, service commitments, liability, data protection, security, intellectual property, termination rights, renewals, and related contractual terms.
- Drive negotiations and transformation initiatives that deliver cost savings, risk reduction, and operational improvements.
- Benchmark vendor spend, pricing, contract structures, and service levels; develop total-cost-of-ownership models, should-cost analyses, financial scenarios, and business cases.
- Partner with Finance on supplier payments, invoices, purchase orders, accruals, forecasts, savings tracking, and financial reporting.
- Develop procurement metrics, dashboards, scorecards, executive reporting, data governance, and predictive analytics capabilities.
- Establish supplier governance frameworks, executive reviews, performance reviews, escalation processes, corrective action plans, and continuous improvement programs.
- Classify, store, and review vendor contracts for compliance with contractual obligations, service levels, security requirements, regulations, and company policies.
- Manage contract disputes and investigate compliance, supplier performance, pricing, invoicing, and service-level concerns.
- Identify and mitigate strategic, operational, financial, regulatory, cybersecurity, and third-party risks.
- Present data-driven recommendations to executive leadership regarding supplier portfolios, sourcing strategies, contract terms, commercial tradeoffs, and risk mitigation.
- Serve as a subject-matter expert and senior liaison for procurement processes, vendor management, contract administration, commercial strategy, and governance.
- Lead cross-functional teams, mentor procurement team members, and drive process transformation, automation, and continuous improvement.

## Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Eight or more years of progressive experience in product and services procurement, strategic sourcing, vendor management, and contract administration, preferably in a technology or high-growth environment.
- Significant experience leading medium- to large-sized agreements, including SaaS, IaaS, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, enterprise software, and technology services contracts.
- Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-wide sourcing strategies, complex negotiations, supplier portfolio decisions, and transformational procurement initiatives.

## Nice-to-haves
- MBA, master’s degree, or other relevant advanced degree.
- Experience with procurement analytics, automation, advanced procurement technology, and data-driven tools.

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