Senior Manager, Procurement & Strategic Sourcing

What You'll Do

• Lead end-to-end strategic sourcing and procurement for contracts ranging from $50K to $500K+, including RFPs, vendor selection, negotiation, and execution
• Own vendor management and renewal cycles across key spend categories including SaaS/technology, marketing, and contingent workforce
• Identify and drive technology consolidation and cost synergy opportunities across the Fivetran and dbt combined vendor landscape
• Develop and execute category strategies that align with business priorities and deliver measurable savings and risk reduction
• Partner with Finance, Legal, IT, and functional business owners to ensure sourcing decisions are compliant, commercially sound, and strategically aligned
• Build and maintain strong vendor relationships, acting as the primary point of escalation for contract disputes, performance issues, and renewals
• Establish and refine procurement policies, processes, and tooling to scale the sourcing function as the organization grows
• Report on sourcing metrics, savings targets, and vendor performance to senior leadership on a regular cadence

Technologies You'll Use

Coupa, Ironclad, Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets, Notion, DocuSign

Skills We're Looking For

• 6+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or vendor management, ideally within a high-growth technology company
• Demonstrated success negotiating complex contracts across multiple spend categories (technology/SaaS, marketing, contingent workforce, or similar)
• Hands-on experience with procurement and contract lifecycle tools, particularly Coupa and Ironclad
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to analyze TCO, benchmark pricing, and structure deals that balance value, risk, and speed
• Excellent stakeholder management skills — able to influence without authority and navigate competing priorities across cross-functional teams
• Experience managing vendor renewals and consolidation initiatives, including driving alignment across business units with different priorities
• Ability to use conversational AI tools (such as Claude or ChatGPT) to accelerate research, contract summarization, vendor benchmarking, and communication drafting

Bonus Skills

• Experience working through a merger, acquisition, or large-scale integration where vendor rationalization was a key workstream
• Familiarity with SaaS pricing models, ELAs, and usage-based contracts in a data or analytics software context
• Experience building or scaling a sourcing function from an early or informal stage