Procurement Lead

The role

You will build the procurement function by designing workflows, policies, and vendor management processes. You will lead high-impact vendor deals and partner with teams across the company to manage spend and agreements.

What you will do

• Lead high-impact vendor deals for software, cloud services, data, and professional services
• Structure committed-spend, usage-based, and multi-year agreements
• Own relationships with important vendors including performance tracking and renewal negotiations
• Design efficient procurement workflows, policies, and approval thresholds
• Implement tools and AI automation for procurement processes
• Use AI workflows and agents to automate intake, contract review, spend analysis, and reporting
• Build visibility into vendor spend and contracts to drive savings
• Partner with Legal, Security, and Accounting on contract terms and vendor risk reviews

Required qualifications

• 5-7+ years of experience in procurement or strategic sourcing at a high-growth technology company
• Experience building or scaling the procurement function
• Track record of negotiating multi-million dollar software, cloud, or data agreements
• Experience managing vendors and renegotiating at renewal
• Experience delivering measurable savings
• Experience building procurement processes, policies, and systems from scratch
• Ability to run multiple deals at once with incomplete information
• Comfort using AI tools to accelerate work and improve workflows
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to influence senior leaders

About the company

Perplexity is a company looking to build its procurement function.